Many State TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) programs identify literacy services as a critical program component to provide participants. However, as most States experience budget shortfalls and are pressured to focus on job placement…

Broadband serves as a critical foundation for leveraging economic growth, improving education and health care, addressing energy and environmental challenges, promoting civic engagement, and expanding public safety responsiveness. The Federal…

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) released this report on the role of community health centers in providing health care. This report provides an overview of community health centers and other types of Federally Qualified Health…

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) authored this report, which was developed as part of the National Workgroup on Integrating a Safety Net into Health Care Reform Implementation. As a result of the Workgroup, this report…

<p>Authorized by the Affordable Care Act, the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program from the Administration for Children and Families provides education and training to TANF recipients and other low-income individuals for…

Through secondary analysis, this study examines which benefits and financial supports low-income families access, with a particular focus on child support. The aim is to explore how families create their own economic safety net package from among…

This report highlights the funding efforts of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families in fiscal year 2012. Of particular note to TANF and Tribal TANF programs are the Family Connections Grants which fund seven programs designed to…

The National Poverty Center released a working paper discussing low-income families and their interactions with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the Food Stamp program. This working paper combines State-level policy…

As part of the multisite Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project, MDRC, together with its research partners, is leading an evaluation of parental employment and educational services delivered within Early…

This paper describes several additional analyses and results that go beyond the basic impact findings from the evaluation of the Working toward Wellness (WtW) program in Rhode Island. WtW was a one-year telephone care management intervention for…