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http://www.childtrends.org/publications/making-the-grade-assessing-the-evidence-for-integrated-student-supports/
Child Trends did a comprehensive examination of the research and evidence base for Integrated Student Supports (ISS).
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Family Law and Public Policy
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http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/research-spotlight-families-and-digital-media-in-young-children-s-learning
How do young children access and use digital media? How are families engaging with their children's use of digital media?
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Parent Education and Guidance
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http://nationalmarriageproject.org/wordpress/resources/facilitatingforever/
This report from the National Marriage Project documents policy experiments designed to help couples form and sustain healthy relationships and marriages.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
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http://www.childrensdefense.org/library/state-of-americas-children/
This 2014 report is an analysis of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on population, poverty, family structure, and more.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA13-4796?WT_mc_id=EB_20140130_SMA13-4796
This free resource provides data about key indicators of behavioral health problems and the percentages of those who seek treatment.
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Counseling and Therapy
Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
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http://www.aecf.org/resources/early-reading-proficiency-in-the-united-states/
This 2014 data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds 80 percent of fourth-graders from low-income families are not reading at grade level.
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http://kff.org/other/issue-brief/a-teacher-in-the-living-room-educational/
This report looks at electronic media products for very young children – babies, toddlers, and preschoolers – that are marketed to parents as educational.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Resource Management
Parent Education and Guidance
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http://kff.org/other/report/zero-to-six-electronic-media-in-the/
In 2003, this study was one of the only large-scale national studies on the role of media in the lives of infants, toddlers and preschoolers in America.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://web5.soc.northwestern.edu/cmhd/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ParentingAgeDigitalTechnology.REVISED.FINAL_.2014.pdf
The Center on Media and Human Development at Northwestern University explores how parents are incorporating digital technology into parenting.
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http://www.childtrends.org/publications/reducing-teen-childbearing-among-latinos-an-innovative-anti-poverty-strategy/
With a focus on Latinos, this series reviews trends on adolescent sex, contraceptive use, and childbearing.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Human Sexuality
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http://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pregnancy-and-Childbearing-updated-12-131.pdf
This Adolescent Health Highlight presents key research findings about teen pregnancy and childbearing.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Human Sexuality
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https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCENSUS/bulletins/969f1e
A series of tabulations from the U.S. Census Bureau using data from the 2013 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/10/08/parents-time-with-kids-more-rewarding-than-paid-work-and-more-exhausting/
This analysis of government time-use data looks at not only how much time parents spend on various activities, but how they feel while doing those activities.
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Family Resource Management
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http://www.urban.org/research/publication/kids-share-2013-federal-expenditures-children-2012-and-future-projections
Kids Share 2013: Federal Expenditures on Children in 2012 and Future Projections looks comprehensively at federal spending and taxes on children.
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Family Law and Public Policy
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http://www.urban.org/research/publication/nonstandard-work-schedules-and-well-being-low-income-families
In 2010–11, 28% of lower-income workers, and 20% of all workers, worked most of their hours between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. or on weekends.
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https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/ExpendituresonChildrenbyFamilies
According to the USDA, a child born in 2012 will require $241,080 for food, shelter and other necessities over the next 17 years.
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/press/adoption-rate-increases-for-children-in-foster-care
Data on adoption and foster care suggests that while the number of children in foster care remains steady, the adoption rate continues to climb.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
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https://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013 is a compendium of indicators depicting both promises and challenges confronting young people.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/
Researchers of the Equality of Opportunity Project aimed to study the impact of tax expenditures on intergenerational mobility.
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Family Law and Public Policy
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/FP/FP-13-13.pdf
This profile examines demographic changes in women's marriage patterns over the past century.
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http://www.childtrends.org/publications/home-front-alert-the-risks-facing-young-children-in-military-families-2/
Child Trends examines the special circumstances characterizing the lives of children under age six in military families.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://www.urban.org/research/publication/unemployment-childs-perspective
This brief by the Urban Institute and First Focus examines unemployment from a child's perspective.
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https://www.mathematica-mpr.com//publications/PDFs/EarlyChildhood/FACES_infographic.pdf?spMailingID=6529876&spUserID=MTgxMTM3ODcyOAS2&spJobID=77865517&spReportId=Nzc4NjU1MTcS1
This Mathematica infographic describes the cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development of children who take part in the Head Start program.
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http://www.childtrends.org/what-works/links-syntheses/?utm_source=Civic%20Participation%20is%20Down&utm_campaign=E-News%207%2010%2013&utm_medium=email
Interested in programs for children or youth? Discover What Works is a database of 600 programs that have undergone random-assignment evaluation.
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