RAP’s comprehensive policy briefs, testimony, and analyses cover a wide range of issues involving child and youth poverty.

Policy Briefs

The Critical Role of Child Care in Promoting Educational Success and Building Resilience in Adolescent Mothers and Their Children. The brief is the first in our Resilience In Practice series. It explores the critical importance of access to child care in helping teen mothers stay in school and in building resilience across generations. With the release of this brief, we call upon the Department of Education to strengthen services for young mothers and their children.

Resilience Policy Primers

RAP’s Building Blocks of Resilience Policy Primer Series assesses the ways in which laws and policies can be leveraged to increase and protect resilience in low-income children and youth.

Resilience Policy Primer: Basic Needs

Resilience Policy Primer: Educational Foundation

Resilience Policy Primer: Emotional Support

Resilience Policy Primer: Community Involvement (coming soon!)

Testimony

Testimony Before City Council Concerning Access To Benefits and Child Care