Links: Children and Poverty

"The consequences of child poverty are severe. Poor children have worse health and higher death rates, including more low birth weights and stunted growth, physical and mental disabilities, missed school days due to illness, nutritional deficiencies such as anemia, and chronic diseases such as asthma. Poor children have worse educational outcomes, including lower test scores, more learning disabilities and special education needs, and greater high school dropout rates. There is more crime and violence in poor neighborhoods, and poor children are more likely to become involved in juvenile crime."
--from: Minnesota Kids: A Closer Look 1996 Data
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/welcome.html

Center for Research on Child Wellbeing.
http://crcw.princeton.edu/

The mission of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) at Princeton University is to identify and contribute to the development of economically efficient, politically feasible, and socially viable policies that address the needs of children in the areas of education, health, income, family, and community.

Children's Defense Fund.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Children Now.
http://www.childrennow.org/
Children Now uses research and mass communications to make the well being of children a top priority across the nation.

Childwatch International Research Network.
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/

The Childwatch International Research Network, Oslo, Norway, is a nonprofit, nongovernmental network for institutions and individuals involved in research for children. It aims to initiate and coordinate research and information projects on children's living conditions and the implementation of children's rights.

Conventions on the Rights of a Child.
http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm

Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49. Note the year that the USA adopted it.

Institute for Research on Poverty.
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the institute is a national, university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.

Joint Center for Poverty Research.
http://www.jcpr.org/
The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research is a national and interdisciplinary community of researchers whose work advances the understanding of what it means to be poor and live in America.

National Center for Children in Poverty.
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/
The mission of the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University is to identify and promote strategies that reduce the incidence of young child poverty in the United States and that improve the life chances of the millions of children under age six who are growing up poor.

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information.

http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/

The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information is a national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect, and related child welfare issues.

New Findings on Children, Families, and Economic Self-Sufficiency.
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/findings/index.html
This is a report in 1995 by Deborah A. Phillips and Anne Bridgman, Eds. The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance.