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Download full textSommer, Teresa Eckrich; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Sama-Miller, Emily; Ross, Christine; Baumgartner, Scott – Administration for Children & Families, 2017
Programs that address the needs of low-income parents and children at the same time may hold promise for reducing the transmission of poverty across generations. Contemporary programs of this type address some key weaknesses that may have limited the effectiveness of earlier such approaches, including too little attention paid to the quality,…
Descriptors: Poverty, At Risk Persons, Well Being, Child Welfare
Direct linkWildeman, Christopher, Ed.; Haskins, Anna R., Ed.; Poehlmann-Tynan, Julie, Ed. – APA Books, 2017
In the United States today, roughly 1 in 25 children has a parent in prison. This insightful volume provides an authoritative, multidisciplinary analysis of how parental incarceration affects children and what can be done to help them. The contributors to this book apply a wide array of tools and perspectives to the study of children of…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Parents, Educational Research
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Ed. – RAND Corporation, 2014
The Promising Practices Network (PPN) on Children, Families and Communities (www.promisingpractices.net) began as a partnership between four state-level organizations that help public and private organizations improve the well-being of children and families. The PPN website, archived in June 2014, featured summaries of programs and practices that…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Well Being, Web Sites, Child Development
DePanfilis, Diane; Dubowitz, Howard; Kunz, James – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of two alternate forms of Family Connections (FC), a child neglect prevention program, in relation to changes in risk and protective factors and improvements in child safety and behavioral outcomes. Methods: In the original FC study, a sample of 154 families (473 children) in a poor, urban neighborhood,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Child Neglect, Child Safety, Prevention
Peer reviewedBribitzer, Marjorie P.; Verdieck, Mary Jeanne – Child Welfare, 1988
Evaluates the Family Program, a family-centered program in northern Virginia which provides intensive in-home support and treatment to families with children in the custody of county child welfare departments. The sample comprises 42 closed cases. Results show that families that are at risk benefit significantly from extensive support systems.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Family Characteristics
Smith, Sheila, Ed. – 1995
This volume examines two-generation interventions as models that represent a new approach to assisting families in poverty. Five of the chapters examine current programs--their design, characteristics of participants, implementation issues, and in one case, evaluation outcomes. Other chapters offer a research and policy context for this…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Life, Family Literacy
McLoyd, Vonnie C., Ed.; Hill, Nancy E., Ed.; Dodge, Kenneth A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2005
This volume brings together leading experts from different disciplines to offer new perspectives on contemporary African American families. A wealth of knowledge is presented on the heterogeneity of Black family life today; the challenges and opportunities facing parents, children, and communities; and the impact on health and development of key…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Public Policy, Cultural Differences, Sociocultural Patterns
