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07/15/11

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "The State of America's Children"

The Children's Defense Fund has just released a new report, The State of America's Children 2011, which paints a disturbing portrait of child needs across our country. With rampant unemployment, housing foreclosures, homelessness, hunger, and massive looming federal and state budget cuts, children's well-being is in great jeopardy. One in five children is poor and children are our nation's poorest age group.

06/17/11

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Maternal Depression: Helping Mothers, Helping Children"

Ellie Zuehlke and her husband had expected the birth of their long-awaited first child to be one of the happiest moments of their lives—until, somehow, it wasn't. Instead, Ellie experienced severe postpartum depression that left her unable to care for their newborn son. To thousands of mothers, Ellie Zuehlke's story will sound sadly familiar.

01/13/11

The State of Black Children and Families: Black Perspectives On What Black Children Face And What The Future Holds

New research conducted by Hart Research Associates on behalf of the Black Community Crusade for Children (BCCC) found two issues have risen to the top of serious concerns the Black community faces.

01/13/11

Black and White: Black Children Compared to White Children

CDF produced a one-page document comparing Black and White children in the crucial areas of poverty, family structure, health, education and the criminal justice system.

01/13/11

A Portrait of Inequality 2011

CDF produced "Portrait of Inequality 2011", a report showing the gross inequalities facing Black children compared to White children, across all critical indicators of wellbeing.

12/31/10

Center for Labor Market Studies-Northeastern University Study on Youth Employment

Andy Sum, professor of economics and director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, conducted a study that found the American dream and employment opportunities vanishing for many Black young people.

03/05/10

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Children Need Better Protection from Abuse and Neglect"

In January 2008, four sisters were found dead in their southeast Washington, D.C. home. The girls, ages 5, 6, 11, and 17, had been murdered by their mother, Banita Jacks, months earlier. She was recently convicted and sentenced to 120 years in prison. None of the District of Columbia's social service agencies or the police intervened to save the girls despite some alarming signs that they were in great peril.

09/18/09

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Child Health as a Critical National Security Issue"

In April 2005, a group of scholars at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services published a policy brief on "National Security and U.S. Child Health Policy: The Origins and Continuing Role of Medicaid and EPSDT."

08/28/09

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Katrina's Children— Still Struggling"

Dear President Obama: My name is Jade Windon, 7th grade student at McDonogh 42 Charter School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. President, I write to you expressing how many of our lives continue to be affected today by the storm that happened almost four years ago. Hurricane Katrina devastated the lives of everyone here and in the Gulf Coast region.

05/15/09

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "National Foster Care Month"

May is National Foster Care Month and this year is a good time to reflect on the progress we can make in improving the lives of children and youths in foster care by implementing the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (Fostering Connections Act).

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Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "The State of America's Children"

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Maternal Depression: Helping Mothers, Helping Children"

The State of Black Children and Families: Black Perspectives On What Black Children Face And What The Future Holds

Black and White: Black Children Compared to White Children

A Portrait of Inequality 2011

Center for Labor Market Studies-Northeastern University Study on Youth Employment

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Children Need Better Protection from Abuse and Neglect"

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Child Health as a Critical National Security Issue"

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Katrina's Children— Still Struggling"

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "National Foster Care Month"