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Peer reviewedDevaney, Barbara L.; Ellwood, Marilyn R.; Love, John M. – Future of Children, 1997
Reviews six federally funded in-kind public assistance programs designed to mitigate effects of poverty on children: (1) food stamps; (2) the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children; (3) school nutrition programs; (4) Medicaid; (5) Head Start; and (6) housing assistance. Evidence indicates these programs achieve their…
Descriptors: Children, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Housing
Peer reviewedPlotnick, Robert D. – Future of Children, 1997
Reviews programs for increasing earnings of parents with low market skills to prevent pretransfer poverty and discusses three types of income supplementation (public cash transfers, private child support payments, and tax credits) and how successful they are in reducing poverty. Also provides international comparisons of policies to reduce child…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Factors, Federal Aid, Financial Support
