Joint Center for Poverty Research
Working Papers

Child Welfare

African American Adolescent Girls in Impoverished Communities: Quality of Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes
Author: Laura D. Pittman, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

Adolescents Assuming Adult Roles: Factors Associated with Teens Providing Child Care for Younger Siblings
Author: Jeffrey Capizzano

Assessing the Implications of Welfare Reform for Children's SSI Receipt
Author: Loretta E. Bass, Jane Mosley

Associations Between Participation in the National School Lunch Program, Food Insecurity, and Child Well-Being
Author: Rachel Dunifon, Lori Kowaleski-Jones

Before Substantiation: The Role for Child Welfare Agencies in Preventing Maltreatment
Author: Deborah Daro

Can Anti-Poverty Programs Improve Family Functioning and Enhance Children's Well-Being?
Author: Aletha C. Huston, Greg Duncan, Robert Granger, Vonnie McLoyd

Changes in Child Social Program Participation in the 1990s: Initial Findings from Illinois
Author: Robert M. Goerge, Bong Joo Lee

Children of incarcerated parents: Cumulative risk and children's living arrangements
Author: Elizabeth Inez Johnson, Jane Waldfogel

Deterioration of Child Welfare Families Under Conditions of Welfare Reform
Author: Kathleen Wells, Shenyang Guo, Robert D. Shafran, Susan Pearlmutter

Does Context Affect SCHIP Disenrollment? Findings from a Multilevel Analysis
Author: Jane Miller, Julie Phillips

Does Participation in Multiple Welfare Programs Improve Birth Outcomes?
Author: Michael Brien, Christopher Swann

Does the Loss of Welfare Income Increase the Risk of Involvement with the Child Welfare System?
Author: Kristen Shook Slack

Grandmothers' Involvement among Children and Adolescents Growing Up in Poverty
Author: Laura D. Pittman

Improving Child Welfare Agency Performance through Fiscal Reforms: An Assessment of Recent Proposals
Author: Rob Geen

Maternal Employment, Family Processes, and Early Childhood Adjustment for Children Living in Poverty
Author: Rashmita S. Mistry, Rashmita S. Mistry

National Standards in the Child and Family Services Reviews: Time to Improve on a Good Idea
Author: Mark Courtney, Barbara Needell, Fred Wulczyn

The Characteristics of Mothers Separated from a Young Child
Author: Joseph Swingle

The Roles of Child Support Enforcement and Welfare In Nonmarital Childbearing
Author: Irwin Garfinkel, Daniel S. Gaylin, Chien-Chung Huang, Sara McLanahan

Using Performance Indicators With Child Welfare Policy Makers and Managers
Author: Richard P. Barth, Barbara Needell

Welfare Reform and Child Well-being
Author: Greg Duncan, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale