Fact Sheets and Issue Briefs Archives — Page 4 of 25

Zach Tilly2019-06-12T08:52:39-05:00[ December 6th, 2018 ]

New Opportunities for Kinship Families: Action Steps to Implement the Family First Prevention Services Act in Your Community

This brief, developed by the ABA Center on Children and the Law, Children's Defense Fund and Generations United, highlights provisions in the Family First Prevention Services Act that help kinship families, along with steps caregivers, advocates, and other leaders can take to help implement the Family First Act. Includes a chart comparing services and supports for kin before and after the Family First Act.

Ben Dawson2019-10-25T13:49:11-05:00[ September 20th, 2018 ]

Gun Violence and School Safety Data: Parent and Child Trends Survey 2018

CDF’s Parent and Child Trends Survey conducted by YouGov with data collected May 8th through May 21st, 2018.

Ben Dawson2019-10-25T13:53:17-05:00[ September 19th, 2018 ]

School Shootings Spark Everyday Worries: Parent and Child Trends Survey 2018

As another school year begins, fear of a school shooting is front and center in the minds of America’s children, outranking common childhood worries like experiencing peer pressure and not fitting in with classmates.

Zach Tilly2019-10-25T13:54:26-05:00[ September 13th, 2018 ]

Child Poverty in America 2017 State Fact Sheet

State data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on September 13, 2018 reveal that child poverty remains a crisis across our nation despite progress in some states.

Zach Tilly2019-10-25T13:55:11-05:00[ September 12th, 2018 ]

Child Poverty in America 2017 National Fact Sheet

Poverty data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on September 12, 2018 show roughly 12.8 million America children lived in poverty in 2017, about 450,000 fewer than in 2016.

Austin Sowa2019-10-25T14:07:02-05:00[ August 7th, 2018 ]

Case Study on Reforming School Discipline, Equity, and Justice: Oklahoma City Public Schools Profile

CDF and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, believe that all schools should be welcoming and productive places for children to learn and for teachers to teach. We believe that exclusionary discipline – suspending or expelling a student from school for a disciplinary reason – be used sparingly and as a last resort. Measures can and should be taken to build positive school climates, response to special circumstances of students, prevention student misbehavior, and address violations of school rules in a restorative manner.

Austin Sowa2018-08-07T16:14:47-05:00[ August 7th, 2018 ]

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