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Resources: Reports

1. Costly Consequences: The Real Impact of Congress' Elimination of the TANF Supplemental Grants

   September 10, 2012

   By David Seith

   Type: Report

   In June 2011, Congress eliminated the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Supplemental Grants to 17 states. This report describes what the loss of this $319 million in federal assistance has meant for states that already had very little ...

2. Back on Track through College in the Rio Grande Valley

   August 29, 2012

   By Lili Allen, Jobs for the Future

   Type: Report

   Texas's Rio Grande Valley is home to a groundbreaking model for dropout recovery that helps youth transition into ...

3. Using a Birth to Third Grade Framework to Promote Grade-Level Reading

   August 29, 2012

   By Jessica Mindnich, Ph.D., Derya Arac, Elizabeth Cavagnaro, Melina Sanchez, Giannina Perez, Marguerite Ries, Samantha Tran, Brad Strong, and Louella Ilog and Edited by Ted Lempert, Kristi Schutjer-Mance, Brian Kennedy, and Michael Altamirano

   Type: Report

   Students who are not able to read by the end of the third grade quickly fall behind in school. In 2011, 95% of California’s English language learners failed to read English at grade-level in fourth ...

4. An Analysis of State Laws Regarding Mandated Reporting of Child Maltreatment: Appendix A

   August 24, 2012

   Type: Report

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5. The Children of the Southwest

   August 22, 2012

   By Steve Murdock, Michael Cline and Mary Zey

   Type: Report

   The children of the Southwest represent a critical component of the U.S. child population, disproportionately accounting for both the total and growth of the child population for more than 40 years. This report, authored by a team led by former ...

6. Court-Based Child Welfare Reforms

   August 8, 2012

   By Elizabeth Thornton

   Type: Report

   Most children placed in foster care have contact with the state child welfare court system. These courts play a key role in ensuring children’s safety, timely permanency, and well-being. They serve as a check and balance on the child welfare ...

7. Kids' Share

   July 19, 2012

   By Julia Isaacs, Katherine Toran, Heather Hahn, Karina Fortuny and C. Eugene Steuerle

   Type: Report

   Kids' Share 2012 is the sixth annual analysis of federal spending and tax investments in children and families. This year's Kids' Share report finds spending on children fell for the first time since the mid-1980s and, unless Congress changes ...

8. Big Ideas

   July 16, 2012

   Type: Report

   The Southwest is home to more than one-fourth of America's ...

9. Improving the Economic Security of Children in Foster Care and Young People Who are Transitioning from Foster Care

   July 10, 2012

   By Shawn Fremstad

   Type: Report

   This Child Welfare State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC) guide discusses ways to help foster children and youth who aged out of foster care access critical public benefits including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the ...

10. Children's Budget 2012

    June 27, 2012

    By Jared Solomon

    Type: Report

    The federal government makes more than 180 distinct investments in children. These include traditional “children’s” initiatives, like education and child abuse and neglect ...

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