Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago hosted this webcast, which provided information to interested stakeholders on pregnancy prevention efforts within the city of Chicago, as well as available Federal funding for efforts throughout the…

Promising occupations for at-risk youth provide sufficient compensation and could put them on a path to becoming independent adults. To identify promising occupations, this brief examined four key features: 1) median earnings level, 2) education…

As an evaluation and planning tool, this resource provides an implementation team the opportunity to assess, plan, and track stage-based activities and improve the success of implementation efforts. The goal of the tool is to help practitioners…

ImpleMap is an interview process to map the current implementation landscape of an organization. It assists implementation specialists in collecting information to inform active implementation planning and development. It was developed by the…

The federal government allows states to distribute child support payments to TANF participants, rather than retain them for cost recovery, and not count those payments when calculating their TANF benefits, known as a pass-through and disregard…

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a report discussing the importance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). They stated that SNAP is the cornerstone of the nation's safety net and nutrition assistance programs, and…

A new question and answer has been posted to the Office of Family Assistance Web site (see Question two of the Q & A: Drug Convictions). This item responds to the question as to whether or not an individual with a felony drug conviction can…

MDRC released a policy memo as part of their "Looking Forward" series, providing policymakers with suggested ways to make progress on critical issues. This policy memo describes some promising college readiness programs that can provide students…

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a report that is second in a series on changes in TANF caseload since the start of the economic downturn. The first paper covered the two years after the start of the recession from December…

CLASP has released an updated resource entitled, Funding Career Pathways and Career Pathway Bridges: A Federal Funding Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to help interagency State teams identify and facilitate 'braiding' of Federal resources to…