This article provides a cost-benefit analysis of the Maryland Reentry Partnership Initiative, and compares outcomes of prisoners who received the program, and those that did not. The Urban Institute evaluated the program’s outcomes by looking at…

The number of children living in poverty has increased by a half million in one year. With recent work requirements for low-income parents, this study seeks to identify how much time children in low-income families spend with their parents and if…

This article from the Urban Institute provides community organizations with information on effectively disseminating reentry mapping and analysis. Based on the experience of Reentry Mapping Network sites, this brief offers recommendations on how…

Researchers, from the Tribal Law and Policy Institute, conducted this study to explore the use of methamphetamine in Indian country. Professionals from three Western tribal communities completed questions on their perceptions of methamphetamine…

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation authored the Annual Report to Congress for 2007 on Indicators of Welfare Dependence. Welfare dependence is defined as the proportion of individuals that receive more than half of their total…

This article is from the Rural Families Speak Project and provides research on the employment patterns of low-income women in rural areas. Employment volatility can often create unstable environments for low-income families and hinder economic…

From the Chapin Hall Center for Children, this report provides information from a Midwest study of youth as they made the transition from foster care into adulthood. The study tracks the youth on a variety of measures, such as living arrangements…