Low-Wage Work Publications

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Through the Making “Work Supports” Work project, NCCP aims to promote policies that make work pay—with the goal that all full-time workers should be able to provide for their families and that earning more should always improve a family’s financial bottom line. This project description highlights key findings and points the way toward policy reforms.

Other Publications

• Most Low-Income Parents Are Employed
  Fact Sheet, November 2007
• Child Care in Colorado
  Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
  Report, November 2007
• Parents’ Low Education Leads to Low Income, Despite Full-Time Employment
  Fact Sheet, November 2007
• Low-Income Children in the United States
  National and State Trend Data, 1996-2006
  Report, September 2007
• The Impact of Work Supports
  A Snapshot from Detroit
  Fact Sheet, August 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Illinois and Chicago
  Fact Sheet, April 2007
• Supporting Work in Illinois
  The Challenges Ahead
  Report, April 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Michigan and Detroit
  Fact Sheet, November 2006
• The New Poor
  Regional Trends in Child Poverty Since 2000
  Report, August 2006
• When Work Doesn’t Pay
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, June 2006
• Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies
  Brief, June 2006
• The Racial Gap in Parental Education
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• On the Edge in the Empire State
  New York’s Low-Income Children
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use
  Brief, January 2006
• Family Economic (In)Security
  A View from the States
  Fact Sheet, November 2005
• Support Working Families
  Opinion, October 2005
• Marriage Not Enough to Guarantee Economic Security
  Brief, October 2005
• Many Children with Married Parents are Low Income
  Fact Sheet, October 2005
• Economic Insecurity
  Implications of Federal Budget Proposals for Low-Income Working Families
  Brief, April 2005
• Low-income Families in the District of Columbia
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, February 2005
• Low-Income Families in Alabama
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, January 2005
• Low-income Families in Delaware
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, November 2004
• Low-Income Families in Illinois
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, September 2004
• State Policy Choices
  Child Support
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Low-Income Families in Massachusetts
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, September 2004
• Parental Employment Does Not Guarantee Health Insurance for Children
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Low-Income Families in Pennsylvania
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, June 2004
• State Policy Choices
  Supports for Low-Income Working Families
  Fact Sheet, May 2004
• Low-Income Families in Georgia
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, May 2004
• Low-Income Families in Connecticut
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, February 2004
• Debt and Assets Among Low-Income Families
  Brief, October 2003
• Employment Alone is Not Enough for America’s Low-Income Children and Families
  Report, August 2003
• Earned Income Tax Credits
  Brief, June 2002
• Policies That Improve Family Income Matter for Children
  Brief, April 2002
• Patterns and Growth of Child Care Voucher Use by Families Connected with Cash Assistance in Illinois and Maryland
  Report, May 1999