Growing Up in Poverty Project

Description:

A longitudinal study of the effects of mothers moving from welfare-to-work on their economic well-being, home environment, child care quality and use, and their young children's early development

Resource Type:

Major Research Projects

Author(s):

Fuller Bruce

Publisher(s):

Yale University; Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; MDRC; Stanford University; Teachers College Press; Policy Analysis for California Education (Organization)

Funder(s):

Luke B. Hancock Foundation; Spencer Foundation; Miriam and Peter Haas Fund; Annie E. Casey Foundation; United States. Department of Education; United States. Child Care Bureau; California. Department of Social Services; William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund; David & Lucile Packard Foundation; A. L. Mailman Family Foundation; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Preparer(s):

Kagan Sharon Lynn; Caspary Gretchen; Mensing James; French Desiree; Chang Yueh-Wen; Loeb Susanna; Carroll Jude; Sprachman Susan; McCarthy Jan; Kreicher Gege; Carrol Bidemi; Cook Ginger

Country:

United States

State(s):

California; Connecticut; Florida

Date Issued:

n.d.

Alternative Title:

GUP Project

Source:

Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education

Topics:

7. Policies > 7.3. Economic & Social Policies > 7.3.3. Employment Policies

1. Children & Child Development

Related resources include summaries, versions, measures (instruments), or other resources in which the current document plays a part. Research products funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation are related to their project records.

Reports & Papers

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections

Growing Up in Poverty Project

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