Although many public assistance recipients suffer from depression, few receive…
A number of states have created free Reality Check Calculators to help youth, students, and adults understand how salary, wages, careers, education, training, and budgets all interrelate. Reality Check Calculators can be used to estimate the cost…
For many years the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program has been integrating economic, work, and program services with other safety-net programs to improve the available supports for low-income and working families. The impact…
From the USDA, this report includes information on how the agency's distribution of loan and grant funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) has helped the Nation's rural residents. The data show that millions…
Many States are currently working to increase support services to improve the health and development of young children. From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this issue brief offers information, opportunities, and challenges that…
Nationwide, the Housing Choice Voucher Program serves nearly 2 million low-income households mostly in urban areas. From the Urban Institute, this review of the literature explores the evidence on neighborhood location outcomes for people…
The Office of Child Care (OCC) works with Child Care Development Funds grantees to ensure that all program funds are used to the benefit of eligible children and families. This OCC factsheet highlights their efforts to strengthen program…