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Improving Economic Mobility through Child Support: Opportunities for Future Research

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This two-pager presents knowledge gaps and research opportunities elevated during a national convening of child support and child poverty experts. The questions under each topic are opportunities where research can support child support program decision-making surrounding current issues elevated during the convening, though they do not cover the only important questions for study.

Children's Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC) FY 2024 Report to Congress

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Congress has directed HHS to operate the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC). The CICC is charged with fostering greater coordination and transparency on child policy across federal agencies and examining a broad array of cross-cutting issues affecting child poverty and child well-being.

Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council FY 2023 Report to Congress

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As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Congress provided HHS with funding for the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC). The CICC is charged with fostering greater coordination and transparency on child policy across federal agencies and examining a broad array of cross-cutting issues affecting child poverty and child well-being.

A Historical View of The Demographic and Employment Characteristics of Families Receiving Child Care Subsidies From 2009-2013

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The child care subsidy program provides critical support to families to support parental labor force participation as well as child development. This study provides a historical view of the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of parents who received subsidies over the 2009-2013 period.

Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits

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This report examines the employment patterns and income progression of single mothers and their families for two years after they exit poverty. The study found that 30 percent of single mothers were poor but then left poverty. Work effort was high among single mothers who left poverty: on average they worked for three-quarters of the subsequent two years following their poverty exit.

Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits - Research Brief

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This ASPE Research Brief summarizes findings from a project examining the income and employment experiences of single mothers who left poverty. Nearly thirty percent of single mothers who left poverty were able to stay out of poverty during the next two years. These single mothers tended to be older, with older children.

Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits: Research Brief

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Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits: Acknowledgments and Introduction

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Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)Contract: 233-02-0086; Task Order 23

The Role of Health and Human Service Providers in Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Research Brief

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This brief reviews the role of health and human service providers in preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.Related Products:

State Responses to FASD: Effective Strategies and Ongoing Challenges Research Brief

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This brief synthesizes effective state and local level strategies for prevention, identification and intervention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.Related Products:

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Research Briefs

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term used to describe the range of disability that can result from prenatal alcohol exposure. FASD is an important public health and social issue associated with a large burden on society through the healthcare system, mental health and substance abuse system, foster care, criminal justice system, and long-term disability care services.

Work Histories and Employment Outcomes of Single Mothers

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This ASPE Research Brief, written by Susan Hauan of ASPE and Fredrik Andersson of the Department of Treasury, presents research findings on the relationship between the past work experiences of single mothers and their subsequent employment and earnings outcomes.

Welfare Mothers as Potential Employees: A Statistics Profile Based on National Survey Data

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Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children

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From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children Ross D. Parke University of California, Riverside K. Alison Clarke-Stewart University of California, Irvine December 2001

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]

Barriers to Self-Sufficiency and Avenues to Success Among Teenage Mothers

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Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Rm. 404E, HHH Bldg. 200 Independence Ave., SW

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.

Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America

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Contents Parenting Family Formation Fertility Conclusion The great majority of Americans will become parents at some point in their lives.

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

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.