Report
There are seven million or more working-age men in the United States who are not engaged in the workforce, and a variety of causes for this situation have been suggested. In this publication from the American Enterprise Institute, the authors address several of potential causes for the decline in work activity among these men and discuss policies that could be used to address the issues. The publication also recommends a focus on men with severe barriers to work, such as those with criminal histories or substance abuse issues and men who are noncustodial parents.
July, 2017
Research-To-Practice Brief
Higher family incomes are associated with a variety of positive effects on child well-being, and by connecting parents to career pathways in high-demand industries, states can foster more family stability. In this brief from Ascend at the Aspen Institute, the ways in which TANF funding can be used to support career pathway programs are discussed.
July, 2017
Report
This Urban Institute report, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation describes the first year of the second round of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants Program (HPOG 2.0). Under HPOG 2.0, TANF participants receive education and training for high-demand, high-wage healthcare occupations. In this first year report, the authors describe the 21 grantees, the services they offer, and the characteristics of participants.
July, 2017
Report
This brief from the Aspen Institute’s Expanding Prosperity Impact Collective examines how income volatility affects outcomes for hourly service sector employees. The researchers conducted quantitative analysis using the Retail Work and Family Life survey, and they also included 25 in-depth interviews with San Francisco-area parents working in retail or food service. Half of workers employed at the largest 30 retail and fast food companies reported that their income varied from week to week.
July, 2017
Stakeholder Resource
This web article from Psychology Today looks at how we are falling short in treating trauma victims and what we can do to fix it. The article addresses how coping mechanisms for post-trauma are poorly understood even by those in the best situation to provide assistance, and that it is important to understand that victims of trauma might not always react or behave as one might expect.
July, 2017
Report
This bulletin, from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, provides an overview of the literature around disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for low-income populations, and the vulnerability of communities and families with low socioeconomic status.
July, 2017
Report
This report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce offers five ways to better integrate education and workforce data to improve career pathways for students. Those five ways include: using education projections, business expansion, and workforce quality tools; aligning education programs with labor market demand; aligning curriculum with workforce requirements; providing counseling and career pathways tools for advisors; and conducting job placement and skills gap analyses.
July, 2017
Report
While women and girls disproportionately experience intimate partner violence (IPV), recent CDC data show that almost 16 million men have experienced severe physical violence from an intimate partner. This technical assistance guidance from the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence provides resources for serving male-identified survivors of IPV. The authors describe some of the challenges men face when accessing domestic violence services, including fear, shame, diminished self-worth, substance abuse, and risk of physical harm.
July, 2017
Report
Young adults are more likely to avoid poverty if they follow a “success sequence” in this order: earning at least a high school diploma, working full-time, and getting married before having children. This blog post from the Administration for Children and Families describes a recent report from the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Family Studies about millennials following this success sequence. The researchers found that 95% of millennials who married first before having children were not poor, but 72% of millennials who had children before marrying were poor.
June, 2017
Video
Utah Department of Workforce Services commissioned the Public Consulting Group to develop two videos about executive functioning to be used in employment counselor trainings. The short videos can be used with employment counselors or case workers in any human services program that want to develop their capacity to recognize and respond to executive functioning challenges among their customers.
June, 2017
