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Promoting Responsible Fatherhood

2005

This guide highlights the fact that fatherhood programs— no matter how effective—are insufficient in and of themselves, and stresses the key is to link fathers and programs that support them to a broad range of family supports and social services. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.

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Engaging Resources in Higher Education

2005

This guide describes new and existing partnerships between institutions of higher education and communities. Based on these initiatives, it identifies a set of core results and mechanisms to help evaluate progress, gather data, guide investments, and hold the Foundation accountable for producing evidence showing how one program makes a lasting difference in the lives of children, families, and neighborhoods. Part of the TARC Resource Guide Series.

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Reentry: Helping Former Prisoners Return to Communities

2005

This guide offers Making Connections site teams and local partners a way to think about and reduce the negative impact of incarceration on their communities. It presents an overview of the issue, describes challenges that sites are likely to face when tackling this work, describes promising approaches, and offers resources for finding further information. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.

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Residents Engaged in Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods

2000

This document presents a framework for how to get residents engaged in implementing family strengthening efforts in their neighborhoods. Also included is a resource section that lists organizations that can provide additional information, advice, and direct assistance on how residents can become engaged in a personal and neighborhood transformation agenda. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.

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Child Trends Fact Sheet: Neighborhood Support and Children’s Connectedness

2008

This fact sheets provides information as to whether children’s outcomes are better if they live in environments that are supportive in terms of family, peers, and community. Results indicate that children from supportive neighborhoods are more likely to have stronger connections compared to their counterparts from less supportive neighborhoods.

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Census 2000: The Risk of Negative Child Outcomes in Low-Income Families

2006

This report presents information for a broad range of income brackets in order to compare the relative risks for children living in different types of families.

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Issue Brief: Parenting and Family Support

2005

This Rhode Island KIDS COUNT's issue brief defines family-focused interventions, presents models of and the proven outcomes of quality family-focused interventions. It also gives recommendations that will ensure the healthy development of children and help families function well.

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Kinship Care: Supporting Those Who Raise Our Children

2005

This brief provides background information about kinship care, examples of innovative programs and policies organized around selected Making Connections core results, and challenges to and opportunities for strengthening kinship families.

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In Their Own Voices: Parents and Providers Struggling with Child Care Cuts

2005

Over the past several years federal funding for child care assistance has declined, further straining an already fragile child care system. This report explores how such cuts have affected low-income families who otherwise would not be able to afford child care, child care providers serving these families, and the children who need high-quality care.

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