In our do'ers profile, we highlight some of the hardworking
and talented individuals in public human services. This issue featur
Name: Terry L. Barley
Title: Director of Aging and Community Services
Years of Service: 27
Rewards of the Job: Opportunities to create new systems don't
come along very often. I was fortunate . . .
Welfare.(numbers in the news)(federal welfare reform)(Brief
article)
Between 1996, the year in which federal welfare reform was
implemented, and 2005, the number of children receiving benefits from
welfare declined by more than half. This continued a downward trend . . .
Food stamps.(numbers in the news)(Brief article)
In 2005, 12.4 million children received food stamps, increasing
from 11.8 million in 2004. The number of children receiving food stamps
dropped by nearly a third in the years immediately following . . .
Among children living with single mothers.(numbers in the
news)(Brief article)
Among children living with single mothers, the percentage whose
mother was employed full-time declined slightly from 50 percent in 2002
to 48 percent in 2005. This decline came after the percentage . . .
Low-wage workers.(numbers in the news)(Brief article)
In 2005, immigrants represented more than a fifth of low-wage
workers--those earning less than twice the minimum wage--and almost half
of workers without a high-school education.
Illegal workers . . .
Illegal immigrants.(numbers in the news)(Brief article)
There are 11 million to 12 million illegal immigrants (adults and
children) in the country, representing about 30 percent of the total
foreign-born population in 2007.
Five million children have . . .
Parents incarcerated.(numbers in the news)(Brief article)
Over 1.5 million children in this country currently have one or
both of their parents incarcerated.
Since the early 1970s, the number of adults incarcerated in state
and federal prisons in the . . .
The most recent estimates from the Census Bureau indicate that
9.4 million children age 18 and younger are uninsured.(numbers in
The most recent estimates from the Census Bureau indicate that 9.4
million children age 18 and younger are uninsured. Approximately 70
percent of all uninsured children are eligible for Medicaid or . . .
Child welfare.(numbers in the news)(Brief article)
Of the $7.2 billion federal funds dedicated for child welfare in
2007, about 90 percent supported children in foster care replacements
($4.5 billion) and children adopted from foster care ($2 . . .
The total costs of child abuse and neglect in the United
States.(numbers in the news)(Brief article)
* The total costs of child abuse and neglect in the United States
were nearly $104 billion in 2007.
Direct costs associated with child abuse and neglect, including
foster care services, . . .
Making things happen.(preventing teenage pregnancy)
Even though the teen pregnancy and birth rates in the United States
have declined by one-third over the past decade, one in three girls
still becomes pregnant by age 20, according to data from the . . .
Majority of children live with two biological parents.(noted
studies)(Brief article)
Nearly 45 million (61 percent) of the nation's 73 million
children younger than 18 lived with their biological mother and father
in 2004 regardless of the parents' marital status, according to . . .
Women more likely to work during pregnancy.(noted studies)(Brief
article)
Two-thirds of women who had their first child between 2001 and 2003
worked during their pregnancy, compared with just 44 percent who gave
birth for the first time between 1961 and 1965.
The . . .
As economy weakens, bush budget request leaves low-income
individuals, laid-off workers, and disconnected youth behind.(noted
st
The Center for Law and Social Policy Instead of addressing our
country's pressing need for investment in workforce education and
training programs, the Bush administration, in its fiscal year . . .
Do individual mandates matter?(noted studies)(Brief
article)
In this brief, the authors conclude that, absent a single-payer
system, it is impossible to achieve universal coverage without an
individual mandate. They say there is strong evidence that . . .
Time for reform: investing in prevention, keeping children safe
at home.(noted studies)(Kids Are Awaiting)(Brief article)
Kids Are Awaiting, a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts, finds
that the current federal child welfare financing structure does not
adequately support services and supports that could help keep . . .
Total estimated cost of child abuse and neglect in the United
States.(noted studies)(Brief article)
A new economic impact analysis by Prevent Child Abuse America
estimates the total costs of child abuse and neglect in the United
States were nearly $104 billion last year, and a companion . . .
Pressed together.(communications corner)
If you want to understand the collective thinking of American
journalism, visit one of the Fourth Estate's many resources. Among
the most popular is Poynter Online (www.poynter.org), which . . .
Tampering with who?(words on words)
Few things disturb readers more than illiteracy in our writing. And
when we mangle grammar in large type, such as "Who to Thank for the
Current Crisis in Child Welfare? the reaction is especially . . .
Jerry Friedman, executive director of APHSA, recently
participated in an international symposum in Seoul, South
Korea.(newsmaker
Caption: Jerry Friedman, executive director of APHSA, recently
participated in an international symposum in Seoul, South Korea. Here he
is shown with Se-Kyoung Park (left) and So-Seon Kang, . . .
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