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• First Focus to Hold Children's Budget Summit on July 20, 2007

  - 2007-07-16

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Christopher Spina of First Focus, +1-703-535-3872, cell: +1-703-270-8171 WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, July 20, 2007, First Focus, a bipartisan children's advocacy organization, will hold a Children's Budget Summit at the National Press Club. The objective is to address the 23% decline in the share...

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• Groundbreaking Study Confirms BELL Summer Program Featuring Houghton Mifflin Curriculum Increases Children's Reading Skills

  - 2006-10-12

  BOSTON -- The Building Educated Leaders for Life BELL Summer program featuring Houghton Mifflin curriculum significantly increases low-income children's reading skills, according to a new Urban Institute study. Following a rigorous evaluation of children enrolled in BELL Summer in New York City and Boston, researchers concluded that children in the...

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• Pew Hispanic Center Latino Population Projections for Release Tuesday, Oct. 14

  - 2003-10-13

  News Advisory: The Pew Hispanic Center will release new population projections for the Latino population on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Developed by Jeffrey S. Passel, a veteran demographer and principal research associate at the Population Studies Center of the Urban Institute, the projections identify important trends in the growth patterns of...

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• Pew Hispanic Center Latino Population Projections for Release Tuesday, October 14

  - 2003-10-10

  WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ - The Pew Hispanic Center will release new population projections for the Latino population on Tuesday, October 14, 2003. Developed by Jeffrey S. Passel, a veteran demographer and principal research associate at the Population Studies Center of the Urban Institute, the projections identify important trends...

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• Publications on Welfare.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-10-01

  The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., has published Where Are They Now? What States' Studies of Welfare Leavers Tell Us, Policy Brief Number 32 (May 1999), by Sarah Brauner and Pamela Loprest. The policy brief summarizes data on employment rates, characteristics of employment, and other indicators of...

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