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Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Learn more about programs that support teenage mothers and their children, as well as approaches used across the country to reduce and prevent teenage pregnancy.
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Opioid Recovery

The road to recovery for opioid addiction includes a range of recovery and treatment programs to meet the challenges that dependency poses. Learn more about options to address the opioid crisis.
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Learn more about reports, briefs, and other studies that examine how public policies affect TANF-eligible populations and illustrations of innovative programs. You can also get answers about what is working in the field.

Latest Information From the Network

Facilitated Leadership and Family Engagement: Learning with and from Families (December 4, 2018)

Whole Family Approaches to Research and Practice: A Look at CAP Tulsa’s 2Gen CareerAdvance® Program (December 3, 2018)

OFA Webinar: Building Social Capital for Families on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Other Low-Income Populations: The Important Role of Community-Based and Faith-Based Organizations (November 28, 2018)

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Call for Youth Employment Programs (November 10, 2018)

Whole Family Building Blocks: Aligning High Quality, Intentional, Intensive Services to Parents and Children (November 7, 2018)

Policy Efforts to Reduce Material Hardship for Low-Income Families (November 1, 2018)

Improved Outcomes at Age 21 for Youth in Extended Foster Care (November 1, 2018)

Missed Housing and Utility Payments Are Common and Persistent in the United States (November 1, 2018)

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September 21, 2018

Encouraging Trust from Participants

A question was asked by a State representative at a recent OFA Regional Workshop: How do you encourage trust from participants to communicate freely on barriers such as substance use in order to best meet their needs? What promising methods do you use to endear that trust?

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August 17, 2018

Question from Oklahoma Department of Human Services

A representative from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services would like to know how states help TANF participants when they face a barrier, such as a traffic fine/ticket, license reinstatement, felony expungement, or other legal expenses that prevents them from obtaining or retaining employment.

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June 25, 2018