The "Economic Status, Public Policy and Child Neglect Research Project" (the "Neglect Study") examines the relationships between economic factors and child neglect. This research project places particular emphasis on how parental resources — in the form of parental presence or absence, time, and money — influence both physical and emotional neglect of children under the age of five. Results from the study will provide insight into the ways in which public policies that have an impact on parental resources — such as welfare programs, child support enforcement, and child care subsidies — affect neglect.