This report is from Public/Private Ventures, and provides an overview of job training approaches to help the low-income population build skills for specific industries. Sectoral employment programs use a wide range of strategies to support low-…

Public/Private Ventures released a report from a national longitudinal study of the Boys and Girls Clubs’ Program. Ten Clubs from around the country participated in the study to look at how youth transitioned into high school in relation to…

This issue brief from Feeding America offers an estimate on the prevalence of food insecurity among children in the country. The estimates were calculated from the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS FSS) for 2005-2007.…

This Rural Communities Initiative Webinar included information on strategies for economic development through job creation in rural areas to improve service delivery to rural TANF programs. The challenge of improving economic development was…

This Webinar explored how rural TANF programs can expand technology access in rural areas. Presenters included Axiom Technologies, Business Access, and Connect Kentucky.

This is a presentation on motivational interviewing that was given by Alyssa Forcehimes, Ph.D. at the New Mexico Works 2009 Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Client motivation is the key to change in terms of addressing barriers to work such…

The Federal Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program provides eligible low-income families with an income-conditioned voucher that pays for a portion of rental costs in privately owned, affordable housing units. This paper extends prior…

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) conducted this analysis on disconnected youth using the Current Population Survey. In 2008, 1.9 million youth between the ages of 16 and 24 were disconnected, meaning that they were not in school or…

This issue brief is from HealthReform.gov, a Web site maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In rural America, around 50 million residents have challenges accessing health care and in recent years, poverty and access to…