The National Center for Children in Poverty has a 2008 fact sheet that outlines how the federal poverty measurement works, why it is inadequate and examines alternative ways to measure poverty—and child poverty—more effectively.

CFK Reports From: Ten Years of Leaving Foster Children Behind
Event: Press Conference
Organized By: Child Welfare League of America
Where/When: Murrow Room, National Press Club; July 17, 2006

An outdated eligibility requirement for foster kids to receive federal assistance under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act is leaving out nearly 50,000 children per year, according to a report by the Child Welfare League of America.

CFK Reports From: Expanding the Envelope of Anti-Poverty Initiatives
Event: Symposium
Organized By: Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program
Where/When: July 18, 2006; The National Press Club
Report By: Kate Carta

This symposium focused on the often overlooked opportunities that public and private leaders have to assist lower income families by bringing down the prices for basic necessities in their everyday lives.

CFK reports from: Child Well-Being: Their Present, Our Future
Event: A Briefing on America's Children: Key National Indicators of Child Well-Being, released by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Organized by: America's Promise
Where/When: Washington DC, Thursday September 22, 2005

Members from non-profit organizations and government agencies gathered at an annual policy seminar conducted by The Alliance for Youth to discuss the latest data on child well-being and how this data should be used to inform federal policy in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The briefing was to discuss the biennial release of America's Children: Key National Indicators of Child Well-Being, a compilation of statistics gathered by a collaboration of 20 agencies collectively known as the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics that provides data on education, health status, social development and other measures of how children are faring.

CFK reports from: The Library of Congress
Event: The Education Policy Forum
Organized by: The American Educational Research Association, and The Institute for Educational Leadership
Where/When: Washington DC, Friday, September 9, 2005

Members of various child advocacy organizations congregated at a monthly forum hosted by The American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) to discuss the findings and implications of Children: Key National Indicators of Well Being, 2005.

CFK reports from: The Brookings Institution
Event: Poverty and Income in 2004: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean for Children and Families
Organized by: The Brookings Welfare Reform and Beyond Initiative
Where/When: Washington, D.C., August 30, 2005

As has been widely reported, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2004 poverty and family income data on Wednesday, August 31, 2005, showing that 1.1 million more people lived in poverty in 2004 than in the previous year.

CFK reports from: Hall of States Building
Event: "2005 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard: Can Families Still Achieve the American Dream?"
Organized by: Corporation for Enterprise Development
Where/When: Washington, D.C., July 29, 2005

Experts at a Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) policy briefing said they believe CFED's 2005 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard will generate discussion and collaboration on asset development for working families.

CFK reports from: The Brookings Institution
Event: Release of study on Protecting Low-Income Families’ Savings; panel discussion
Organized by: The Retirement Security Project
Where/When: Washington, D.C., June 21, 2005

Changing methods of saving for retirement, combined with outdated government regulations on counting family assets, have increased the risk that low- and moderate-income families who attempt to save for later years will lose their eligibility for government assistance programs such as food stamps, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid and cash public assistance.

CFK reports from: The Dirksen Senate Office Building
Event: Youth and Senior Social Security Beneficiaries and Their Families
Organized by: Generations United
Where/When: Washington, D.C., May 2, 2005

Today, in an effort to explain more about the Social Security system and its effects on families, the Generations United organization hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill focused on poverty and survivor issues.