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Research conducted by: RAND Child Policy; RAND Health

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RESEARCH BRIEF

The Socioeconomic, Health, Safety, and Education Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California

Discusses the large disparities between boys and men of color in California compared with their white counterparts across four broad domains -- socioeconomic, health, safety, and ready to learn.

RESEARCH BRIEF

The Costs of Methamphetamine Use: A National Estimate — Apr 8, 2009

The economic cost of methamphetamine use reached more than an estimated $23 billion in 2005, mostly from the intangible burden that addiction places on dependent users and their premature mortality and from crime and criminal justice costs.

REPORT

Report Quantifies Level of Disadvantage Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California — Feb 4, 2009

The first multi-dimensional effort to quantify the disparities faced by African-American and Latino boys and men in California across a broad spectrum of health and social factors provides a disquieting outlook for their lives.

REPORT

Methamphetamine Use Estimated to Cost the U.S. About $23 Billion in 2005 — Feb 3, 2009

The economic cost of methamphetamine use in the United States reached $23.4 billion in 2005, including the burden of addiction, premature death, drug treatment and many other aspects of the drug.

REPORT

Benefit-Cost Analysis Rarely Captures the Full Economic Value of Social Programs — Nov 12, 2008

This study assesses the state of the art in determining the economic value of social programs for use in benefit-cost analysis (BCA). It finds that rarely are the benefits of social programs consistently or accurately monetized and suggests ways to advance the use of BCA in evaluating social programs' economic returns.

RESEARCH BRIEF

What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy? — May 7, 2008

This research brief describes how insights from the field of economics — human capital theory and monetary payoffs — provide science-based guidance for early childhood policy.

REPORT

Results from the First California Health and Social Services Survey — Jun 3, 2004

An overview of the results from the first wave of the California Health and Social Services Survey, fielded by RAND in 2000-2001 as part of its impact analysis of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. A total of 2905 current and former CalWORKs recipients in six countries were surveyed.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Violence Exposure Among School-Age Children in Foster Care: Relationship to Distress Symptoms — Dec 31, 2000

To describe the amount and nature of violence exposure and examine the relationship between violence exposure and distress symptoms among children in foster care.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Homeless and Housed Families in Los Angeles: A Study Comparing Demographic, Economic, and Family Function Characteristics — Dec 31, 1989

Homelessness was reported as due primarily to economic pressures of housing costs, but personal and family problems frequently played a contributing role, especially for single parent families. Burdens of increasing housing costs and family dysfunction among housed poor families place many at risk for homelessness.

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Dana Schultz

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M.P.P. in public policy, Harvard University

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Dana Schultz is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, with experience in research design, data collection and analysis, and program evaluation. She has led or co-led several projects involving process and outcome evaluation design, implementation, and analysis. Her research focuses on child…

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