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FamilyScape: A Brief Overview

April 4, 2011, Adam Thomas

The New Demography of Poverty: The Wisconsin Poverty Measure and Effects of Federal and State Policies in Wisconsin

March 31, 2011, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Young Marks, Timothy M. Smeeding and Katherine A. Thornton

Child Poverty During the Great Recession: Predicting State Child Poverty Rates for 2010

December 9, 2010, Julia B. Isaacs

@ Brookings Podcast: Welfare's Transformation

August 20, 2010, Ron Haskins

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Pay-Day Lenders, Check Cashing Outlets and Other Alternative Financial Services

April 16, 2008, Rebecca M. Blank

Fighting Poverty through Incentives and Work Mandates for Young Men

Fall 2007, Ron Haskins

The Future of Children: Fall 2007

2007, Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins, eds.

Opportunity in America: The Role of Education

Fall 2006, Isabel V. Sawhill

Overcoming Barriers to Stable Marriage

September 13, 2005

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School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps

March 15, 2005

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Policies for Children in Immigrant Families

December 16, 2004

Federal Policy for Immigrant Children: Room for Common Ground?

Summer 2004, Mark Greenberg, Ron Haskins and Shawn Fremstad

Brookings, Princeton Take Over Packard Foundation's Publication on the Future of Children

April 7, 2004

Determining ""What Works"" in Social Programs and Social Policies: Toward a More Inclusive Knowledge Base

February 26, 2003, Lisbeth B. Schorr

The Growth in After-School Programs and Their Impact

February 25, 2003, Rob Hollister

Can Housing Vouchers Help Poor Children?

July 2000, Greg J. Duncan and Jens Ludwig

The Plight of the Working Poor

November 1999, David T. Ellwood