Benefits of Extended Foster Care: Findings from the Midwest Study
Congressional Briefing: Talking Foster Care with Country Music Star Jimmy Wayne.
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Congressional Briefing: Talking Foster Care with Country Music Star Jimmy Wayne.
The Center for American Progress’ Heather Boushey delivered this presentation at a briefing entitled Living on the Edge: America’s Low-Earning...
The New America Foundation’s Rourke O’Brien delivered this presentation at a briefing entitled Living on the Edge: America’s Low-Earning Families.
Vicki Shabo of the National Partnership for Women & Families delivered this presentation at a briefing entitled Living on...
This PowerPoint by Jane Waldfogel, PhD from Columbia University School of Social Work and the London School of Economics...
This PowerPoint by Melissa Boteach, Half in Ten Campaign Manager, was presented at a First Focus Capitol Hill Briefing...
This PowerPoint by Nancy Cauthen of NKC Consulting was presented at a First Focus Capitol Hill Briefing about Tackling...
A power point presentation given by Samantha Harvell at the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) Inter-Site Conference on October...
This PowerPoint by Isabel Sawhill, PhD Senior Fellow, Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution was presented at a First...