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Isaacs J. 2013. Unemployment from a child's perspective. Washington, DC: First Focus and Urban Institute, 20 pp.

Annotation: This brief, which is part of a series of issue briefs examining he impact of the recession on children, examines unemployment from a child's perspective. It addresses the following questions: How many children are affected by parental unemployment? How does parental job loss affect children? Who are the children of the unemployed? Where do the children of the unemployed live? To what extent are families with children covered by unemployment insurance? The brief also reviews policies affecting the safety net for children of the unemployed.

Contact: First Focus, 1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 657-0670 Fax: (202) 657-0671 Web Site: http://www.firstfocus.net Available from the website.

Keywords: Academic achievement, Adolescent attitudes, Child attitudes, Child development, Child health, Children, Ethnic factors, Families, Geographic factors, Health insurance, Low income groups, Parents, Poverty, Programs, Public policy, Racial factors, Statistical data, Unemployment

Golden O, McDaniel M, Loprest P, Stanczyk A. 2013. Disconnected mothers and the well-being of children: A research report. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 48 pp.

Annotation: This paper presents research findings on the major risks to children’s development, the prevalence of those risks among disconnected families, and the potential consequences for children. It also describes potential interventions to help disconnected families by increasing and stabilizing family income, enhancing parenting skills, supporting children directly, and reaching out to disconnected mothers who are not citizens. Finally, directions for future research are provided.

Contact: Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 833-7200 Fax: (202) 467-5775 E-mail: http://www.urban.org/about/contact.cfm Web Site: http://www.urban.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child development, Families, Life course, Low income groups, Mother child relations, Poverty, Risk factors, Single mothers, Socioeconomic status, Unemployment

Hart Research Associates. 2011. The state of black children and families: Black perspectives on what black children face and what the future holds—Research findings. Washington, DC: Hart Research Associates, 24 pp.

Annotation: This report presents findings on a study conducted to explore attitudes and opinions about the circumstances facing Black Americans, as well as perceptions of the problems and challenges confronting Black communities in general and Black children and adolescents in particular. The report presents the research methodology and key findings and discusses the current landscape and issues and challenges that black communities face, strategies for improvement, and the outlook for the future.

Contact: Children's Defense Fund, 25 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 628-8787 Secondary Telephone: (800) 233-1200 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.childrensdefense.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Blacks, Children, Communities, Economic factors, Families, Mass media, Racial factors, Research, Schools, Substance abuse, Unemployment, Violence

Home Visiting Needs Assessment Workgroup. 2010. State of Oregon supplemental information request: Statewide needs assessment. Portland, OR: Oregon Department of Human Services, 66 pp.

Annotation: This report provides statewide data for Oregon in the following categories: premature birth, low-birthweight infants, infant mortality, poverty, crime, domestic violence, school dropout rates, substance abuse, unemployment, child maltreatment, and other indicators of at-risk prenatal, maternal, newborn, or child health. County-level data for the same categories is also provided, and information on the selection process of a unit of analysis is offered. The report also includes information about the quality and capacity of Oregon's existing home-visiting programs and the state's capacity for providing substance abuse treatment. A narrative summary of needs-assessment results concludes the report.

Contact: Oregon Department of Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Section, 800 N.E. Oregon Street, Suite 825, Portland, OR 97232, Telephone: (971) 673-0252 Secondary Telephone: (971) 673-0372 Fax: (971) 673-0240 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://public.health.oregon.gov/PHD/Directory/Pages/program.aspx?pid=25 Available from the website.

Keywords: Child health, Child maltreatment, Crime, Domestic violence, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant health, Infant mortality, Low birthweight infants, Needs assessment, Oregon Preterm birth, Poverty, Reproductive health, School dropouts, State programs, Statistical data, Substance abuse, Treatment, Unemployment, Women', s health

Helm T, Rice G, Hein J. 2009. Yuma County needs assessment. [Tuscon, AZ]: University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Center for Rural Health, 68 pp.

