Strengthening Rural Families: P-3 Community Foundation Building a Community Coalition to Advance Rural Family Economic Success This brief describes how a community foundation was started to address the needs of the working poor in rural Florida. Read More
The Center for Working Families: A How-To Guide This report show how impoverished families can use the Center for Working Families strategy of Earn it, Keep it, Grow It for financial success. Read More
Race Matters: PowerPoint Presentation A slideshow on how unintentional inequities lead to racial prejudice, along with tips on how to use the Race Matters toolkit. Read More
Race Matters: How Race Affects Education Opportunities The educational inequality is permeating our poorer school districts due to embedded racial inequity and unequal access to education. Learn more about race and education inequality here. Read More
Reports on Rural America Demographic Trends in Rural and Small Town America This report takes a long look at the changing face of rural America. It highlights overall population trends and pinpoints the role that various factors have played in shaping small-town USA. Read More
Synthesis of Research on Disproportionality in Child Welfare: An Update Disproportionate representation of minority children in the child welfare system has long been a concern. This report explores patterns of child maltreatment and disproportionality, and how race affects child welfare. Read More
Pathways to Early School Success: Effective Preschool Curricula and Teaching Strategies This report highlights a pervasive achievement gap that positions low-income preschoolers far behind their more affluent classmates in the areas of early literacy and math. Readers will discover how lessons from research and the real world point to an inspiring solution — one that combines professional development with a teaching approach called intentional curriculum. This report is part of a series penned by the National Center for Children in Poverty that aims to advance academic discourse on bolstering early learning success among low-income children. Read More
American Community Survey: Evaluating Accuracy This report examines the differences between the American Community Survey — a monthly survey designed to collect community-level data — and the 2000 Census population counts for the improvement of data accuracy. Read More
Teen Motherhood at Record Low in United States Data Snapshot Number 2 This report — part of the KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot series — shares the latest statistics on teen pregnancy in the United States. It tells how teen birth rates differ by location and race and how the number of teen mothers in America has decreased over time. Read More
A Snapshot of Children on the San Diego-Mexico Border This report — part of the KIDS COUNT Snapshot series — looks at life in San Diego County’s border communities. These areas are home to higher proportions of Mexican immigrants and Latinos who face distinct challenges such as language barriers, higher child poverty rates and higher teen birth rates compared to other communities in the county. Read More
