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No Place for Kids

October 4, 2011

The case against America’s youth prisons and correctional training schools can be neatly summarized in five words: dangerous, ineffective, unnecessary, wasteful and inadequate.

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Women and Men Living on the Edge

October 3, 2011

This report shares findings from the 2010 Survey of Economic Security which tells how people felt about their own economic security following the Great Recession of 2007 to...

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Restoring Shared Prosperity

October 2, 2011

In looking at the Half in Ten campaign, this report considers the economic challenges facing families in the United States, and outlines a set of priorities for addressing these...

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How Human Services Programs and Their Clients Can Benefit from National Health Reform Legislation

October 2, 2011

This report explores the ways in which implementation of the Affordable Care Act enables agencies serving low-income households to streamline and modernize their own systems in...

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The Working Poor Families Project

October 1, 2011

This policy brief revisits a few programs covered in an earlier report on workplace education programs, and highlights other programs that improve basic skills, literacy and...

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A Doctor When We Need One

September 24, 2011

From flu shots to school physicals, basic medical care is vital to growing up healthy. Yet, for immigrant families, the hurdles to health care can be steep. This policy brief is...

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Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment

September 6, 2011

This report reviews the history and development of three juvenile justice reform strategies and analyzes their impact on policy, practice and public safety.

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Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth

September 6, 2011

This report, a product of the Midwest Study, analyzes how former foster care youth are faring at age 26. It reviews survey results on a wide range of issues — everything from...

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Rental Market Stresses

July 1, 2011

Despite record-high vacancy rates and falling rents in some areas, the Great Recession did little to halt the long-term erosion of rental housing affordability. The number of...

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