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The NSAF Small Research Grants Program
Finalists Named for NSAF Small Research Grants Program
APPAM is pleased to announce these finalists for the National Survey of America's
Families Small Research Grants Program. The principal investigators and titles
for their projects are as follows.
Grants made in 2004:
Karen Smith Conway (Department of Economics, University of New Hampshire), "A
More Complete Picture of Family Structure and Its Effect on Child Outcomes."
Haiyong Liu (Department of Economics, East Carolina University), "Publicly
Provided Health Insurance, Maternal Employment, and Child Health."
Lisa Morris (Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine), "Stress
Among Working Poor Parents of Children with Disabilities and Other Special
Needs."
Miriam Potocky-Tripodi (School of Social Work, Florida International University), "Health
and Emotional Well-being of Children of Immigrants."
Ming Wen (Department of Sociology, University of Utah), "Race, Ethnicity, and
Health in Young Children and Adolescents.
Grants made in 2003:
Colleen Hefflin (Martin School of Public Policy and Administration,
University of Kentucky), "Household Food Insecurity and the Physical and Mental
Health of Low-Income Men and Women."
Jean Kimmel (Department of Economics, Western Michigan University), "A Detailed
Examination of the Motherhood Wage Gap: The Relative Importance of Education,
State Leave Policies, and Nonwage Benefits."
Heather Koball (National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University), "The
Impact of Child Support Enforcement on Fathers' Involvement with Children."
Jennifer Romich (School of Social Work, University of Washington), "Punished
by Progressivity: Do High Effective Marginal Tax Rates Trap Low-Income Workers?"
Jay Teachman (Department of Sociology, Western Washington University), "Family
Environment and Child Well-Being."
Grants made in 2002:
Rachel Dunifon (Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell
University), "Do Generous Welfare Policies Benefit Children in Single-Parent
Families?"
Marcia Meyers (School of Social Work, University of Washington), "More Than
Just Shelter: Are There Additional Benefits of Housing Assistance?"
Susan Stewart (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Richmond), "Parental
Involvement and Child Well-Being Among Children With Absent Parents."
Erdal Tekin (Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University), "Child
Care Subsidies, Welfare, and Nonstandard Employment of Single Mothers."
Aaron Yelowitz (Department of Economics, University of Kentucky), "Understanding
the Consequences of Public Housing on Children."
Grants made in 2001:
Wen-Jui Han (School of Social Work, Columbia University), "Work
Schedule and Child Care Use of Low-Income and Welfare Families."
Joseph Harkness (Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University), "Housing
Affordability and Child Well-Being."
Arik Levinson (Department of Economics, Georgetown University), "Labor Supply
and Participation Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit."
Rebecca London (Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community, University of
California at Santa Cruz), "Does Diversion Assistance Promote Welfare Independence
and Employment?"
Michael Wiseman (National Opinion Research Center), "State TANF Strategies
and Working Families."
Grants made in 2000:
Virginia Murphy-Berman (Center on Children, Families, and the Law,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln), "Impact of Poverty on Family Well-Being: Rural
and Urban Differences."
J. Lawrence Aber (National Center for Children in Povery, Columbia University), "Subsidy
Use and Child Care Arrangements: Differences by State and Children's Age."
Susan L. Brown (Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University), "Child
Well-Being in Cohabitating Unions."
Mairead Reidy (Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago), "Participation
in Food Stamps and Medicaid and Its Effects on the Well-Being of Children."
Janet C. Gornick (Baruch College, The City University of New York), "Supporting
Families with Children: The Effects of State-Level Policies on Children's Economic
Insecurity and Well-Being."
With funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, each finalist will receive $20,000
to support the research. Finalists in 2003 and 2004 were selected by a special
committee convened by the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan.
A similar committee convened by the Northwestern University/University of Chicago
Joint Center for Poverty Research selected the finalists from 2000-2002. APPAM
received a total of 16 applications in 2000, 26 applications in 2001, 40 applications
in 2002, 20 applications in 2003, and 24 applications in 2004.
For more information on the National Survey of America's Families, an important
data resource for research related to children and families living in poverty
in the U.S., visit the web site at newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf.
For more information the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a national foundation seeking
to "build better futures for millions of disadvantaged children who are at risk
of poor educational, economic, social, and health outcomes," visit the web site
at www.aecf.org.
For more information on the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint
Center for Poverty Research visit the web site at www.jcpr.org.
For more information on the National Poverty Research Center at the University
of Michigan, please visit the web site at www.npc.umich.edu/.
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