Children & Families

A pedestrian walks across New Jersey Avenue in front of the U.S. Capitol building, on largely deserted streets, as a major snow storm hits the Washington area, closing U.S. Federal Government offices for the day and shutting down much of the city of Washington February 13, 2014. A deadly and intensifying winter storm packing heavy snow, sleet and rain pelted a huge swath of the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, grounding flights and shuttering schools and government offices. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - GM1EA2D1QAN01

Report

Lots of plans to boost tax credits: which is best?

Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Dec 18, 2018; Los Angeles, CA, USA; People skate around a Christmas tree outside of the Staples Center before an NHL game between the Winnipeg Jets and the Los Angeles Kings. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports - 11869604

Up Front

Yes, families do eat dinner together. Happy Holidays!

Richard V. Reeves and Sarah Nzau

Friday, December 21, 2018

Safe Passage worker Irene Fonder helps two Sherwood Elementary School children cross an intersection in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States, September 8, 2015. The fourth-largest U.S. public school system is not cutting corners when it comes to the $17.8 million annual budget for safety patrols that watch over children walking to school through neighborhoods plagued by gang violence. The school district has expanded the two-year-old Safe Passage program to seven additional schools this year, bringing it to a total of 140 of Chicago's 660 public schools. REUTERS/Jim Young - GF10000197899

Early Childhood Education

A good-enough early childhood

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Lauranda Mignery (L) watches her sons, Kadin Mignery, 2, (C) and Collin Mignery, 5, as they play on their front porch in St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. November 15, 2016. Picture taken November 15, 2016. To match Special Report USA-LEAD/TESTING REUTERS/Whitney Curtis - RC1D32EE2110

Children & Families

Worse than foster care? Why not imagine something better for maltreated children?

Jeremy Kohomban and Ron Haskins

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Reports

Un Bang (C) spends time with her sons, Shane Bang (L), 21, and Simon Bang (R), 18, at their home in Federal Way, Washington August 8, 2015. With his parents out of work and an office job paying his bills, college junior Shane remembers the anxiety he felt when his younger brother told his family he was headed to University of Washington in the fall. Then they got an unexpected lifeline. A law that took effect last month slashed tuition at public colleges and universities over the next two academic years as much as 20 percent for all Washington students, rich and poor alike. Picture taken August 8, 2015. To match Feature USA-EDUCATION/WASHINGTON REUTERS/Jason Redmond - GF20000019465

Higher Education

Parents are borrowing more and more to send their kids to college—and many are struggling to repay

Adam Looney and Vivien Lee

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Housing Markets & Finance

The devaluation of assets in black neighborhoods

Andre M. Perry, Jonathan Rothwell, and David Harshbarger

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Workforce Development

Pathways to high-quality jobs for young adults

Martha Ross, Kristin Anderson Moore, Kelly Murphy, Nicole Bateman, Alex DeMand, and Vanessa Sacks

October, 2018

Birds sit on a telephone line near Skid Row.

Public Health

Housing as a hub for health, community services, and upward mobility

Stuart M. Butler and Marcela Cabello

Thursday, March 15, 2018

April DeBoer (L) puts a shoe on daughter Rylee while her partner Jayne Rowse talks with son Jacob in their home in Hazel Park, Michigan April 19, 2015. DeBoer and Rowse, parents caring for four adopted children and a foster child, say they lead an ordinary life but now find themselves on the frontlines of the same-sex marriage debate as petitioners in one of several same-sex marriage cases that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next week. Picture taken April 19, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
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Children & Families

Care and connections: Bridging relational gaps for foster youths

Ramona Denby-Brinson, Efren Gomez, and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Blog Posts

A customer looks at toys at the JoueClub Contesso shop in Nice, France, November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard - RC128A7F13C0

Education Plus Development

The science of toys: A guide for the perplexed shopper

Brenna Hassinger-Das, Jennifer M. Zosh, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, December 10, 2018

Hewlett-Packard ProLiant commercial data servers destined for cloud computing are assembled by workers at a company manufacturing facility in Houston November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Donna Carson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - TM4E9BJ1OPO01

Up Front

How the Great Recession hurt the middle class—twice

Brad Hershbein

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

A family from the Cheyenne River tribe plays together near Turtle Island during a protest against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith - RC11F6A7B3D0

Up Front

40 years ago we stopped the practice of separating American Indian families. Let’s not reverse course.

Randall Akee

Thursday, October 11, 2018

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Events

2018

May

Past Event

Helping children of incarcerated parents and children in foster care

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Strengthening military readiness: The role of military families in 21st century defense

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

The future of school-based social and emotional learning programs

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Washington, DC

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Related Books

Generation Unbound

By Isabel V. Sawhill

2014

Policies to Address Poverty in America

By Benjamin H. Harris and Melissa S. Kearney

2014

Voices for Children

By William T. Gormley

2012

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Multimedia

A young woman holds her daughter at a playground in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois.

Children & Families

Improving opportunity with policies for women and families

Isabel V. Sawhill and Fred Dews

Friday, May 11, 2018

Brookings Now

Robots aren’t taking the jobs, just the paychecks—and other new findings in economics

Brennan Hoban

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Podcast Episode

Cash assistance for child poverty

Ron Haskins, H. Luke Shaefer, Chris Wimer, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

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What the forgotten Americans really want−and how to give it to them

Isabel V. Sawhill

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Lisa Collinsworth holds her infant son Luke during a visit with him at Lily's Place, a treatment center for opioid-dependent newborns in Huntington, West Virginia, October 19, 2015. Picture taken October 19, 2015. To match Special Report BABY-OPIOIDS/ REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - GF10000257893

A path forward on paid family leave

Aparna Mathur and Isabel V. Sawhill

Monday, September 10, 2018

How having unemployed parents affects children’s future well-being

Milena Nikolova and Boris Nikolaev

Friday, July 13, 2018

A Syrian refugee girl who was briefly separated from her parents cries as she walks through a rainstorm towards Greece's border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 10, 2015. Thousands of refugees and migrants, including many families with young children, have been left soaked after spending the night sleeping in the open in torrential rain on the Greek-Macedonian border. About 7,000 people waited in the mud of an open field near the northern Greek village of Idomeni to cross the border, with more arriving in trains, buses and taxis, as Macedonian police has imposed rationing in the flow of refugees. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - S1BEUGOKOIAA

The enormous cost of toxic stress: Repairing damage to refugee and separated children

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, July 9, 2018

A woman wears a sticker in multiple languages after voting in the primary election at a polling station in Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1BF5D43BD0

How do we get more young people to vote as adults? Cash transfers to their parents could help

Randall Akee

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Shamika Ravi was part of a panel discussion on whether amendments to India’s maternity act, including doubling paid maternity leave to 6 months, will prove beneficial in the long run or dissuade industry from hiring women.

Shamika Ravi

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