Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Public Services & Assistance

Hunger in an Obese Nation?

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:58:24 -0600

In the “land of plenty,” 17 million children don’t get enough to eat. A December 8, 2009 Coalition on Human Needs’ webinar addressed the surprising connections between hunger and obesity, and how economic hardships impact American diets, and young people’s physical and mental health and learning.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

HUD Releases New Homeless Report

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:01:58 -0500

Check for data on families with kids: HUD’s new report provides a point-in-time estimate of the total number of homeless persons on a single night, as well as a one-year estimate of the total sheltered homeless population.

Child Welfare: Uniting Leadership, Policy, and Research to Serve Vulnerable Children and Families

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:56:26 -0500

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How Program Administrators Can Support Out-Of-School Time Staff

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:36:58 -0500

From recruitment to ongoing training and troubleshooting, this Child Trends brief argues that good management is key to maintaining well-trained and well-prepared frontline staff in after-school programs. Good directors create a positive climate and supportive environment for participants and staff and they use relevant data to set new goals.

Reauthorizing WIA: A Downpayment on a Workforce Development System for the 21st Century

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:12:28 -0500

First passed in 1998, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is up for reauthorization. Jobs for the Future has specific recommendations to strengthen a modernized workforce development system. This system should be powerful enough to build and maintain a 21st century workforce, multifunctional to meet the needs of youth, workers, employers and communities, and flexible enough to adapt to a dynamic, competitive global economy.

The Economy Will Recover, Children Will Not:

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:36:23 -0500

Turning Point: The Long Term Effects of Recession-induced poverty

Following four cohorts of children who lived through post-war American recessions for up to twenty years of adulthood, researcher

On the Hill: “Hunger after the School Bell” as Advocates Gear Up for the Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:45:12 -0500

A July 8 Congressional briefing hosted by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) and the Afterschool Alliance laid out some surprising facts and inspiring optimism about this fall’s opportunity to build a better food program for the nation’s vulnerable children. CFK has this field report.

Help for Hard-Pressed Families and States Best Bang for the Buck

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:10:58 -0600

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities argues that on a dollar-for-dollar basis, temporary increases in safety net programs like food stamps and unemployment insurance and fiscal relief to states

Medicaid Cutbacks Imminent in Most States

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:16:29 -0600

The Kaiser Family Fund survey of state Medicaid directors finds that most states are facing the prospect of mid-fiscal year 2009 program cutbacks in this program that serves vulnerable families.