Child Welfare Research Data & Publications
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02/20/09
Marian Wright Edelman's La Columna Child Watch®: "Se celebra esta semana la cumbre nacional “De la Cuna a la Cárcel”"
La mayoría de los niños crecen en Estados Unidos escuchando en voz alta lo que sus padres sueñan y esperan para ellos en su futuro: el éxito en la escuela, una carrera satisfactoria y una familia. Lamentablemente, no son los mismos sueños y expectativas con que crecen muchos de los niños negros y latinos pobres. -
02/13/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Economic Crisis Puts Children at Risk"
"In the middle of all the headlines and 24-hour news reports about the economic crisis, one critical story is just beginning to be told. Four days after Christmas, the Washington Post ran this article: "Child Neglect Cases Multiply As Economic Woes Spread." In the article, area child welfare workers talked about the noticeable rise in the number of child abuse and neglect investigations. Many of the new neglect cases were connected to families trying to make do without heat, electricity or necessary medical care, like asthma medications and other basic needs. An emergency room doctor at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, worried about a recent jump in the number of children coming in with bruises, broken bones and burns, and colleagues in other cities told her they'd noticed the same thing." -
01/26/09
New Help for Children Raised by Grandparents and Other Relatives: Questions and Answers About the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
The "New Help for Children Raised by Grandparents and Other Relatives: Questions and Answers About the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008," is intended to help ensure full and prompt implementation of the improvements in the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act for children being raised by grandparents and other relatives. In this guide, the supporting organizations have answered a number of questions posed to them by persons interested in implementing the new act. -
01/23/09
Marian Wright Edelman's La Columna Child Watch®: "Ha llegado el momento de rescatar de la pobreza a nuestros niños y familias indigentes "
Mientras la actual recesión se ha convertido posiblemente en la peor crisis económica desde la Gran Depresión de los años 30, todos fuimos testigos por medio de la televisión de las declaraciones y súplica por un rescate económico de los CEOs (Directores ejecutivos) de grandes bancos, empresas de inversión, sociedades hipotecarias y compañías automovilísticas. Sostuvieron que la bancarrota de tales colosos corporativos daría lugar a una catástrofe económica. -
01/23/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Now Is the Time to Bail Our Poor Children and Families Out of Poverty"
"As the current recession has turned into what may be the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, we all witnessed televised coverage of the CEOs of big banks, investment houses, mortgage companies and auto makers testify before Congress and plead for financial bailouts. They argued that bankruptcy of these corporate behemoths would result in a national economic catastrophe..." -
01/02/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "All Parents Can Use Support"
"Parenting offers the most wonderful and daunting challenges in the world. Parents are their children's most important teachers and mentors, and they bear primary responsibility for nurturing their sons and daughters while keeping them safe." -
12/26/08
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "CDF's 35th Anniversary: Looking Back, Looking Forward"
"As we all look to a new year and pause to remember the highlights of the last one, the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is reflecting on a major milestone: 2008 marked our 35th anniversary. In October, we celebrated with a special event at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C." -
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 Welfare
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 child abuse and neglect, foster care, kinship care, and adoptions. -
11/21/08
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "A Time for Thanksgiving"
"The past year has been a tumultuous and uncertain one for many Americans. Each day's headlines brought worrisome news: the collapse of Wall Street; massive home and job losses; and a spreading global economic crisis. We all felt enormous fear and insecurity for our family's and children's futures...."
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