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Child Poverty Research Data & Publications

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02/06/08

2008 Federal Poverty Guidelines - Alaska (Excel Format)

2008 Federal Poverty Guidelines for Alaska (Excel format)

12/28/07

Child Watch® Column: "Creating a Community Cradle Roll"

"Was your name on the Cradle Roll? Many of us who grew up in the church will know right away just what that means."

12/21/07

Child Watch® Column: "Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children"

"Like Howard Thurman's "Prayer of Thanksgiving," I like sharing this story a friend shared with me as "the best sermon" my dear friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., who passed away last year, "never preached." It was Christmas Eve and the pews at New York City's Riverside Church were packed."

12/14/07

Child Watch® Column: "Giving -- The True Gift of Christmas"

"Christmas is a festive time when many families come together, homes are decorated with trees hung with ornaments and lights and sumptuous dinners are prepared. Christmas also can be, for a variety of reasons, a time of stress. "

12/07/07

Child Watch® Column: "Augustus Hawkins -- A Marvelous Statesman Passes On"

"Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins was a legislator, an advocate for children and working families, and a statesman. He died at the age of 100 on November 10th."

11/30/07

Child Watch® Column: "Let's Put the "Justice" Back in Our Juvenile Justice System"

"Although she had no prior criminal record, 14-year-old Shaquanda Cotton was sentenced in 2006 to up to seven years in correctional detention for shoving a teacher's aide in the small town of Paris in East Texas. Another 14-year-old girl was sentenced by the same judge to probation after she was convicted of the serious crime of arson."

11/23/07

Child Watch® Column: "Young, Black, and Locked Up"

"If you were asked where the United States ranks among industrialized countries on low birthweight, infant mortality or child poverty, a guess much higher than the bottom on any of these social indicators would be wrong. But if you were asked where America stands on imprisoning its citizens, you would be correct to answer that we surpass everyone else. Our nation incarcerates more people — over 2.3 million in 2006 — than any other country."

11/19/07

Child Watch® Column: "A Litany of Thanksgiving"

"In this season of Thanksgiving, I wish you wealth in the things of true value — family, friends, health and peace of mind and spirit. For those of us with plenty, it's a time to stretch our waistbands with customary comfort food — turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce."

11/09/07

Child Watch® Column: "Courage to Beat the Odds"

"Imagine being alone on a battlefield facing new enemies each and every day. There are few visible avenues of retreat or escape and few resources to help you survive. But by dint of inner strength, you not only survive, you prevail."

11/02/07

Child Watch® Column: "From School Yard to Prison Yard"

"In a number of America's upper-income communities, parents like generations of family members before them preregister their children at birth for blue-chip nursery schools in hopes of placing them on the path to Ivy League and other top-tier universities. By contrast, millions of Black and Latino children from poor families with no or few stimulating prekindergarten opportunities never make it onto the college track."

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