Children & Families

A group of children sit on a couch in a replica set from the "Seinfeld" television comedy series as they tour Hulu's "Seinfeld: The Apartment", a temporary exhibit on West 14th street in the Manhattan borough of New York City, June 24, 2015. Created to celebrate the launch of all of the episodes of the "Seinfeld" television comedy series available streaming on Hulu beginning June 24, the exhibit contains a replica version of the Upper West Side NewYork City apartment set from the series, original items and interactive elements and is open to the public through June 28. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Podcast Episode

How cultural factors shape children’s social and economic outcomes

Ron Haskins, Melissa S. Kearney, and Fred Dews

Friday, July 24, 2020

Housing Markets & Finance

What will it cost to save Washington, D.C.’s renters from COVID-19 eviction?

Michael Bailey, Eric LaRose, and Jenny Schuetz

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Lisa Collinsworth (R) holds her baby 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

Report

All in the family: A comprehensive approach to maternal and child health in the opioid crisis

N. Jia Ahmad, Joshua M. Sharfstein, and Paul H. Wise

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Business & Industry

Local service corps can address unemployment and community need

Martha Ross, Suzanna Fritzberg, Josh Carpenter, and Sarena Martinez

July 23, 2020

Reports

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Half a million fewer children? The coming COVID baby bust

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine

Monday, June 15, 2020

Multi-colored, braided rope on a yellow background.

U.S. Economy

Budgeting to promote social objectives—a primer on braiding and blending

Stuart M. Butler, Timothy Higashi, and Marcela Cabello

Monday, April 6, 2020

Report

Middle class marriage is declining, and likely deepening inequality

Richard V. Reeves and Christopher Pulliam

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

A child gets some help with balance as they skate at the Bryant Park Skating rink in the Manhattan borough of New York November 30, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL) - GM1EAC10E0T01

Middle Class

A primer on access to and use of paid family leave

Isabel V. Sawhill, Sarah Nzau, and Katherine Guyot

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Report

Modeling community efforts to reduce childhood obesity

Matt Kasman, Ross A. Hammond, Benjamin Heuberger, Rob Purcell, Austen Mack-Crane, Christina Economos, Boyd Swinburn, Steven Allender, and Melanie Nichols

Monday, August 26, 2019

Blog Posts

Shot of an adorable little boy eating a cob of corn around a table outdoors

Up Front

About 14 million children in the US are not getting enough to eat

Lauren Bauer

Thursday, July 9, 2020

A sign calling for paid sick time pictured on North Interstate Avenue in Portland, Ore., on March 27, 2020, as the state continues to urge the importance of stricter social distancing measures to combat the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Up Front

Reopening America: We shouldn’t reopen the economy without paid sick and family leave

Isabel V. Sawhill and Morgan Welch

Thursday, July 2, 2020

The Avenue

What should communities do when a school closes for good?

Andre M. Perry

Thursday, June 25, 2020

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Events

2020

Jul

Past Event

How cultural factors shape children’s economic outcomes

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Webinar: How we rise — Policy solutions to upend structural racism and inequality

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Development Seminar | Unemployment and domestic violence — New evidence from administrative data

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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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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Experts

Rashawn Ray

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Governance Studies

@SociologistRay

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Ron Haskins

Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies

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Multimedia

Children & Families

Policies to improve family stability

Rashawn Ray

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Nurse practitioner Gail Brown (L) an unidentified patient and other nurses look at a print out of an ultrasound from a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona October 8, 2009. The maternity outreach program helps uninsured women living in the Phoenix metropolitan area receive the proper treatment and care during and after their pregnancy. The Maternity Outreach Mobile is equipped with two exam rooms, an ultrasound machine, an external fetal monitor, a laboratory and offers pregnancy tests, referrals and immunization for children. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) - WASE5A91J3I01

Podcast Episode

What can we do to reduce unplanned pregnancies?

Isabel V. Sawhill, Jack Markell, and Mark Edwards

Friday, July 19, 2019

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

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