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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Conference Paper

This document presents the proceedings from “A Working Meeting on Recent School Readiness Research: Guiding the Synthesis of Early Childhood Research,” which was held on October 21-22, 2008 in Washington, D.C. The meeting was sponsored by the…

Report

This report from the Center for the Study of Social Policy reviews State policies that support families, children and low-wage workers while also contributing to states’ economic stability.

Newsletter / E-Mail Alert

This newsletter is from the What Works Clearinghouse and provides an overview of the New Chance program. The program supports TANF recipients who have dropped out of school through GED preparation, life skill training, parenting programs,…

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Tennessee Department of Human Services would like to know how other States deal with the situation if a parent misses a work activity due to child sickness? While the agency grants the parent a good cause exception not to attend an activity if the child is sick, it still impacts the work participation rate. This is especially true when there is an virus/bacteria outbreak in a Day Care Facility.

Report

Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, this resource, authored by Mathematica Policy Research, explores aspects of voucher use between the CCDF and TANF programs. Authors address why indirect funding is…

Report

Many low-income working families face challenges in finding affordable, high-quality child care. Specifically, 250,000 children in the State of Colorado reside in low-income families with one parent who works full-time. This article, from the…

Research-To-Practice Brief

This policy brief is from the National Human Services Assembly and provides information on effective home visiting program models. Home visiting is a family-strengthening strategy that can support not only parents and caregivers, but also can…

Report

Over 70 percent of mothers are now in the labor force, and supporting parents in the workforce is crucial for both employers and families. Authors from the Urban Institute summarize what has been done for mitigating work-family tensions, such as…

Report

This study was conducted through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Researchers looked at how States are implementing programs to meet the child care needs of families moving from…

Research-To-Practice Brief

This research brief is from the Institute for Research on Poverty and provides information on how the needs of children can be met while parents are working. Over the past forty years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of mothers…