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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

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.

Thursday, October 11, 2018

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U.S. Economy

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

Up Front

A path forward on paid family leave

Aparna Mathur and Isabel V. Sawhill

Monday, September 10, 2018

Reports

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

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Report

Investing in the next generation: A bottom-up approach to creating better outcomes for children and youth

Bruce Katz and Ross Tilchin

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

People walk out of South Pasadena High School in South Pasadena

Report

Chronic absenteeism: An old problem in search of new answers

Brian A. Jacob and Kelly Lovett

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Lawrence and Allison Holt with their children, from left, Holly, Jace, Josh, Lexi, Sidney, Maci and Katie. The Holts, who were recently named the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Adoptive Parents of the Year, have adopted their seven children, ranging in age from 10 months to 6 years, within the last five years.

Report

A national campaign to improve foster care

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Blog Posts

A family relaxes at home

Up Front

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

Future Development

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

Up Front

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

Thursday, July 5, 2018

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Events

Helping children of incarcerated parents and children in foster care

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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

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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

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

Employees at work at an Amazon factory.

Brookings Now

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

Thursday, March 8, 2018

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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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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.

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A 2,000 square foot house located adjacent to the I-210 is seen on the market for $725,000 in Pasadena, California, U.S. November 25, 2017. Photo taken November 25, 2017.

Housing as a step to better health

Stuart M. Butler

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Job seekers work with recruiters at GRID Alternatives solar job fair in San Francisco, California, U.S. July 15, 2015.

Keep employers in mind as we advocate paid family and medical leave

Harry J. Holzer

Thursday, March 22, 2018

People wait in line at the Fred Jordan Mission annual back to school giveaway of shoes, clothing and backpacks for more than 4,000 homeless and underprivileged children in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 1, 2015.

Safety net investments in children

Hilary W. Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Alba Gil Quiros (L) from the Spanish island of Tenerife gives food to a resident at the SenVital elderly home in Kleinmachnow outside Berlin May 28, 2013. Facing an acute shortage of skilled applicants among its own workforce, German institutions in the care sector increasingly turn to southern European countries to hire trained nursing staff who are willing to work abroad despite the language barrier in order to escape unemployment at home. The SenVital home for the elderly outside Berlin has accepted five qualified nurses from Spain as their staff, providing eight months of language training and additional care schooling needed to attain the German nursing concession. Some 100 Spaniards applied for the ten vacancies SenVital had advertised across its various houses. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - BM2E95S14SX01

Let workers decide who counts as ‘family’ for paid sick and family leave

Richard V. Reeves

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Gay married couple David Mullins and Charlie Craig show their wedding rings for a photo in Denver, Colorado, U.S. November 28, 2017. Photo taken November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking - RC1390CA9450

For Valentine’s Day: 5 facts about love and marriage

Tuesday, February 13, 2018