IMPACT OF POVERTY ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES - INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE

Provides background for this special issue of the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology on the ''impact of Poverty on Children, Youth, and Fa milies,'' cosponsored by the Committee on Children, Youth, and Familie s of the American Psychological Association. As anticipated, the major ity of the articles present original research, including controlled in terventions, along with two comprehensive and critical reviews of issu es relevant to policy. In addition to considering the impact of povert y itself (in the short and long term), the authors examine numerous co rrelated factors, including prenatal methadone exposure, low birthweig ht, other biological risks, racial and ethnic minority status, neighbo rhood disadvantage, need for integrated medical and psychosocial servi ces, supportive home environments, parental anger, and divorce.