As part of Policy Futures, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) examines what works in terms of federal and state policies and programs to reduce poverty and promote opportunity for low-income populations. This resource synthesizes the…

This resource from FindYouthInfo.gov consists of an interactive mapping tool to locate federally supported youth programs in communities across the United States. Users are able to search by full address or zip code, and then can click on the…

This report from the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality is part of an annual series on monitoring trends in poverty and inequality. In this installation, the focus is on state-level variation in key outcomes. The report assesses where…

In this study, published by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, caseworkers provided information regarding a mother’s number and quality of social supports and whether an infant was removed from her care. Analyses indicated that…

Conditional cash transfer programs offer cash assistance to low-income families to reduce immediate hardship, but base this assistance on actions such as investing in children’s educational achievement and family preventive health care, in the hope…

This USDA/FNS report details the results of a study that allowed six state SNAP agencies to receive waivers to implement Community Partner Interviewer demonstration projects between 2009 and 2010. The waivers allowed nonprofit organizations, such as…

This report prepared for the City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board and the Economic and Workforce Development Department by California State University Northridge, provides an evaluation of a summer youth employment program called “Hire LA’…

This fact sheet provides descriptive characteristics of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education programs serving youth, characteristics of those served, and the most commonly used curricula, program goals, and expected outcomes. (author…

This report from the Midas Collaborative details an evaluation of their Small Business Matched Savings Program over an eight-year period from March 2007 to February 2015. During this time, the program helped 302 low-income business owners expand…

This article from “Early Childhood Research and Practice” explores how single mothers choose child care when they work nontraditional work hours. The authors interviewed 50 single mothers in Chicago who work nontraditional hours and found that the…