This issue brief reviews approaches used to engage fathers in human services at the program, organization, and systems level. Program-level approaches to promote father engagement reflect tailored recruitment and intake methods, enhancing service…

This toolkit presents a systematic approach for utilizing human-centered design and behavioral science to develop solutions to problems tied to participant engagement and participation at state SNAP E&T programs. The toolkit focuses on…

The University of Wisconsin’s Institute for Research on Poverty will host a webinar on September 15, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to explore approaches to better serve children with an incarcerated parent. Presentations will examine the…

This set of briefs, organized by region and all 50 states and the District of Columbia, uses Census Household Pulse survey data to illustrate Child Tax Credit (CTC) receipt, payment usage, and changes in food security for families after the CTC…

This guide provides tools for case workers and other frontline staff to use in collecting demographic data from young people and families. Tools included are best practices for data collection, a sample script, and a list of questions to engage…

This guide offers best practices for collecting data about race, ethnicity, and other demographic information, including sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, language spoken, disability, religion, and tribal…

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief presents findings from program participant interviews conducted as part of the State TANF Case Studies project between December 2019 to March 2020. These interviews examined participant…

This brief illustrates the delivery of Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) services from the perspective of case managers in six child support agencies. Procedural justice, a process-oriented model for dispute resolution,…

This report identifies barriers and opportunities that exist for older workers accessing online programs, with a focus on their digital skill levels. The report analyzes 2017 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies Survey…

This podcast highlights the SOAR Program at Tri-County OIC, which is affiliated with the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania region. SOAR is a reentry program for young adults (ages 18 to 24) who…