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1. Unemployment from a Child's Perspective

   March 25, 2013

   By Julia Isaacs, The Urban Institute

   Type: Report

   A new report for First Focus shows that one in six children lives with a parent who is unemployed or ...

2. Children in Harm's Way: Criminal Justice, Immigration Enforcement, and Child Welfare

   January 31, 2013

   By Wendy Cervantes, Yali Lincroft, Susan D. Phillips, Ph.D., The Sentencing Project, Alan J. Dettlaff, MSW, Ph.D., Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Lara Bruce, MSW, Butler Institute for Families, University of Denver

   Type: Report

   Children of immigrants are one-fourth of America's children and the fastest-growing group of ...

3. The Recession’s Ongoing Impact on Children, 2012

   December 4, 2012

   By Julia Isaacs and Olivia Healy, The Urban Institute

   Type: Report

   Economic realities for America's children have changed dramatically for America's children — and not for the ...

4. SPARC Brief: Adoption Tax Credit: A Guide for State Advocates

   December 4, 2012

   By Mary Boo

   Type: Report

   This brief is intended to inform state advocates about the adoption tax credit, help them share accurate information with parents and adoption professionals in their communities, and ensure that ...

5. Data Sharing in Public Benefit Programs

   November 13, 2012

   By Cari DeSantis and Sarah Fass Hiatt for the Coalition for Access and Opportunity

   Type: Report

   In recent years, dramatic changes across the landscape of public benefit programs — technology innovations, increased consumer demand for interconnectedness, new research into best practices in ...

6. Medicaid Block Grants are Bad for Kids

   October 25, 2012

   By Peter Harbage, Sarah Arnquist, and Ashley Cohen, of Harbage Consulting

   Type: Report

   Commissioned by First Focus and authored by Peter Harbage, Sarah Arnquist, and Ashley Cohen this report describes the enormous success of Medicaid in increasing health insurance coverage among ...

7. SPARC Brief: Privatization of Child Welfare Services: A Guide for State Advocates

   October 15, 2012

   By Charlotte McCullough and Madelyn Freundlich

   Type: Report

   Authored by consultants Charlotte McCullough and Madelyn Freundlich, this brief provides an overview of child welfare privatization and how advocates can be involved in efforts to privatize child welfare ...

8. Privatization of Child Welfare Services: A Summary Checklist

   October 15, 2012

   By Charlotte McCullough and Madelyn Freundlich

   Type: Report

   This summary checklist accompanies a SPARC policy brief authored by consultants Charlotte McCullough and Madelyn ...

9. America's Report Card 2012: Children in the US

   October 10, 2012

   Type: Report

   Commissioned by former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Sen. Casey (D-PA), America’s Report Card provides a holistic picture of unmet needs in five areas of a child’s life: economic security, early childhood education, K-12 education, permanence and ...

10. Prospects for Continued Progress on Children’s Health Insurance in the Seven Southwestern States

    October 10, 2012

    By Eugene Lewit and Pilar Mendoza, of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, with Karen Crompton of Voices for Utah Children, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, Kelly Hardy of Children Now, Matt Jewett of the Children's Action Alliance and Bill Jordan of New Mexico Voices for Children

    Type: Report

    Creative, thoughtful, and tenacious advocacy has played an important role in securing significant improvements in health coverage for children in Southwestern states. This paper brings philanthropy and advocacy perspectives together to draw lessons ...

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