Child Poverty Research Data & Publications
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02/24/10
A Look at Children and the President's FY 2011 Federal Budget
President Obama’s 2011 Budget signals the Administration’s continued commitment to children and families even in these extraordinarily tough economic times. It reflects the President’s understanding that investing in children now will ensure a more stable economy and a healthier, more competitive workforce in the future. -
02/12/10
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Leaving the Littlest Ones Behind"
When people talk about the “achievement gap” at-risk children face, they often think of it in terms that apply to school-age children—but that gap can start much earlier than most people might guess. A recent report by the nonprofit, nonpartisan research group Child Trends showed that disparities actually begin appearing before children’s first birthdays. -
02/12/10
Jamila's Corner: "Coming of Age Homeless in Our Nation’s Capital"
It was the youngest ones who always got me. The newborn babies returning from the hospital to a homeless shelter as their first home. No balloons or fresh cribs waiting for them. The toothless toddlers smile broadly, wiggling across the dirty shelter floor, happy to be alive, oblivious to their circumstances in life. -
01/22/10
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Children Drop Out and Into Lives of Poverty and Imprisonment"
A homeless man talking about how he ended up on the streets said he had wanted to get in with the “cool” crowd in 8th or 9th grade—a crowd that smoked marijuana, got into fights, and skipped school. No adult reached out to help him turn his life around so he continued his decline into a life of chronic joblessness and poverty, and long stretches of incarceration after he dropped out of school. -
12/11/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Beating the Odds in Tough Times"
In these challenging economic times, when so many are struggling to keep their heads above water, life is toughest for children in broken families at the low end of the income scale. Yet despite struggling to live under the worst conditions, there are extraordinary young people who draw upon their inner strength to overcome the most daunting barriers. -
12/04/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Is There Still No Room in Our Inn for the Most Famous Poor Baby in History?"
In this holy season of Advent, tens of millions of Christians are waiting for and preparing to celebrate the birthday of the most famous poor baby in history on Christmas Day. Yet that baby – born in a stable after being denied a room in the inn for his birth over 2,000 years ago – might still find "no room" signs in the health care inn in the richest nation on earth in 2009. -
11/20/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "A Thanksgiving Prayer to End Poverty in Our Time"
Thanksgiving is a time when many Americans pause to be grateful for all we have. In the current economic downturn when the gap between rich and poor is at the highest level since the Great Depression and the unemployment rate is 10.2 percent, millions of our neighbors, including many families with children, are struggling hard to count their blessings. -
05/01/09
Children in the States Factsheets
These factsheets provide basic stats and rankings regarding poverty, health, hunger, child welfare, early childhood development, education and youth at risk for children in 2008 in each state. -
03/31/09
Cradle to Prison Pipeline® State Factsheets
These factsheets provide basic state-level data on the various issues related to the pipeline including poverty, health care, early childhood education, education, child welfare, juvenile justice system and incarceration, and community violence. They also provide action steps needed to protect and reroute children from the pipeline. -
03/30/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Important Free Help at Tax Time"
Mabel Pichardo is a self-employed mother of two young children from New York City. She earned approximately $31,000 last year making ends meet through three different freelance jobs. In 2008, she had her tax returns prepared for free at the nonprofit Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation...
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