Children & Families

Universal approaches to promoting healthy development

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

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Upcoming Event

The ties that bind: Faith, feminism, and the family

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Washington, DC

Colt Groff carries his daughter Peyton Groff on his shoulders as they look at the smoke from the Wallow wildfire in Apache County, Arizona June 9, 2011. Forest rangers in eastern Arizona stepped up the attack on the massive wildfire that has displaced as many as 11,000 people, exploiting better weather conditions on Thursday to finally begin curtailing the blaze. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E76A0X2801

Up Front

Keeping up with the caseload: How to recruit and retain foster parents

Ron Haskins, Jeremy Kohomban, and Jennifer Rodriguez

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Middle Class

The condition of the middle class matters more than its size

Richard V. Reeves

Monday, April 15, 2019

Reports

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Meet the millions of young adults who are out of work

Martha Ross and Natalie Holmes

April 9, 2019

India

Early life exposure to outdoor air pollution: Effect on child health in India

Prachi Singh, Sagnik Dey, Sourangsu Chowdhury, and Kunal Bali

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Nobel Lett (R), who suffers from Prader-Willi Syndrome and is treated under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), eats a snack with his family after school in his home in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Maddie McGarvey - RC14BB847C60

Children & Families

Where’s the glue? Policies to close the family gap

Richard V. Reeves

Monday, March 4, 2019

Five years old Soe Morales peers to the camera while being carried by her mother during their journey towards the United States, in Guastatoya, Guatemala, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini - RC1421FAAAC0

Children & Families

The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, January 31, 2019

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

Blog Posts

Up Front

A middle class theory of relativity: 4 benchmarks

Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Up Front

Feeling Good or Doing Good? Emotional Social Capital versus Relational

Richard V. Reeves

Monday, April 8, 2019

Beatrice Lookinghorse sits with two of her grandchildren, Linda Lookinghorse and Cody James Lookinghorse, in the backyard of her home on the Cheyenne River Reservation in Green Grass, South Dakota, U.S., May 28, 2018. Beatrice Lookinghorse is related to several of the Fort Laramie treaty riders who live with her. Beatrice also raises other children from the extended Lookinghorse family. "I promised my father that none of his grandkids would ever be put in the (foster care) system," she said. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1A57AAB7F0

Up Front

How does measuring poverty and welfare affect American Indian children?

Randall Akee

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

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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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