National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)

Users can customize data applying to low-income families and children. Tables and statistics generated from interactive tools can be downloaded. BackgroundThe National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), a division of the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, is a non-partisan public interest research center. NCCP generates research regarding economic security and the health and development of low-income American families, children and adolescents to inform public health policy and practice. The NCCP site contains state profiles and analyses of the impact of state-level policies on families. Topics include: polici es designed to assist low-income families, the impact of work supports on family resources and statistics about low-income families and children. User FunctionalityUsers can build and compare customized tables of state low-income demographics and policies; compare the impact of work support policies on family resources by state; calculate a minimum family budget according to household size by state; and convert income to annual income, percent of federal poverty level (%FPL) and percent of state median income (%SMI) by state. Users can download tables regarding state demographics and policies into SAS statistical software. Users have great flexibility in terms of which demographics they use to view data. Users can view demographic information by: family structure, age group, race/ethnicity, income level, parental education, parental employment, marital status, parental nativity, homeownership, and family size. Data NotesData included in the Data Tools are derived from multiple sources. Data sources include: Current Population Survey; National Conference of State Legislators; National Partnership for Women and Families; US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service; US Department of Labor, Office of Workforce Security; U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Med icaid Services; U.S. Census Bureau; State EITC Online Resource Center; Community Resources Information, Inc.; National Employment Law Project; Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; The Urban Institute; The Center for Law and Social Policy; Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families; National Immigration Law Center; Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured; and National Women’s Law Center. Years to which the data apply is noted under “Data Notes and Sources.” Depending on the tool, users can view information on national, regional, state, county, or city levels.