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May is National Foster Care Month

May 21, 2013

May is National Foster Care Month, meant to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help children and youth in foster care find permanent homes and connections.

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Foster care resources from U.S. Health and Human Services Dept.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a webpage of resources for raising awareness of foster care, including articles and more on creating connections with youth, advancing permanency, and preparing youth for transitions.

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Penn State 21st Annual Symposium on Family Issues

Diverging Destinies: Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality
October 07, 2013 - October 08, 2013
Penn State University, University Park campus

This symposium will address how children, young adults, parents, and families are faring in an era of increasing social inequality.

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Risk and Resilience in Homeless Children. Children's Mental Health eReview

The Children's Mental Health eReview, provided through the University of Minnesota Extension, Children, Youth & Family Consortium summarizes children's mental health research and implications for practice and policy.

In this issue, learn about research related to the strengths and needs of homeless children, and explore ideas for how to use creative research-based interventions in a variety of settings.

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New fact sheet available on child poverty

April 30, 2013

Did you know that among all children under 18 years of age, 45 percent live in low-income families, and 22 percent live in poor families? Read more in The National Center for Children in Poverty's recently released fact sheet.

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Basic Facts About Low-income Children Under 18 Years, 2011

"Children represent 24 percent of the population, but they comprise 34 percent of all people in poverty. Among all children under 18 years of age, 45 percent live in low-income families and 22 percent live in poor families. Being a child in a low-income or poor family does not happen by chance. This fact sheet describes the demographic, socio-economic, and geographic characteristics of children and their parents. It highlights the important factors that appear to distinguish low-income and poor children from their less disadvantaged counterparts."

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PBS 'Need to Know': Financial literacy

To mark Financial Literacy Month, PBS’ “Need to Know" program correspondent Stacey Tisdale travels to Mississippi to examine a program designed to help low-income, mostly African-American children save for college and teach them about banking and money along the way. Anchor Ray Suarez interviews Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Karen Seccombe
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China’s one-child policy: Impressions of a Fulbrighter

by Karen Seccombe, MSW, Ph.D., School of Community Health, Portland State University

Few Americans can imagine a level of government intrusiveness into our fertility decisions that most Chinese take for granted—telling you how many children you can have and when you can have them. But this has been the law in the People’s Republic of China since 1979. As a Fulbright Scholar to China in 2011–2012, I was able to take a closer look at this policy in action.

Giovanna Gianesini
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Global families in Europe

by Giovanna Gianesini, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Center for Family Studies (CIRF), University of Padova, Italy; marriage and family counselor, Ethica Counseling Center; ESFR Newsletter co-editor

The welfare state in many European countries is calling for a social debate on both social policy orientations and policy culture, and for interventions in support of children and families that account for a new, complex reality.

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Core Intervention Components: Identifying and Operationalizing What Makes Programs Work

The brief offers a definition of “core components,” discusses challenges and processes related to identifying and validating them, highlights rationales for the importance of operationalizing core components, and explores implications for selecting, funding, implementing, scaling up, and evaluating programs. This is one of four research briefs prepared under the auspices of an ASPE contract entitled Emphasizing Evidence-Based Programs for Children and Youth: An Examination of Policy Issues and Practice Dilemmas Across Federal Initiatives.