Children's out-of-school time, long a low-level source of public concern, has recently emerged as a major social issue. This, in turn, has heightened interest in the heterogeneous field of after-school programs. This article provides a profile of after-school programs for low-income children, focusing on supply and demand, program emphases, and program sponsors and support organizations. It als...

Young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 represent one of the largest segments of the uninsured; approximately 13.7 million were uninsured in 2008. The problem is linked to critical transition points in young adults' lives: aging off parents' coverage when they graduate from either high school or college, and losing eligibility for public programs like Medicaid and the Children's Health Insur...

Lack of insurance is not solely an issue for the poor. In both California and the nation, approximately 40 percent of the uninsured have family incomes of at least twice the federal poverty level, and one-quarter have family incomes of at least 300 percent of poverty. Examining the issue from this perspective does not detract from the importance of ensuring that those with the least means in ou...

The persistence of rural poverty, concentration in rural areas of the most extreme forms of poverty, and rising inequality in the distribution of rural incomes remain vexing aspects of rural development in Latin America, in spite of expensive programs intended at reducing poverty and inequality. Mexico is no exception to this observation. This widespread failure calls upon exploring alternative...