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RAND research addresses child health and how families and neighborhoods affect child well-being. Other family-focused research covers topics such as immigration, caregiving, and household finances. Through studies on families as well as community resilience, RAND develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and ...
Children, Family and Aging Division Key Personnel. Associate General Counsel, Marie Scott Phone: 202-690 ...
“America’s family caregivers, whether caring for children, young adults or older relatives, frequently experience high levels of stress, frustration and exhaustion,” said Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and the leader of SAMHSA.
Poverty has been shown to be particularly detrimental in early childhood in terms of children’s subsequent educational and other life course outcomes. In 2003, 4.7 million children under age 6 lived in families with income below the poverty line (defined as $18,660 for a family of four or $14,824 for a family of three, each with two children).
But when children go live with family members, it is most often in emergency situations which may result in unanticipated expenses. Data demonstrates that many relatives who care for their family members are more likely to experience poverty and have higher needs for services and supports—circumstances in which financial support can make all ...
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced grant awards totaling approximately $44 million across two ACF program offices – the Office of Community Services (OCS) and the Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) – to improve the financial well-being of children and families.
ACF's Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides funding and oversight to state-licensed shelters throughout the United States for children referred to ORR by the Department of Homeland Security. The children are known as unaccompanied children (UC). They include both children who enter the country without their parent or legal guardian ...
Apply if you are leaving welfare and need health coverage. Apply if you are a family with children under age 18 and have limited income and resources. (You do not need to be receiving a welfare check.) Apply if you have very high medical bills, which you cannot pay (and you are pregnant, under age 18 or over age 65, blind, or disabled).
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), finalized a policy that strengthens protections for youth in foster care by clarifying how states must meet their statutory requirements to appropriately serve LGBTQI+ children in foster care.
You may qualify for free or low-cost health care through Medicaid based on your income and family size. Eligibility rules differ among states. In all states, Medicaid gives health coverage to some individuals and families, including children, parents, people who are pregnant, elderly people with certain incomes, and people with disabilities.