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December 20, 2011
Type: Report
The recession continues to take a heavy toll on children and their families. A new First Focus analysis authored by Brookings scholar Julia Isaacs reveals the recession’s continuing effects – often unseen through conventional economic metrics ...
December 8, 2011
Type: Report
Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding helps states meet children's basic needs, like child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention, child care, and even job training. But a flawed block grant formula has put some ...
November 1, 2011
Type: Report
As a population, children who have been abused or neglected often have a range of unique physical and mental health needs, physical disabilities and developmental delays, far greater than other high-risk populations. For instance, foster children ...
September 21, 2011
Type: Report
One in three working families today find that employment does not guarantee a decent living standard. Forty percent of all children – 30 million kids – grow up in such households. Why are these families unable to get ahead? And what are the ...
September 9, 2011
Type: Report
This report found that on every level, Medicaid vouchers were a failure. Ultimately, this approach resulted in increased costs for the state and the families who rely on Medicaid. More bad news, the vouchers reduced benefits and caused scores of ...
September 8, 2011
Type: Report
Commissioned by First Focus and authored by Peter Harbage and Sarah Arnquist, this report describes the enormous success of Medicaid in increasing health insurance coverage among children and examines the dangers of block grants for children, ...
July 21, 2011
Type: Report
Children's Budget 2011 is the latest edition of the First Focus Children's Budget series. The book provides an analysis of the over 180 federally funded programs that are aimed at enhancing the well-being of our nation's children, and how their ...
July 21, 2011
Type: Report
Kids' Share 2011 is the fifth annual examination of the federal spending trends and tax policies that support and affect children and families. This year's Kids' Share report finds spending on children rose temporarily during the recession but is ...
June 16, 2011
Type: Report
Following a successful, decade-long campaign to reduce child poverty by half, author Jane Waldfogel, Ph.D. of Columbia University and London School of Economics, documents the concrete steps taken by the United Kingdom to maintain its commitment to ...
June 13, 2011
Type: Report
Authored by Professors Leighton Ku and Christine Ferguson of the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and commissioned by First Focus, the report describes the enormous success of Medicaid and the Children’s ...
