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Title A roadmap to reducing child poverty / Greg Duncan and Suzanne Le Menestrel, editors ; Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years ; Board on Children, Youth, and Families ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xvii, 596 pages)) : illustrations (some color), maps.
text file
PDF
Physical Medium polychrome
Series Consensus study report of the Natonal Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Consensus study report.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Introduction -- A demographic portrait of child poverty in the United States -- Consequences of child poverty -- How the labor market, family structure, and government programs affect child poverty -- Ten policy and program approaches to reducing child poverty -- Packages of policies and programs that reduce poverty and deep poverty among children -- Other policy and program approaches to child poverty reduction -- Contextual factors that influence the effects of anti-poverty policies and programs-- Recommendations for research and data collection -- Appendixes
"The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years"--Publisher's description.
Contents Summary -- Introduction -- A demographic portrait of child poverty in the United States -- Consequences of child poverty -- How the labor market, family structure, and government programs affect child poverty -- Ten policy and program approaches to reducing child poverty -- Packages of policies and programs that reduce poverty and deep poverty among children -- Other policy and program approaches to child poverty reduction -- Contextual factors that influence the effects of anti-poverty policies and programs-- Recommendations for research and data collection -- Appendixes
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Subject Poor children -- Education -- United States.
Poor children -- Education.
United States.
Children with social disabilities -- United States.
Children with social disabilities.
Children -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Children -- Economic conditions.
Children.
Children -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Children -- Health and hygiene.
Poverty -- United States.
Poverty.
Educational equalization -- United States.
Educational equalization.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Children.
Added Author Duncan, Greg J., editor.
Le Menestrel, Suzanne, editor.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years, issuing body.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families, issuing body.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics, issuing body.
Other Form: Print version: Roadmap to reducing child poverty. Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2019] (DLC) 2019945735
ISBN 9780309484015 (electronic book)
0309484014 (electronic book)
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0309483980
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