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THE STATE OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN YEARBOOK 1998
Texas, 26, 40, 46, 57, 61, 91, 107-123; foster care in, 67;
Quantum Opportunities Project in, 84; and TANF, 9, 12
Thomson, Esme Fuller, 68
3:00 Project (GA), 45
Title I compensatory education, 50
Title XX Social Services Program, 64
Tobacco industry, xviii-xix, xxii
Tocquevi1le, Alexis de, xi
TOP, see Teen Outreach Program
Toward a National Youth Development System: How We Can
Beller Service Youth at Risk, 89
Training: for child care workers, 39,40,41; for welfare
recipients, II; for youths, 89-91
Truth, Sojourner, xxi
Tyson, Laura D'Andrea, xii
Undernutrition, 55
Unemployment, 47,55,88; compensation, 15; and crime, 89;
national trends in, 106; and wage decline for young people,
88-89
UnJair Head Start, An: California Families Face Gaps in Preschool
and Child Care Availability, 45
Uninsured children, 21, 22, 23, 25-26, 35. See also State
Children's Health Insurance Program
United Way, 46
Urban Institute, II, 30, 40
Urban League, 86
U.S. Census Bureau, 2-3, 11,97, 124; American Housing Survey
data, 16; on child care, 41; on child poverty, 1,3,4; on child
support, 13; on children in kinship care, 68; on employment
opportunities, 91; on high school dropouts, 5; Historical
Income Tables, 88; on uninsured children, 21, 22, 25, 27; on
unsupervised children, 40
U.S. Conference of Mayors, 16, 18, 55
U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA), 59, 61, 124
U.S. Department of Education (DOE), 49, 50,90, 124; National
Education Longitudinal Study, 95, 97; and 21st Century
Community Learning Centers, 84-85
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 31, 68,
69,72,73,90, 124; Administration for Children, Youth and
Families of, 69; Center for Mental Health Services of, 66;
and CHIP, 28; Community Schools program of, 84
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
16, 19,89
U.S. Department ofJustice, 40, 79, 84, 124
U.S. Department of Labor, 90, 124
U.S. House of Representatives, 33, 82-83, 84
U.S. Senate, 33, 82-83, 84; Finance Committee, 30-31;
Judiciary Committee, 78
Utah,9, II, 107-123
Vaccines for Children (VFC), ix, 23. See also Immunizations
Vermont, 10, 14-15,26, 107-123
Violence, 91; agenda for action on, 86-87; decrease in, 77,
79-81,82,83,86; domestic, 63, 65, 71, 72, 74-75;
prevention, 77, 84-87; television, 80
Violent Incidents Against Juveniles in Kentucky Adult Jails,
1974-1992, 83
Virginia, 9, 11,30, 107-123
Washington, DC, see District of Columbia
Washington state, 43, 57, 72, 82, 107-123; and TANF, 10, 12
Wasting America S Future, 49
Welfare, see Aid to Families with Dependent Children;
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Welfare law;
Welfare-to-work grant program
Welfare law (1996),74; and child care needs, 41; and child
support, 13; and children with disabilities, 12-13; effects of,
11-13; and food programs, 53-54, 56,58,60,61; and
immigrants, 12; implementing, 7-11; and time limits on aid,
9-10; work requirements of, 10-11. See also Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families
Welfare-to-work grant program, 7, 13, 14,90
West Virginia, 10, 107-123
White House Conference on Child Care, 42
WlC, see Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and
Children
Windows on Day Care, 38, 39
Wisconsin, 15,43,57, 107-123; Quantum Opportunities Project
in, 84; and TANF, 8, 10, 11-12
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 68
Work, see Employment
Work Pays program (IL), 13-14
Wyoming, 8, 10, 107-123
Years ojPromise: A Comprehensive StrategyJar America S
Children, 40
Young, Nancy, 72
YouthBuild, 84, 89-90
Youth Crime Prevention Council (PA), 86
Youth Opportunities grant program, 90
Zuckerman, Alan, 88
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