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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.

Book Chapter / Book

This short entry in the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development presents literature and survey results of the effects of community violence on child development. Surveys estimate that more than 50% of children and youth have experienced some…

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Washington State Department of Social & Health Services is seeking strategies to increase opportunities for public assistance recipients to maintain bank accounts with the goal of increasing financial literacy and financial management skills.

Newsletter / E-Mail Alert

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is releasing funds for States, tribes, and territories through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant. Designed to offset seasonal heating costs, the funds will help low…

Report

August 22, 2011 marked the 15th anniversary of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program which was passed in an effort to “end welfare as we know it.” Although TANF cash assistance caseloads have fallen dramatically over the past…

Stakeholder Resource

More than 100 million Americans do not have high-speed Internet services in their homes and a significant percentage of Americans still do not own or have access to a computer. On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission…

Stakeholder Resource

From the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), the Scorecard provides a comprehensive picture of wealth, poverty and the financial security of families in the United States across all 50 states and District of Columbia. CFED offers state…

Report

In 2009, the United States ranked fourteenth in college graduation rates among industrialized countries, and this research highlights ways to improve college attendance and graduation rates at 4-year colleges. This working paper, through the…

Report

From the Brookings Institution, this report includes an analysis of data on neighborhood poverty from the 2005–2009 American Community Surveys and Census 2000. The data reveals that after declining in the 1990s, the population in extreme-poverty…

Report

The Annie E. Casey Foundation released the 22nd annual Kids Count Data Book, which profiles the status of children on a national and State basis and provides rankings of States on 10 measures of well-being. The 10 measures include low birth…

Report

This Institute of Education Sciences (IES) issue brief compares demographic characteristics, 10th grade achievement levels, and plans for postsecondary education between GED recipients, high school graduates, and high school dropouts without a…

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