Brookings Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
http://www.brook.edu/es/urban/urban.htm
Issue framing and solutions to help solve problems faced by low-income communities.
Site areas of particular interest: Poverty and Welfare, Washington DC Metropolitan Area, Working Poor and Working Families (under Research Topics).

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
http://www.cbpp.org/
Impact of federal and state policies on low-income population.
Site areas of particular interest: Federal Budget, Federal Welfare, Poverty/Income, State Fiscal Policies, State Welfare/TANF (under Major Areas of Research).

DC Agenda
http://www.dcagenda.org/
Reports on state of DC on several key issues faced by low-income youth and families.
Site area of particular interest: Publications.

DC Fiscal Policy Institute
http://www.dcfpi.org/
Impact of DC policies on low-income population.
Site area of particular interest: Publications and Testimony.

KIDS COUNT
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
National and state-by-state performance and rankings on child well-being indicators
Site area of particular interest: 2002 KIDS COUNT Data Book.

Clara Miller: The Nonprofit Finance Fund: Hidden in Plain Site: Understanding Nonprofit Capital Structure. The Nonprofit Quarterly.

John J. Havens and Paul G. Schervish: Why the $41 Trillion Wealth Transfer Estimate is Still Valid: A Review of Challenges and Questions. Boston College, Social Welfare Research Institute.

Peter Karoff: Saturday Morning – A Reflection on the Golden Age of Philanthropy. The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc

Clara Miller: Linking Mission and Money: An Introduction to Nonprofit Capitalization. The Nonprofit Finance Fund.

Audrey Singer: At Home in the Nation's Capital: Immigrant Trends in Metropolitan Washington
Brookings Institution.

A Region Divided: The State of Growth in Greater Washington, DC.
A transcript from a Brookings Institution’s National Issues Forum.

The Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) is spearheading a research effort to develop a portrait of National Capital-area nonprofits serving children and is seeking support.
For more information, please contact Eric Twombly: etwombly@ui.urban.org

Child Trends' latest research brief “Poor Families in 2001: Parents Working Less and Children Continue to Lag Behind” provides a snapshot of working poor families in 2001, focuses on the characteristics of children living in poverty, and offers some policy options.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count 2003 report, a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the US includes a compelling essay, The High Cost of Being Poor

The following page on the VPP website contains links to resources for those interested in learning more about responding to cuts in public funding.

The Future of Children is published twice a year by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The primary purpose of the journal is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. The journal provides nonpartisan data and analysis, and does not take a position on specific legislation.

“The Health of the Human Services Workforce,” by Paul Light, Center for Public Service at the Brookings Institution.

“The Content of their Character: The State of the Nonprofit Workforce,” By Paul Light, Center for Public Service at the Brookings Institution.

“Daring to Lead - A study on nonprofit executive tenure,” by Jeanne Peters, M.N.A. and Timothy Wolfred, Psy.D., Principal Investigators, CompassPoint.

“Help Wanted: Turnover and Vacancy in Nonprofits,” by Jeanne Peters, M.N.A., Anushka Fernandopulle, M.B.A., Jan Masaoka, Christine Chan, M.P.P., and Timothy Wolfred, Psy.D., CompassPoint.