Annotation: This document is a needs assessment for Yuma Country, Arizona. The document includes a summary of county characteristics (history and description, demographic indicators, marital status, economic indicators, and education) and discusses general health indicators, materal and perinatal health indicators, infant and child health indicators; Healthy People 2010; Title V block grant performance measures; and a survey of prenatal care in Yuma County.

Contact: University of Arizona, Center for Rural Health, 1295 N Martin - P.O. Box 245163, Tucson, AZ 85724, Telephone: (520) 626-5823 Fax: (520) 626-3101 E-mail: http://crh.arizona.edu/contact Web Site: http://www.crh.arizona.edu Available from the website.

Keywords: Child health, Domestic violence, Economic factors, Education, Educational attainment, Health, Health care utilization, Health services, Healthy People 2010, Infant health, Low birthweight, Low income groups, Marital status, Perinatal health, Prenatal care, Statistical data, Title V of the Social Security Act, Unemployment, lead poisoning, oral heath

Kenney GM, Haley JM, Ullman F. 1999. Most uninsured children are in families served by the government programs. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 7 pp. (New federalism: National survey of America's families; Series B, no. B-4)

Margolis L. 1989. Consequences for Children of Paternal Unemployment [Final report]. Chapel Hill, NC: University of Michigan, 74 pp.

Annotation: The North Carolina Work and Family Life Project was a longitudinal cohort investigation designed to explore the health and behavioral consequences for children of paternal job loss. The grant supported development of instruments, selection of a site, collection of three waves of data on approximately 120 families, and initial exploratory analysis. The major objectives of this project were to: (1) document the incidence of health and behavioral outcomes for children experiencing paternal job loss; (2) document the mental and physical health consequences for the unemployed father and his spouse; (3) examine the modifying effects of social support on the above consequences; (4) examine the influence of job loss on economic circumstances, family roles, and family routines; and (5) examine the effects of changes in economic circumstances and family roles and routines on the health and behavior of family members. For the children, the trend suggested that illness rates were higher both for children experiencing paternal joblessness and for children experiencing changing paternal job status (i.e., job loss followed by reemployment). Length of time unemployed, particularly interactive with economic strain, was associated with increased behavioral problems. Questions for further research fall into the following two major categories: Defining the problem of unemployment; and understanding the effects of the economic environment. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB89-230791.

Keywords: Unemployment

Interdepartmental Committee on Children and Youth. 1960. Children in a changing world: Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth. Washington, DC: Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth, 84 pp.

Annotation: This chart book is designed to provide some of the fundamental facts with which citizens who are concerned with the welfare of children will have to deal. Topics addressed include the changing nature of the world, children's problems, what is being done about children's problems, and implications for the future. The sources of data presented in the charts is listed at the end of the book.

Keywords: Children, Data, Education, Employment, Family characteristics, Juvenile delinquency, Mortality, Personnel, Population dynamics, Statistics, Unemployment

Social Security Board. 1937. Social security in America: The factual background of the Social Security Act as summarized from staff reports to the Committee on Economic Security. Washington, DC: Social Security Board; for sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 592 pp. (Social Security Board publication no. 20)

Annotation: This report is a summary of the most important information gleaned from studies on economic security conducted by the Committee on Economic Security, created by presidential order in 1934. The report is divided into the following parts: (1) unemployment compensation, (2) old-age security, (3) security for children, (4) provisions for the blind, (5) the extension of public health services, and (6) the need for federal support of social security programs. The book includes extensive appendices, tables, and figures.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov

Keywords: Aging, Blindness, Children, Federal programs, Financing, Low income groups, Public health, Social security, Unemployment

McGill NP. 1931. Child labor in New Jersey: Part 3—The working children of Newark and Paterson. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 94 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 199)

Lundberg EO. 1923. Unemployment and child welfare: A study made in a middle-western and an eastern city during the industrial depression of 1921 and 1922. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 173 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 125)

   

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