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Human Services Publications

Child Care Publications

Child Support and Family Law Publications

Child Welfare Publications

Welfare Reform Publications

Youth Publications


Child Care Publications

State Legislatures Magazine Articles

Encouraging Better Child Care, December 1999

States Get Serious About Preschool, June 1999

Subsidizing Success with Child Care, April 1998

State Legislative Reports (SLR)

Connecting Brain Development Research to State Early Childhood Policy, June 2002

Funding Inclusive Child Care, January 1999

Early Childhood Initiatives in the States: Translating Research Into Policy, June 1998

Books

Investing in Our Future: A Guide to Child Care Financing, June 2002

Making Child Care Better--State Initiatives, October 1999

Legislators Guide Executive Summary, December 1997

Early Childhood Care and Education, January 1999

Newsletters

March 2004

September 2003

May 2003

December 2002

March 2002

June 2001

December 2000

June 2000

January 2000

Other Child Care and Early Childhood Education Reports

Policy Report Series Combines Research with State Early Childhood Initiatives, March 2004

Getting Children Ready For School: A Primer on School Readiness, March 2004

Coordinating Early Childhood Systems: A Look at Three States, January 2004

Financing Early Care and Education, July 2003

Child Care and Early Education Coordination in the States-A Statutory Overview, April 2002

Mental Health Services for Children: An Overview, June 2002

Child Care Financing Report, June 2000

Child Support and Family Law Publications

State Legislatures Magazine Articles

States Get Creative with Child Support Enforcement, December 1998

State Legislative Reports (SLR)

State Child Support Programs: Necessity Inspires Ingenuity, November 1998

Child Support Enforcement: State Legislation in Response to the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, September 1998

Legisbriefs

The Real Cost of Unreliable Child Support Data, April/May 2004

Financing Child Support-Why You Can't Afford Not To, Nov./Dec. 2003

When Children Witness Domestic Violence, Aug./Sept. 2003

New Hire Reporting to Collect Child Support, February 2000

Reducing Child Support for Extended Visitation, August/September 1999

Child Support and Education Expenses Past the Age of 18, April/May 1999

License Restrictions and Child Support, January 1999

Books

When Violence Hits Home: Domestic Abuse & Families, July 2003

State Child Support Automation Systems, November 1999

1998 State Legislative Summary: Child Support Issues, January 1999

Other Child Support Publications

Child Support 101: Lesson Two Six Steps to Child Support Enforcement, January 2003

Child Support 101: Lesson One Why Do We Need Child Support?, January 2001

Issue Brief: Accurately Evaluating State Child Support Program Performance, June 1999

Case in Brief: Courts Uphold Criminal Penalties for the Failure to Pay Child Support, June 1999

Case in Brief: Minnesota Supreme Court Strikes Down Administrative Child Support Process, February 1999

Issue Brief: State Child Support Pass-through Programs, February 1999

Case in Brief: Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Driver's License Revocation Law, October 1998

Child Welfare Publications

State Legislature Magazine Articles

Healing the Hole in the Heart, December 2002

A New Look at Child Protection, December, 1999

Safe Haven for Babies, February 2002, Page 11

State Legislative Reports (SLR)

State Child Welfare Legislation: 2002-2003, March 2004

Expediting Adoption of Children from Foster Care: Recent State Legislation, June 2003

Promoting Young Children's Social and Emotional Readiness for School, March 2003

Post-Adoption Services: Issues for Legislators, November 2002

Supporting and Retaining Foster Parents, April 2002

Helping Domestic Violence Victims in the TANF Program, March 2002

State Child Welfare Legislation: 2001, February 2002

Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence: Is it Child Abuse?, January 2002

Returning Home from Foster Care: What Policymakers Need to Know, December 2001

Safe Havens for Abandoned Infants, September 2001

Child and Family Service Reviews: Implications for state Oversight of Local Child Welfare System, May 2001

1998 State Legislative Responses to the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, March 1999

Legisbriefs

Confidentiality of Child Protective Services Records, June/July1998

Books

Independent Living for Foster Youth, Executive Summary, February 2002

Linking Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment:, August 2000

A Place to Call Home: Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Foster Care, March 2000

New Directions for Child Protective Services, July 1997

Other Child Welfare Publications

Educating Children in Foster Care, December 2003

Welfare Reform Publications

State Legislatures Magazine Articles
 
Welfare Reform: Doing Well, Trying To Do Better, January 2003
 

Welfare and Wedding Vows , April 2003

From D.C. to Des Moines - The Progress of Welfare Reform, April 2001

Building New Paths out of Welfare, April 2000

More Than Just "Welfare", February 2000

Legisbriefs

Welfare to What?, February 2004

Faith-Based Initiatives in Social Services, January 2004

State Policy Choices Policy Briefs

Welfare Reform on Tribal Lands: Examples of State-Tribal Collaboration, January 2004

Job Retention and Advancement Strategies, May 2003

Substance Abuse and TANF, April 2003

Disabled Parents and TANF, March 2003

Strengthening Marriage and Two-Parent Families, February 2003

Programs that Serve Children in Low Income Families, November 2002

Time Limited TANF Recipients , July 2002

Strategies for Hard-to-Serve TANF Recipients, June 2002

Faith-Based Initiatives, May 2002

Domestic Violence and Welfare Reform, July 2001

Families Leaving Welfare Policy Series

Use of Non-Cash supports by Former TANF Recipients, July 2003

Time Limited TANF Recipients, July 2002

Child Care Experiences of Former Welfare Recipients, May 2002

Employment Experiences of Former Welfare Recipients, May 2002

Tracking Welfare Reform: Designing Follow-up Studies of Recipients Who Leave Welfare

State Poverty Policies Newsletter

May/June 2004

March/April 2004

January/February 2004November/December 2003

September/October 2003

July/August 2003

May/June 2003

March/April 2003

January/February 2003

Youth Publications

State Legislatures Magazine Articles

Out of Lock Up, Now What?, December 2003

Out of School and Out of Trouble, May 2001

State Legislative Reports (SLR)

Educating Children in Foster Care: An Emerging Policy Issue, December 2003

States & New Federal 21st Century Funds, March 2002

Legisbriefs

Disproportionate Minority Representation in the Juvenile Justice System, June/July 2001

Mental Health Needs of Juvenile Offenders, Aug/Sept. 2000

Children Exposed to Violence, April/May 2000

Books

Independent Living for Foster Youth, February 2002

Comprehensive Juvenile Justice: A Legislator's Guide, 1999

Other Youth Publications

What is Positive Youth Development?, February 2004

Access and Equity in Out-of-School-Time Programs, August 2003

Tackling the Schoolyard Bully: Combining Policymaking With Prevention, July 2003

School Violence: Sharing Student Information, October 2001

School Violence: What Works to Keep Schools Safe, July 2001

School Violence: 10 Things Legislators Need to Know, February 2000


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