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Download full textBriana Ballis – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Racial disparities in infant health conditions have persisted for decades. However, there is surprisingly limited evidence regarding the long-term consequences of these disparities. Using novel linked administrative data from Texas and the shift to Medicaid Managed Care (MMC), I show that MMC-driven declines in infant health worsened cognitive and…
Descriptors: African American Children, Access to Health Care, Child Health, Health Insurance
Ekono, Mercedes; Jiang, Yang; Smith, Sheila – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2016
A U.S. family of three living in deep poverty survives on an annual income below $9,276, or less than $9.00 a day per family member. The struggle to raise children on such a meager income is not a rare circumstance among U.S. families, especially those with young children. Currently, 11 percent of young children (0-9 years) live in households with…
Descriptors: Young Children, Poverty, Family Income, Child Health
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1995
This report presents information on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program in light of efforts at welfare reform. Following a listing of whom to call at the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) regarding various welfare issues, the report's first section, "Basic Facts on Welfare," presents information on the AFDC in a…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Health, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Opportunities
Knitzer, Jane; Page, Stephen – 1996
In the past decade, there has been a sharp increase in awareness of how interventions that address multiple risk factors and target both children and their families can help ensure that children grow up healthy and able to learn. In 1995, the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) undertook a project to "map" state initiatives…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Welfare
