Increasingly, policymakers really want information and data to inform their decisions while researchers want to see their work make a difference in the real world. This session presents innovative methods and approaches for building family policy and programs.
The Society for Research in Child Development just released a social policy report brief entitled Making Schools Safe for Sexual Minority and All Students.
According to the U.S. Census latest update, the official poverty rate in 2008 was 13.2%-40 million Americans. Health care continues to be a major factor in the lives of the poor, with an estimated 45 million uninsured. Other aspects of poverty affect families in a myriad of sociological and developmental ways. The antecedents and the answers can be elusive. In this issue of NCFR Report, your colleagues share some research and commentary on this population.
According to a report from the U.S. Census, there were 1.6 million adopted children under age 18 in 2004. These children comprise 2.5 % of all children under 18. Adoption is changing in profound ways due to new mental health information, family policies, foster care influences, geopolitical circumstances - even emerging technologies. In this edition of NCFR Report, our experts speak to these and other issues.
Family Focus on Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
It's a reality: approximately half of American marriages dissolve. About 40% of children will experience parental divorce, and about one-half of all children will spend some time in a single-parent family before adulthood. What does the research show regarding the consequences of divorce and relationship dissolution for families? What can practitioners do to help families through this process? In this issue of NCFR Report, NCFR experts report the research and offer help for the helpers.
Changing demographics. Technological and medical advances. Diverse family structures. Uncertain futures in family policy. How will these changes affect families? In this issue, Jetse Sprey, Arlene Skolnick and many others weigh-in on the possibilities. Join us as we look into the future.
Disabilities-acute and chronic, visible and hidden-are a fact of life for a significant number of American families. According to a July 19 report from the U.S. Census Bureau, 51.2 million-or 18% of the population-have some level of disability. In this issue, we explore how individuals of all ages and their families deal with disabilities on a daily basis, and we look at systems that support their efforts.
