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Selected Publications From This Evaluation

Moving People from Welfare to Work. Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.. Selected Publications From This Evaluation

Moving People from Welfare to Work: Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies . Prepared by Gayle Hamilton, MDRC, 2002. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and U.S. Department of Educatio
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The Early Achievement and Development Gap

The Early Achievement and Development Gap

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Adopted Children with Special Health Care Needs:

Adopted Children with Special Health Care Needs: Characteristics, Health, and Health Care by Adoption Type

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Health Care Coverage and Medicaid/CHIP

Health Care Coverage and Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility for Child Support Eligible Children

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Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families

Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families with Children

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Appendix F: Bibliography

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Appendix F: Bibliography

AcademyHealth (2004). Improving Federal health data for coverage and access policy development needs. Washington, DC. Alperstein, G., Rappaport, C., and Flanigan, J. (1988). Health problems of homeless children in New York City. American Journal of Public Health , 78, 1232-1233. Arrigo, B. (1998). The “modest needs” homeless families. Adm
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E.3 Measuring Household Income and Poverty Sample

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.3 Measuring Household Income and Poverty Sample

As noted in the report, two samples of families from the Fragile Families dataset were selected for re-analysis. An initial sample was limited to families where the mother is 18 years of age or older and has a household income at their Year 1 interview at or below the national poverty threshold based on the year of their interview (1999 through 20
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E.2 Overview of Fragile Families Data Set

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.2 Overview of Fragile Families Data Set

Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study Conducted by Princeton University’s Center for Research on Child Wellbeing and Columbia University’s Social Indicators Survey Center Principal Investigators: Sara McLanahan, Irwin Garfinkel, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Christina Paxson
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E.1 Outcome Tables for Fragile Families Data Set

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.1 Outcome Tables for Fragile Families Data Set

Table E-1. Demographic and background characteristics households at least 50 percent below poverty line   Stably       Significant Group Comparisons Stable At Risk Dbld Housed
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Appendix E: Fragile Families Data Set

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Appendix E: Fragile Families Data Set

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Endnotes

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Endnotes

* Direct all correspondence to: David Reingold, Associate Professor, Indiana University, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, 1315 E. 10 th Street, Rm. 410, Bloomington, Indiana 47405.  Reingold@indiana.edu. Biographical Statements
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References

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. References

Axelson, Leland, J., and Dail, Paula, W. “The Changing Character of Homelessness in the United States,” Family Relations , Vol.37, No.4, 463-469, 1988. Bassuk, Ellen, L. et al.  “Homelessness in Female-Headed Families: Childhood and Adult Risk and Protective Factors,” American Journal of Public Health .  Vol. 87, No. 2, February 1997
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Discussion & Conclusion

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Discussion & Conclusion

Our analytic approach is designed to measure the multiplicity of individual and structural factors that may be associated with increased risk of becoming homeless, while also measuring those characteristics thought to protect families from this unfortunate hardship.  The design of the Fragile Families Study allows us to estimate these effects on
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Families at-Risk of Being Homeless: A

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Families at-Risk of Being Homeless: A Comprehensive Empirical Inquiry

In order to expand our understanding of the current characteristics of homeless families, while comparing the importance of individual and structural factors that represent both proximate and distal risk and protective dimensions, we analyze data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.  This new longitudinal birth-cohort sample of ap
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At Risk Families & Homelessness

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. At Risk Families & Homelessness

This fragmentation in the literature has created a perception that many hypothesized correlates of family homelessness matter equally.   Whether it is domestic violence, drug use, weak labor force attachment, lack of informal social support, high housing costs, climate, the decline in the value of cash welfare benefits, etc., all have some empir
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Theoretical Background

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Theoretical Background

Typologies are ubiquitous in the social sciences.  They are frequently used to help provide clarity and improve understanding of a given population, situation, or pattern of social organization.  They are not designed to capture all subtle variation in a given context, but function as a heuristic device to provide theoretical clarity to help for
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Introduction

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Introduction

Scholarly research over the past twenty-five years has firmly established the emergence and persistence of family homelessness in the United States.   The homeless household – usually a mother and her children – represents a departure from the stereotypical image of skid-row residents (sometimes referred to as the “old homeless”) who are
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Abstract

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Abstract

This paper explores the characteristics and causes of homelessness among poor families with children.
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Appendix D: The Characteristics and Causes of

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Appendix D: The Characteristics and Causes of Homelessness among At Risk Families with Children in Twenty American Cities

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Endnotes

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Endnotes

1 The NSHAPC classifies “currently homeless” families as those who reported that, on the day of the survey or during the 7-day period prior to being interviewed, they stayed in an emergency shelter or transitional housing program; or a hotel or motel paid for by a shelter voucher; or an abandoned building, a place of business, a car or other

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