Child Research Data & Publications
Thank you for your interest in CDF's child research data and publications. To better help you find the information you are looking for, please use the search function below. You can either search by topic, type of publication and date range or by keyword. You can also see a listing of publications by topic by selecting one of the issues in the left navigation.
Search Publications
Recent Publications
-
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 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..." -
01/23/09
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. -
01/16/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Inauguration Day: Continuing the Dream"
"Rosa sat so Martin could march. Martin marched so Barack could run. Barack runs so our children can fly!" From text messages to t-shirts, versions of this quote circulated everywhere during last year's historic presidential election. The popular message captured many people's belief that just like Mrs. Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President-elect Barack Obama is part of a historic legacy of trailblazers and leaders, each one taking a giant new step toward making a better nation for the next generation of Black Americans and all Americans..." -
01/12/09
Letter from Marian Wright Edelman to Congressional Leadership Regarding the Stimulus Package
A letter from CDF President Marian Wright Edelman to Congressional leadership regarding the stimulus package asking Congress to immediately pass a stimulus package that helps low-income families (those most in need and who will spend the money immediately) by including temporary tax credits. -
01/09/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Remembering Sally Smith, the Pioneering Arts Educator"
"It was a catered evening reception at the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., but this event didn't signal an exhibit opening for a famous painter. The guests of honor were 30 outstanding, though generally unheralded, elementary and high school art teachers from across the country flown to Washington to receive a personalized award and a print signed by artist James Rosenquist..." -
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 2008® Report - Early Childhood Care and Development
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 early childhood care and development. -
12/23/08
State of America's Children 2008® Report - Youths at Risk
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 teen birth rates, youth unemployment and drug abuse, incarceration, and firearm deaths.
Join CDF On: