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Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Youth from Low-Income Families
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ASPE FACT SHEET Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood Youth from Low-Income Families July 2009 This Research Brief is part of a larger project:Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood
In the Running for Successful Outcomes: Examining the Predictive Power of Children's School Readiness Skills
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ASPE Research Brief By: Tamara G. Halle, Elizabeth C. Hair, Margaret Buchinal, Rachel Anderson, and Martha Zaslow
Low-Income Single Mothers Disconnected from Work and Public Assistance
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This ASPE Research Brief presents information on trends in the rate of being disconnected from both work and public assistance, and the characteristics of the disconnected group compared to all low-income single mothers. The data are from a project examining the characteristics and experiences of low-income single mothers who are not working or receiving public assistance. [6 PDF pages]
Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth, 1999
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AcknowledgmentsThis report, and its earlier editions, would not have been possible without the substantial support of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics whose member agencies provided data and carefully reviewed relevant sections.
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Juvenile Delinquency*
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Even though Anthony lives in a neighborhood with a lot of crime and gang violence, he usually manages to stay out of trouble. He plays football on his high school team and with the guidance and support of his coach, has kept his grades up and his eye on the future. But then an argument at p
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Annotated Bibliography
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July 2008 This bibliography is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/08/boys/Biblio/ Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (52 pages)
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Education*
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Since the days when he attended his new neighborhood’s early learning center, Joe has liked school and often talks about how great his teachers have been over the years. Now in eleventh grade, Joe is a year away from being the first in his family to receive a high school diploma.
Assessing Child Support Arrears in Nine Large States and the Nation
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Contents Who Owes the Arrears? State Variation in Arrears How Collectible are the Arrears? Why have Arrears Grown So Rapidly? Actions taken by Study States to Manage Arrears Despite
Implementing Welfare Reform Requirements for Teenage Parents: Lessons from Experience in Four States
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by Robert G. Wood and John Burghardt Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
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Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Final Report Robert M. Goerge, Principal Investigator Lucy Bilaver, Bong Joo Lee Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago Barbara Needell, Alan Brookhart, William Jackman Center for Social Services Research, University of California Berkeley March, 2002
Moving Into Adulthood: Were the Impacts of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents Sustained After the Programs Ended?
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TEENAGE PARENT DEMONSTRATION Report on Results of Long-Term Follow-up, Executive Summary Moving into Adulthood: Were the Impacts of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenaged Parents Sustained After the Program
Welfare Mothers as Potential Employees: A Statistics Profile Based on National Survey Data
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When women who receive welfare benefits are compared with other women, both poor and non-poor, in the NLSY and other national sample surveys, welfare mothers are notably different from non-poor mothers. At the same time, these data show that there is considerable diversity within the welfare population.
An AI/AN Suicide Prevention Hotline: Literature Review and Discussion with Experts
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An American Indian/Alaska Native Suicide Prevention Hotline: Literature Review and Discussion with Experts Prepared by: Peggy Halpern Ph.D, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation November, 2009
Past Work Experience and Earnings Trajectories of Single Mothers
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The increasing labor supply of single mothers in the US labor market in the 1990s is well documented, but due to data deficiencies it generally has been difficult to track the progress in the labor market of this group.
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Initial Findings Brief
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July 2008 This Brief is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/08/boys/Findings1/brief.shtml Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (22 pages) Additional Resources
A National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Annual Report 1997-98
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IntroductionDespite the recent decline in the teen birth rates, teen pregnancy remains a significant problem in this country. It is a problem that impacts nearly every community. Thus, the responsibility to solve this problem lies with all of us, including families, communities, and young people themselves.
Public Financing of Home and Community Services for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances: Selected State Strategies
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Among Low-Income Single Mothers
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This Issue Brief presents analysis of data on unemployment receipt from the Census Bureau's Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS). This data analysis is supplemented by findings from two studies by Mathematica Policy Research on eligibility for unemployment insurance among former welfare recipients.
Self-Sufficiency of Former Foster Youth in Wisconsin
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Amy Dworsky and Mark E. Courtney Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin-Madison December 2000