As the crime of human trafficking increases in prevalence, magnitude, and scope, trafficking victims who apply for TANF may emerge as a new Hard to Serve/Multi Barrier population for TANF administrators. This study offers a critical resource by…

The use of faith-based organizations to delivery public services has increased over the last two years due to program devolution and privatization. Researchers gathered information on faith-based organizations in each State, and outline the…

Michael Stegman, Walter Davis, and Roberto Quercia authors. This Brookings Institution report analyzes how the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) could potentially alleviate severe housing cost burdens for low- and moderate-income households…

Authored by Robert G. Wood and Anu Rangarajan. Based on four rounds of annual follow-up surveys with an early group of New Jersey TANF recipients, this issue brief focuses on those who have left the welfare rolls and are not working. About one in…

This paper is part of the work of the Rockefeller Institute of Government's Roundtable on Religion & Social Welfare Policy. Authored by Richard P. Nathan and David J. Wright.

This program sought to review grants given by the OCSE to implement responsible fatherhood programs to encourage fathers to pay child support by increasing employment and income, encouraging more involvement in parenting, and motivating child…

Authored by Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill. This article is found in the Brookings Institution Policy Brief entitled Welfare Reform and Beyond #28. In this brief, the authors contrast making cash and related forms of public assistance more…

This article reviews the foster care transition support for youth aging out of foster care in Michigan. The author summarizes outcomes for youth aging out of foster care, past literature, a State-by-State comparison of supports, and…

This article focuses to answer if welfare recipients who receive housing assistance are harder to employ than those who do not receive it and if the type of housing assistance affects the outcomes for the recipient.

Authored by Janice Ballou, David Frank, Audrey McDonald, and Julie Rothbard. New Jersey has the challenging task of providing cost-effective, high-quality services to people with developmental disabilities and their families. This report presents…