Descriptor
| Child Welfare | 7 |
| Low Income | 7 |
| Poverty Programs | 7 |
| Poverty | 6 |
| Welfare Recipients | 4 |
| Welfare Services | 4 |
| Economically Disadvantaged | 3 |
| Welfare Reform | 3 |
| Child Health | 2 |
| Childhood Needs | 2 |
| Children | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| This Magazine | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - General | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Asia | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| India | 1 |
| Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Aid to Families with… | 2 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
This Magazine, 1973
Describes the failure of the low incomes of working and welfare poor to provide minimally sufficient food, proper nutrition and corresponding good health. Recommends the establishment of governmental programs to provide adequate nourishing food and nutrition information to need sectiony of the population. (SF)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Food, Hunger, Low Income
Download full textHarvey, Mark – 1998
This annotated bibliography, arranged alphabetically by personal author, contains 235 citations of works examining welfare reform and its implications for rural areas. Items include journal articles, books, reports, and discussion papers from universities, private institutes, government agencies, and private presses. Topics include labor and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Welfare, Federal Legislation, Job Training
Bergmann, Barbara R. – 1997
In the wake of welfare reform efforts, the government is willing to provide or finance a wide range of services for working parents and help them purchase child care and child health insurance. Taken together, these services represent a significant attack on child poverty. Based on a basic needs' budget for families and the high proportion of a…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Zill, Nicholas; And Others – 1991
The study described in this paper used data from two national samples of families with children to describe the home environments in which welfare children are being raised and to identify the children's health, learning, and behavior problems. The study compared children whose families had received Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Problems, Child Health, Child Welfare
Sherman, Arloc – 1994
A quarter of children under age 6 are poor. Poverty has a multiple and cumulative effect on children, regardless of race, family structure, or parental education level. As part of the Children's Defense Fund's Costs of Child Poverty Research Project, this report shows the effects of poverty on children. The Children's Defense Fund's stated mission…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Unnikrishnan, Namita, Comp. – 1995
A product of the South Asian Regional Workshop of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), this report was intended to identify problems of low-income families in South Asia and create methods to serve their needs. The report begins with an introduction to the India chapter of the ISSBD; it then provides an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Studies, At Risk Persons, Child Welfare
Bos, Johannes M.; Huston, Aletha C.; Granger, Robert C.; Duncan, Greg J.; Brock, Thomas W.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; And Others – 1999
This document details the 2-year results of the New Hope Project, which was conducted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to reduce poverty, reform welfare, and improve the overall well-being of poor people by providing a mix of incentives and services, including supplemental income, child care subsidies, guaranteed affordable health insurance, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care
