Child Poverty Research Data & Publications
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12/23/08
State of America's Children 2008® Report - Child Poverty and Race
CDF's State of America's Chiladren 2008 report is a compilation of national and state-by-state data on poverty, health, child welfare, youth at risk, early childhood development, education, nutrition and housing. This section of the report details the child poverty rates by state and race/ethnicity. -
12/23/08
State of America's Children® Report - Moments and Each Day in America for Children
CDF's State of America's Children 2008 report is a compilation of national and state-by-state data on poverty, health, child welfare, youth at risk, early childhood development, education, nutrition and housing. This section of the report contains data on what happens to children every second, minute, hour, and each day in America. -
12/23/08
State of America's Children 2008® Report - Child Poverty and Income
The fifth section of CDF's State of America's Children 2008 report, "Child Population" provides data on the number and percentage of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in each state, racial/ethnic and geographic breakdowns, the number of children living in poverty over time, AFDC/TANF benefit levels and participation and data on child support enforcement. -
12/18/08
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "A Christmas Prayer to End Poverty in Our Time"
As 2.1 billion Christians in our world prepare to celebrate the birth of the most famous poor baby in history, I hope they and all peoples will commit to helping all the poor babies in our rich nation and world find a place in our hearts and at our tables of plenty. -
12/12/08
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "America's Sixth Child"
"On the day he died, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called his mother to give her his next Sunday’s sermon title: "Why America May Go to Hell." In his 1968 call for a Poor People's Campaign, he warned that "America is going to hell if we don't use her vast resources to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children to have the basic necessities of life." -
08/01/08
Child Poverty in America
This primer on child poverty provides information on the definition of poverty; basic facts about child poverty; how poverty affects children's health, food security, early development, home and family environment, education, and crime; the economic and social costs of child poverty; and public programs that combat child poverty. -
08/01/08
Trends in Child Poverty and Extreme Child Poverty
Fact sheet on trends in child poverty and extreme child poverty and broken down by race. -
05/09/08
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Washington's Two Economies—A Growing Income Gap"
Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, is one of the great cities of the world. Tourists come here from around the globe to enjoy its world-class museums and art galleries and visit its columned edifices of gleaming marble... -
05/02/08
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "We Must End Child Hunger Now"
"In America, millions of low-income families struggle each month to obtain a minimally adequate diet. In 2006, 12.6 million children and 22.9 million adults lived in households struggling against hunger, and those numbers are expected to grow amid a weakening economy..." -
04/15/08
2008 Texas RAL Report - Counties with Highest Number of Refund Anticipation Loans
The chart, Texas Counties with the Highest Number of Tax Returns Filed," from "Halting the Loss of Billions of Dollars in Earned Income Tax Credit Benefits in the State of Texas," a April 2008 report on how low-income families lose billions each year in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefits to high-interest, short-term loans, tax preparation fees, and other financial products issued by commercial tax preparers.
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