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Huston, Aletha C.; Gupta, Anjali E.; Walker, Jessica Thornton; Dowsett, Chantelle J.; Epps, Sylvia R.; Imes, Amy E.; McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
New Hope, an employment-based poverty-reduction intervention for adults evaluated in a random-assignment experimental design, had positive impacts on children's achievement and social behavior two and five years after random assignment. The question addressed in this paper was the following: Did the positive effects of New Hope on younger children…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Parents, Employment, Poverty Programs
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McCook, Kathleen de la Pena; Meyer, Rachel – Public Libraries, 2001
Examines CCIs (Comprehensive Community Initiatives), which can help librarians expand services to young adults who live in poverty; reviews a Wisconsin plan which highlights community-based librarianship; presents a case study of a Florida CCI-based youth development project; and discusses public libraries and CCIs, and library education programs…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth
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Cibulka, James G. – Journal of Education Finance, 1986
Wisconsin's guaranteed tax base equalization formula has no direct adjustment for the additional costs of educating poverty level pupils. This paper establishes the need for an adjustment and examines three measures (based on varying poverty definitions) to determine which provides the most equitable funding formula for educating poor children. (9…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance