Turning Point: The Long Term Effects of Recession-Induced Child Poverty
Children who fall into poverty during a recession fare worse far into adulthood than their peers who avoided it...
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Children who fall into poverty during a recession fare worse far into adulthood than their peers who avoided it...
This report analyzes the potentially adverse effects that the Healthy Americans Act (S. 391), legislation introduced by Senators Wyden...
Authored by Sara Rosenbaum, JD, of The George Washington University Medical Center’s School of Public Health and Health Services,...
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt called for and held a White House Conference on Children. One hundred years...
An alarming number of America’s young people are ill prepared to carry out their civic duties and compete in...
When the economy takes a downturn, it often hits the most vulnerable families the hardest. Unfortunately, funding for social...
While the economic downturn has appropriately become the top priority of policy makers, one element of the crisis has...
First Focus has released a pair of reports that detail how children are treated in the health care plans...
First Focus has released a pair of reports that detail how children are treated in the health care plans...