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UCLA-Tulane study finds improved WIC food packages reduced children's risk for obesity
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Apr 23, 2019
Sweeping changes designed to make the food more nutritious in a federal assistance program for low-income families reduced the risk for obesity for 4-year-olds who had been on the program since birth, according to new research.
Barriers to School-Based Parent Involvement While Living in Public Housing: A Mother's Perspective
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May 18, 2018
Parent involvement is associated with child academic outcomes, positive behaviors, and social skills. This qualitative study explored school-based parent involvement barriers experienced by nine low-income mothers.
Measuring The Lifetime Costs of Serious Mental Illness And The Mitigating Effects of Educational Attainment
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Apr 1, 2019
Serious mental illness (SMI) is a disabling condition that develops early in life and imposes substantial economic burden. There is a growing belief that early intervention for SMI has lifelong benefits for patients.
Public Housing Work Requirments: Case Study on the Chicago Housing Authority
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Apr 16, 2019
This report presents a case study of the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA’s) work requirement policy, one of a small number of work requirements implemented by housing authorities.
A Research Note on the Prevalance of Housing Eviction Among Children Born in U.S. Cities
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Nov 27, 2018
A growing body of research suggests that housing eviction is more common than previously recognized and may play an important role in the reproduction of poverty. The proportion of children affected by housing eviction, however, remains largely unknown.
Mixed-Income LIHTC Developments in Chicago: A First Look at Their Income Characteristics and Spillover Impacts
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To what extent is there a mix of incomes within the LIHTC complexes? Is it realistic to expect properties without an explicit mixed-income focus to create and sustain mixed-income communities?
Unequal Places: The Impacts of Socioeconomic and Race/Ethnic Differences in Neighborhoods
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Jun 18, 2018
The social, economic, and physical environments in which older adults live play a vital role in healthy, active, and engaged lives. But older adults live in unequal environments.
Community development may narrow the student achievement gap
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Feb 22, 2019
Thoughtfully developed, accessible communities may boost parent engagement and student outcomes in low-income neighborhoods
Out of the System and onto the Streets: LGBTQ-Identified Youth Experiencing Homelessness with Past Child Welfare System Involvement
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Mar 1, 2019
In 2015, approximately 21,000 youth in the United States became emancipated-commonly referred to as "aged out"-from the foster care system; neither being adopted nor reunified with their family of origin, and were therefore expected to live independent lives.