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• Protecting the Safety Net in Tough Times
  Lessons from the States
  Report, April 2012
• The Costs of Cutting Health Care
  An Analysis of Recent Changes to New Jersey FamilyCare
  Report, November 2011
• Making Work Pay in Montana
  Brief, June 2011
• When Work Supports Don’t Support Work
  A Case for Parental Health Coverage in Mississippi
  Brief, May 2011
• Healthy Kids and Strong Working Families
  Improving Economic Security for North Dakota Families with Children
  Brief, April 2011
• Basic Facts About Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States, 2008
  Fact Sheet, August 2010
• Who Are America’s Poor Children?
  Examining Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States
  Report, August 2010
• English Language Proficiency, Family Economic Security, and Child Development
  Brief, June 2010
• Making Work Supports Work
  Tools for Policy Analysis
  Fact Sheet, February 2010
• Making Work Supports Work
  A Picture of Low-wage Workers in America
  Report, January 2010
• Ten Important Questions About Child Poverty and Family Economic Hardship
  Brochure, December 2009
• Low-income Children in the United States
  National and State Trend Data, 1998-2008
  Report, November 2009
• Paid Leave in the States
  A Critical Support for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
  Brief, March 2009
• Budgeting for Basic Needs
  A Struggle for Working Families
  Brief, March 2009
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for Houston's Families
  Fact Sheet, November 2008
• Making Work Pay for Iowa’s Families
  Report, September 2008
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for San Antonio's Families
  Fact Sheet, September 2008
• Staying Afloat in Tough Times
  What States Are and Aren't Doing to Promote Family Economic Security
  Report, August 2008
• Statement on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure
  Statement, July 2008
• 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
• Improving Work Supports
  Closing the Financial Gap for Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
  Report, October 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
• 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