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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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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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The State Child Welfare Policy Database — a source for childhood legislation in your state

March 18, 2013

The State Child Welfare Policy Database is an easy-to-use website that provides state-by-state policy information on a range of child welfare topics.

Casey Family Programs
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State Child Welfare Policy Database

The State Child Welfare Policy Database is an easy-to-use website that provides state-by-state policy information on a range of child welfare topics. Visitors can access information on individual state policies and can compare their own state's policies to those of other states.

Poverty in America
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SRCD issues policy brief on children and poverty

February 04, 2013

Poverty in childhood, especially deep poverty, is linked to a range of physical-biological, cognitive-academic, and social-emotional problems, and these problems persist into adulthood. The Society for Research in Child Development created a policy brief on the subject. 

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Brief — Poverty in America: Implications for Children, Programs, and Policy

Poverty in childhood, especially deep poverty, is linked to a range of physical-biological, cognitive-academic, and social-emotional problems, and these problems persist into adulthood. The Society for Research in Child Development created a policy brief on the subject. 

University of Maryland
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University of Maryland's family issues voter's guide

October 22, 2012

In an effort to inform voters where major presidential candidates stand on family-relevant issues, family policy doctoral students at the University of Maryland School of Public Health compiled a family issues voting guide.

SRCD
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Policy Fellowships

with the Society for Research in Child Development
August 28, 2012

SRCD is seeking applications for upcoming Policy Fellowships for 2013-2014. There are two types of Fellowships: Congressional and Executive Branch.