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  • Child Welfare and Foster Care SystemsChild Welfare and Foster Care Systems
  • Community ChangeCommunity Change
  • Early Childhood InitiativesEarly Childhood Initiatives
  • Economic Supports for FamiliesEconomic Supports for Families
  • Home Visitation and Maltreatment PreventionHome Visitation and Maltreatment Prevention
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Economic Supports for Families Publications

Are Family Needs and Services Aligned?

Andrew Zinn, Mark E. Courtney
2008

Those Left Behind: Enduring Challenges Facing Welfare Applicants

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky
2006

The Quiet Revolution in Health Care Coverage for Illinois Children

Lawrence B. Joseph
2004

Barriers to Employment among TANF Applicants and their Consequences for Self-Sufficiency

Amy Dworsky and Mark E. Courtney
2007

Child Support Enforcement Policy and Unmarried Fathers’ Participation in the Regular and Underground Economies

Lauren M. Rich, Irwin Garfinkel, Qin Gao
2007

Child, Parent and Family Predictors of Child Welfare Services Involvement among TANF Applicant Families

Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney, Andrew Zinn
2007

Effects of WIC and Food Stamp Participation on Child Outcomes

Bong Joo Lee and Lucy Mackey Bilaver
2006

Findings from the Milwaukee TANF Applicant Study

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky
2006

Involvement of TANF Families with Child Welfare Services

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, Irving Piliavin, Andrew Zinn
2005

The Economic Self-Sufficiency of Wisconsin's Former Foster Youth

Amy Dworsky
2005

Child Care Subsidy Use and Employment Outcomes of Low-Income Mothers during Early Years of Welfare Reform

Bong Joo Lee, Robert M. Goerge, Mairead Reidy, J. Lee Kreader, Annie Georges, Robert L. Wagmiller Jr., Jane Staveley, David Stevens, Ann Dryden Witte
2004

Understanding the Food Stamp Program Participation Decisions of TANF Leavers

Robert M. Goerge, Mairead Reidy, Sandra Lyons, Meejung Chin, Allison Harris
2004

The Quiet Revolution

Lawrence B. Joseph
2004

Use of Administrative Data for Implementation Research

Robert M. Goerge
2003

The Patterns of Food Stamp and WIC Participation Under Welfare Reform

Bong Joo Lee, Lucy Mackey Bilaver and Robert M. Goerge
2003

The State of the Child in Illinois: 2000

Robert M. Goerge, Bong Joo Lee, Lucy Mackey Bilaver, John Dilts, Allen Harden, Jacqueline Moore, Tamara Perry, Clark Peters, Barbara Ray, Mairead Reidy, Michael Weir, Jolyon Wurr
2001

Caseload Dynamics, Employment and Earnings in Illinois, 1991-1999

Bong Joo Lee, Robert M. Goerge, John Dilts
2000

Planning for Human Service Reform Using Integrated Administrative Data

Mairead Reidy, Robert M. Goerge, Bong Joo Lee
1999

Developing an Integrated Administrative Database

Mairead Reidy, Robert M. Goerge, Bong Joo Lee
1999

Longitudinal Multiprogram Evaluation

Julie Spielberger, Principal Investigator
2009

Food Stamp Eligibility and Participation in Illinois and Maryland: Census Survey and Administrative Data

Robert Goerge, Principal Investigator
2009

Understanding Social Program Take-Up among Low-Income Families: Developing Data on Child Care Subsidies and the Food Stamp Program

Robert Goerge, Principal Investigator
2009

Self-Employment among Low-Income Mothers

Lauren Rich, Principal Investigator
2009

Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born Families: Who Takes Up Supports?

Julie Spielberger

18.5 Million U.S. Households Pay More Than Half Their Income for Housing, Reducing Money Available for Other Necessities

Malcolm Bush

Kids, Families, and Tax Policy: Best Friends Forever?


April 16, 2009

Children, Families, and Foreclosures: The Economic Crisis Hits Home

Malcolm Bush
March 12, 2009

Children, the Recession, and the Economic Recovery Plan

Matthew Stagner
February 19, 2009
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