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A collection of brief research summaries from 2007 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.


Strong Families       2007 Archives


Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Expands Access for Children — Dec. 2007

The Potential Impact of Increasing Child Support Payments to TANF Families — Dec. 2007

Preventive Care for Children in Low-Income Families: How Well Do Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs Do? — Dec. 2007

Co-Occurring Problems for Substance Abusing Mothers in Child Welfare: Matching Services to Improve Family Reunification — Nov. 2007

Economic Mobility of Black and White Families — Nov. 2007

Economic Mobility of Families Across Generations — Nov. 2007

Health and Economic Benefits of Reducing the Number of Students per Classroom in U.S. Primary Schools — Nov. 2007

As Tough Times Wane, States Act to Improve Medicaid Coverage and Quality: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008 — Oct. 2007

The Family: America's Smallest School — Oct. 2007

Homelessness and Health Care Access After Emancipation — Oct. 2007

Medicaid's Role for Women — Oct. 2007

Mothers' Residential Mobility Following the Birth of a Child — Oct. 2007

A National Portrait of Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades — Oct. 2007

State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2005 — Oct. 2007

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 3 — Sep. 2007

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 6 — Sep. 2007

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18 — Sep. 2007

Children of HIV-Infected Parents: Custody Status in a Nationally Representative Sample — Sep. 2007

The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes — Sep. 2007

Improving the Management of Family Psychosocial Problems at Low-Income Children's Well-Child Care Visits — Sep. 2007

Increasing Children's Coverage and Access: A Decade of SCHIP Lessons — Sep. 2007

Neighborhood Support Index — Sep. 2007

Socioemotional Effects of Fathers' Incarceration on Low-Income, Urban, School-Aged Children — Sep. 2007

Vulnerable Infants and Toddlers in Four Service Systems — Sep. 2007

Widening Socioeconomic Disparities in U.S. Childhood Mortality — Sep. 2007

The Adoption Tax Credit: Is it an Effective Approach to Promote Foster Care Adoption? — Aug. 2007

Caregiver Well-Being Affects Academic Achievement — Aug. 2007

Changes in Family Functioning and Child Behavior Following Intensive In-Home Therapy — Aug. 2007

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 Report — Aug. 2007

Reexamining the Effects of Family Structure on Children's Access to Care: The Single-Father Family — Aug. 2007

Trajectories of Socioeconomic Status Across Children's Lifetime Predict Health — Aug. 2007

2007 Child Well-Being Index Special Focus Report on International Comparisons — July 2007

2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book — July 2007

Food Insecurity and Overweight Among Infants and Toddlers — July 2007

Low Wages Prevalent in Direct Care and Child Care Workforce — Summer 2007

Families' Health-Related Social Problems and Missed Referral Opportunities — June 2007

Men's Pregnancy Intentions and Prenatal Behaviors: What They Mean for Fathers' Involvement with Their Children — June 2007

Parents' Relationship Status Five Years After a Non-Marital Birth — June 2007

A Tale of Two Time Periods for Low-Income Families — June 2007

Incarceration, Employment, and Earnings Among Fathers in Fragile Families — May 2007

Need for and Use of Family Leave Among Parents of Children With Special Health Care Needs — May 2007

Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of-School Time Participation — Apr. 2007

Kids' Share 2007 — Mar. 2007

One Out of Five U.S. Children is Living in an Immigrant Family — Mar. 2007

Fathers' Risk Factors and their Implications for Healthy Relationships and Father Involvement — Feb. 2007

Guardianship Planning Among HIV-Infected Parents in the United States — Feb. 2007

The Impact of Placement Stability on Behavioral Well-being for Children in Foster Care — Feb. 2007

Need for High-Quality Child Care Affects Military Readiness and Retention — Feb. 2007

The New Face of the Low-Wage Workforce — Jan. 2007

Para Nuestros Niņos: A Demographic Portrait of Young Hispanics in the United States — 2007