New Findings on Welfare and Children's Development
Summary of a Research Briefing
Deborah Phillips and Anne Bridgman, Editors
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
National Research Council
Institute of Medicine
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1997
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Support for this project was provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Foundation for Child Development, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Family and Child Well-Being Research Network of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For a list of members of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, see page 26.
For a list of participants at the research briefing on welfare and children's development, see page 27.
For a list of other reports of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, see page 29.
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