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Parental employment in low-income families

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Author: 
National Center for Children in Poverty
Format: 
Fact sheet
Publication Date: 
1 Jan 2004
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With the economic down turn of the past few years, unemployment and underemployment are higher than they have been in nearly a decade, and the number of children living in low-income families is on the rise. Programs -- including child care -- that provide income and work supports for low income parents can increase employment, income, and child well-being.

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