American Children in Chronic Poverty: Complex Risks, Benefit-Cost Analyses, and Untangling the Knot Book

Introduction Chapter One: Premises for the Discussion What Do We Know about Poverty?
Section I. Risk Chapter Two: How Risk Works Chapter Three: Risk and Families Chapter Four: Schools and Risk Section II. Interventions. What Works?
Chapter Five: While They Are Still Young: The Power of Early Childhood Programs Chapter Six: When They Are Older: Keeping Them in School and Out of Trouble Chapter Seven: Supports for Families: Housing, Medicine, Food Section III. Policies and Recommendations for Ending Poverty As We Know It Chapter Eight: Policies and Recommendations Chapter Nine: Ending Chronic Poverty Chapter Ten: Conclusions