In 1994, the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Services for Families with Infants and Toddlers set forth a vision for Early Head Start programs in declaring that all child care settings used by Early Head Start families, whether or not the…

This paper from the Center for the Study of Social Policy is part of a series on improving service delivery to victims and families affected by domestic violence. Particularly, domestic violence can have a wide range of effects on children,…

This research includes 27 cities and the status of hunger and homelessness. The research is based on information from the cities on the demand for emergency food and shelter and the capacity to handle the need, the causes of hunger and…

This study, for the Office of Policy Development and Research and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, identifies successful community-wide approaches to reducing homelessness and achieve stable housing.

This economic analysis of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) addresses three randomized trials carried out to examine long-term effects of the NFP on maternal, child, and family functioning. The analysis presented in this report provides…

This Urban Institute report by Carol De Vita and Eric Twombly describes the functioning of the nonprofit sector in the Pittsburgh area. The study was…

This report summarizes a workshop entitled "Solutions to Rural Issues Through Partnerships - A Community-Centered Approach" that took place on September 24-25, 2003 and was jointly sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)…

This is a November 2003 Newsletter generated by the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network on how TANF and Child Support Enforcement can partner to better serve families.

This report summarizes a national conference that took place in Arlington, VA, on March 20-21, 2003. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Substance…

Authored by Diane Paulsell and Melissa Ford. This report is a recently released product from the Economic Research Service (ERS) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.