The Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP), in partnership with Demos, released its third report in the Living Longer on Less series, “Severe Financial Insecurity Among African-American and Latino Seniors”. This report focuses on the…

Federally funded employment and training programs play an important role in helping job seekers obtain employment, and the U.S. Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services (HHS) largely administer these programs. This report…

In State College, Pennsylvania, home to Penn State University, there were over 500 cases of domestic violence from 2001 to 2003. In the same two-year period, the only homicides reported were domestic violence related. One of the victims of these…

This resource is from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and provides an overview of the key components of the Foundation’s financial stability activities for low-income families in Baltimore and the State of Maryland with Baltimore’s CASH Campaign…

From the Congressional Research Service (CRS), this report provides names and contact information for CRS experts on policy concerns relating to economic recovery and job losses, preservation, and creation. Policy areas identified include factors…

This report was authored through the National Institute for Early Education, and researchers used data from two waves of the National Household Education Surveys to examine school readiness from the parent’s perspective. Researchers test for…

In 2010, it is estimated that there were 45.9 million adults in the United States with mental illness. Of these 45.9 million adults, 32.9 percent received mental health services. NSDUH presents the results of interviews conducted with household…

This article was published by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. Using data from a 2008 survey data of EITC-eligible households assisted at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites, authors analyze differences in…

This issue brief authored by Child Trends examines Second Chance Homes, a newer program model, similar to maternity group homes. They serve young, unmarried mothers who can no longer live at home with their own parent. These young women are at…

Fathers' involvement in their children's lives has been shown to produce both economic and social benefits. This paper by MDRC examines two different approaches to strengthen fathers' involvement and their family relationships, fatherhood…