Our research sheds light into all areas of children and their families who are living in poverty, covering early childhood education, public benefits, paid family leave, immigration, disability, and mental health.

NCCP’s Early Childhood Profiles highlight two-generation state policy choices that promote health, education, and strong families alongside other contextual data related to the well-being of young children.

Mar 24, 2025 · NCCP has conducted a review of many of the state TANF guidelines for the administration and distribution of cash assistance to families with adults and children across 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) in 2024.

Apr 1, 2010 · Endnotes. 1. Children ages 12 to 17 are classified as youth in this fact sheet. 2. New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. 2003. Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America.

NCCP's calculations derived from output generated by the National Bureau of Economic Research Internet TAXSIM Version 35, available at https://taxsim.nber.org for the 2022 tax year. For a description of the TAXSIM model, see Feenberg, D. and Coutts, E. (1993).

African-American children and younger children are more likely to experience poverty than white children and older children. While nearly three-quarters of white children never experience poverty during their childhood, fewer than one-third of African-American children are …

Nov 12, 2024 · NCCP has conducted a review of many of the state TANF guidelines for the administration and distribution of cash assistance to families with adults and children across 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) in 2024.

Founded at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 1989, NCCP has worked for over 30 years to advance family-oriented research and translate findings into actionable recommendations that reduce the number of families experiencing hardship.

Seth Hartig Project Director, Family Resource Simulator T: 212-961-3353 E: [email protected] Heather Koball Co-Director, National Center for Children in Poverty Bank Street Graduate School of Education

Mar 1, 2011 · NCCP recommends a number of major policy strategies to improve the well-being of children and families living in poverty: Make work pay. Since research is clear that poverty is the greatest threat to children’s well being, strategies that help parents succeed in …