Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Family Income

Feeding Our Future: Growing Up Healthy with WIC

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:54:52 -0500

This report by Children’s HealthWatch highlights the implications of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on very young children. The report details rese

Residential Segregation and Low-Income Working Families

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:28:24 -0500

Historically, residential segregation constrained where minorities could live, contributing to disparities in education, employment, and wealth. Researchers interested in the well-being and future prospects of low-income working families have not yet explored how their residential patterns may vary across racial and ethnic lines or considered the implications of these patterns.

A Detailed Picture of Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:58:17 -0500

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we consider how parental education relates to four outcomes in the children's generation: education, lifetime earnings, health, and wealth. By focusing on parents' and children's ranks, we characterize relative mobility in terms of distributions of outcomes and can see patterns that even a relatively disaggregated analysis, like a quintile-based transition matrix, can obscure.

Higher Poverty Rates Found in LGBT Community

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:35:28 -0500

Recent data has found that denying LGBT people equal access to the institution of marriage, protection from employment discrimination, and other civil rights and family benefits may be contributing to higher poverty rates in the LGBT community than in the general population overall.

Legislation to Increase Access to Adult Education

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:33:09 -0500

On July 16, 2009, Senators Jim Webb, Sherrod Brown, and Representatives Patrick Kennedy and Ruben Hinojosa introduced the "Adult Education and Economic Growth Act of 2009" ( S. 1468 and H.R. 3238). This legislation would invest in workforce development, education, and training to prepare adults to participate in the changing workforce.

Federal Minimum Wage Increases

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:30:18 -0500

The federal minimum wage rose by 70 cents to $7.25 an hour on July 24, 2009. It will raise the pay of the lowest-paid workers and boost the economy. According to an estimate by the Economic Policy Institute, the modest 70-cent increase will generate $5.5 billion in consumer spending over the next year - providing a boost to the economy without any increase in government spending.

Initiative Aims to Revitalized Urban Communities

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:28:16 -0500

On July 14, 2009, HUD Secretary Shaun Donavon outlined the administration's plans to reform the Hope VI program and the goals for the new Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. The initiative aims to include private and nonprofit partners in local projects to extend neighborhood transformation efforts beyond public housing and link housing developments more closely with school reform and early childhood innovation.

Act Aims to Preserve Affordable Housing

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:22:57 -0500

Representative Barney Frank recently released a discussion draft of comprehensive legislation to preserve affordable housing. The legislative proposal aims to prevent displacement of low-income, elderly, and disabled tenants.

Out of Focus: A Snapshot of Public Funding to Reconnect Youth to Education and Employment

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:45:38 -0500

New York City faces a civic crisis of “disconnected” youth and young adults. There are over 163,000 young people ages 16 to 24 who are neither in school nor in the labor force. When we add the number of “unemployed” young adults, who are actively seeking work but unable to find it, we have more than 220,000 young people who are not in school nor working—nearly one in five of the total age group.

Mapping Poverty in New York City: Pinpointing the Impact of Poverty, Community by Community

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:41:00 -0500

New Yorkers are living with the effects of poverty in every part of New York City, but the
experience of poverty remains closely tied to place. Half of the city’s 1.4 million poor
people live in neighborhoods where the poverty rate is at least 24.8 percent (compared

Making the Connection: Economic Opportunity for Public Housing Residents

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:35:46 -0500

More than 20,000 public housing residents are seeking jobs in New York City’s
recession economy. The city and the Housing Authority have every reason to
connect them to opportunities.

Rising to the Challenge: Adressing Poverty in New York

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:30:40 -0500

The Community Service Society of New York draws on a 160-year history of excellence in addressing the root causes of economic disparity. Through applied research, advocacy, litigation, and innovative program models, we respond to urgent, contemporary challenges by pioneering programs for a more prosperous city.

Act Introduced to Reform Section 8

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:06:33 -0500

Last month the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act was introduced in the House. H.R. 3045 would streamline and make improvements to the Housing Choice Voucher program and authorize 150,000 new vouchers in fiscal year (FY) 2010.

Increased Unemployment Benefits Gain Support in Congress

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:46:19 -0500

A bill introduced by Representative John M. McHugh would suspend taxes on unemployment benefits for two years. This legislation would amend the Internal Revenue Code to suspend the taxation of unemployment benefits for the 2009 and 2010 tax years.

Disparities in Child Outcomes Found Among Infants

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:10:20 -0500

A new study finds disparities between poor, at-risk children and more advantaged children as early as 9 months of age - extending prior research that primarily focuses on disparities at kindergarten entry and beyond.