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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.

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Can any states share their screening tool for pre-screening customers for barriers like AoD, Mental Health, domestic violence? We are looking for a tool to help screeners identify if a customer needs a full diagnostic assessment in the areas of AoD, MH or any further services to eliminate any barriers to employment.

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What are States doing around car repair services for TANF clients/customers?

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We are looking for information related to established TANF staffing standards or current staffing figures/ratios. Does anyone know of a resource or publication that has collected this information? Or, please let me know if your state or agency has established staffing standards or accessible staffing figures.

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This resource reviews the Administration for Children and Families' Healthy Marriage Initiative, which was designed to support President Bush's goal of increasing healthy marriages by focusing attention and action on strengthening marriages and…

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This article, through the Family Strengthening Policy Center, reviews a new model to help support families raising children in low-income environments. Children have better outcomes when cared for by supportive families in supportive communitives…

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With three quarters of a million parents in prison, this affects their children by disrupting parent-child relationships, altering the networks of familial support, and placing new burdens on governmental services such as schools, foster care,…

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This article reviews information on transitional jobs programs around the country to address barriers to help low-income parents achieve work. Often time, these programs are focused around serving clients with multiple barriers, and they have had…

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This resource provides results from a 2-year follow-up of a Texas job retention and advancement program for TANF recipients. Implemented in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Fort Worth, this study found that while pre-employment services were…

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This article summary emphasizes the importance of targeting teen pregnancy prevention to young men, as well as teen girls. Over the past few years, rates of teen pregnancy have decreased, which is correlated with data related to behavior of teen…

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This article for the NGA Center on Best Practices reviews why reading and literacy activities are important for States. Literary readers have been shown to be more likely than nonreaders to pursue social and civic activities such as volunteering…

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