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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Transition Services Self-Assessment Toolkit for Adult Education and Developmental Bridge Programs

Toolkit

This toolkit provides self-assessment tools for programs seeking to enhance their bridge programs and other transitional services to adult learners. It provides three documents -- the first is the Team Survey, which measures program service usage…

Workforce Education Standards for Adult Education Programs

Toolkit

These standards were developed by the Workforce Solutions Collaborative for the City of Philadelphia, which has a high rate of unskilled workers compared to available unskilled jobs. The standards are separated into seven content areas and…

An introduction to the Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) and Evaluation

Report

This practice brief is the first in a series of practice briefs being developed by the Tribal HPOG evaluation team, comprised of NORC at the University of Chicago, Red Star Innovations, and the National Indian Health Board. The briefs will be…

Disconnected families and TANF

Report

The share of low-income single mothers disconnected from work and TANF ranges from 20 to 25 percent. Most disconnected low-income single mothers experience barriers to work and most of their families live in poverty. This brief reviews what we…

Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) and family-sensitive caregiving in early care and education arrangements: Promising directions and challenges

Report

More than half of states now have Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) in…

Alternative employment strategies for hard-to-employ TANF recipients: Final results from a test of transitional jobs and preemployment services in Philadelphia

Report

As welfare caseloads have declined over the past decade, policymakers and…

TANF recipients with barriers to employment

Report

Many parents receiving assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) face serious barriers to employment. Sometimes called the “hard to employ,” these parents typically require enhanced assistance to prepare for, find, and keep…

Working toward Wellness: Telephone care management for Medicaid recipients with depression, thirty-six months after random assignment

Report

Although many public assistance recipients suffer from depression, few receive…

Providing earnings supplements to encourage and sustain employment: Lessons from research and practice

Report

This brief presents findings, and lessons for policy and practice, from MDRC-conducted studies of five programs that provided earnings supplements and that have been rigorously evaluated using a random assignment research design: the Canadian…

Question from Arizona Department of Economic Security/Employment Administration

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Arizona Department of Economic Security/Employment Administration would like to know if States are aware of comparative studies examining performance results based on differing service delivery models? For example, work participation rate results based on face-to-face case management models vs. self-directed job search or performance through data matching?

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