Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Family Roles & Structure

Children With Incarcerated Parents

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:45:09 -0500

Children with incarcerated parents are particularly vulnerable because not only are they faced with the trauma of loss, but also the myriad economic and social challenges that parental incarceration can bring. The goals of Annie E Casey Foundation's work in this field are to support and promote effective responses to these challenges.

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.

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.

Parent Tip Sheets for Reading with Young Children

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:26:58 -0600

Here are some useful, age-appropriate “cheat sheets” to help parents and caregivers get the most out of their time with their children, boosting reading skills and enjoyment.

Incarcerated Parents and Their Children: Trends 1991-2007

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:08:43 -0600

In 2007, 1.7 million children under age 18 had a parent in prison—an 82 percent increase 1991, disproportionately affecting children of color. Children of incarcerated parents are more likely to drop out of school, engage in delinquency, and subsequently be incarcerated themselves. This Sentencing Project brief evaluates Department of Justice data and offers policy recommendations to support parent/child relationships and minimize the harm to children.

Mapping Community Data on Children of Prisoners

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:07:25 -0600

Children of incarcerated parents are often an invisible population, but analyzing and mapping local data on these families can help policymakers and advocates understand these children's experiences and needs.

Reading Into the Hope Meadows Story

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:13:22 -0500

In this October 2008 blog entry, Hershel Sarbin reacts to a recent CFK article on Hope Meadows, an intergenerational community launched in 1993, and how “smartly its founders have adapted to changing conditions over the years.” Therein lies a model for all of us, he says.

Marriage as Anti-Child-Poverty Program

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:31:09 -0500

Congress recently allocated $750 million over five years to promote marriage and fatherhood initiatives among low-income groups. As a result, federally-funded marriage promotion programs are springing up around the country, including in Washington, DC. Roshin Mathew, an Emerson Hunger Fellow working with Connect for Kids this year, wondered about the connection between marriage promotion and better lives for low-income children. Here are her findings, and her thoughts.

How Does Family Well-Being Vary Across Different Types of Neighborhoods?

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:25:21 -0500

White picket fences, brownstones, housing projects; racially diverse or isolated—:what impact does a family's neighborhood really have on the well-being and opportunities for young people? How much is correlated, and how much is causal? According to this report "rigorous research indicates that neighborhood isolation and distress can contribute to or exacerbate individual and family distress." This report examines what's known about poverty, economic security, access to services, and child and family well-being to better understand the neighborhood-family connection.

Returning Soldiers Bring Joy, Stress to Families

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:31:58 -0500

It�s a perennial struggle for military families, but one that is hitting home for more and more of them as soldiers rotate back to the home front from Iraq and Afghanistan: the sometimes painful adjustments that come with the return of a long-absent parent. Rebecca Freshour looks at some of the issues.

Thursday's Child: Dads and Husbands

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:48:08 -0500

Start: May 11 2006 - 9:00am

End: May 11 2006 - 10:30am

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Dads and Husbands: Promoting Child Well-Being Through Father Involvement and Marriage Programs is co-sponsored by Chapin Hall Center for Children and the Urban Institute, and will take place in Washington, DC:

Mother's Day

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:03:35 -0500

Start: May 14 2006 - 12:00am

End: May 14 2006 - 11:59pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Mother's Day

Putting the Brakes on Sports

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:16:13 -0500

Teamwork. Friends. Healthy exercise. That's the upside of organized sports and activities for kids. But what about the downside? Loss of family time. Stress. Weekends in the car. Andrea Grazzini Walstrom decided to take action to reclaim at least part of each precious weekend. Walstrom talks about the birth of Balance4Success, the group she started in Minnesota.

American Community Survey: Marriage and Fertility

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:22:37 -0500

About 29 percent of all new mothers in the United States are unmarried and 15 percent are not American citizens, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, which tracks state-specific data.

Building Community for Deaf Parents and their Hearing Kids

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:31:57 -0500

It's a different kind of bicultural family, and one with special challenges—from safely supervising a toddler you can't hear cry to heading off a teacher who wants to enlist your child as interpreter in a meeting about his own school performance. Rob Capriccioso reports.