The connection between socioeconomic status and reproductive and developmental outcomes is well-established. Yet the connection between socioeconomic status and developmental status is neither certain, decisive, or direct.
Most children are resilient.
The chain of events is complex, involving genetic considerations, economic conditions, social factors, personal responsibility, and public policy. What the Kennedy Center is doing The Kennedy Center has a long history of conducting research and developing model demonstration programs to improve the developmental outcomes of children living in poverty. In the 1960s, the late Susan Gray directed the Early Training Project, which was credited as the inspiration for the national Head Start program. Today, Kennedy Center researchers continue to conduct research directed at developmental problems that are linked to poverty, particularly children's language development and conduct disorders.