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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.
Youth transitioning out of foster care and into adulthood need many supports to navigate the challenges they face. Over the past three decades, federal child welfare policy has significantly increased the availability of those supports. In 1999,…
The Brookings Institution released an interactive map in which users may explore EITC take-up rates at the county level nationwide. Darker colors indicate higher value, while grey shading indicates unavailable data. According to this tool, the…
The West Coast Poverty Center released a short summary about a study that explores matched savings programs and low-income people's ability to accumulate assets depending on individual desires to save and ability to act on those preferences. The…
The Social Science Research Network released a paper discussing financial literacy, education, and downstream financial behaviors. A meta-analysis of the relationship of financial literacy and of financial education to financial behaviors was…
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families released a report outlining their portfolio of research related to welfare and family self-sufficiency projects for the fiscal year 2013. OPRE's…
This brief from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides a broad overview of research and evidence of the positive effect of public benefit programs on poverty rates in the U.S. Programs highlighted include SNAP, Medicaid, and refundable…
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in Washington State would like to offer budgeting classes for their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) clients and is looking for various curriculums to review. They would love to hear from anyone who has implemented budgeting programs and what curriculums they have used/recommend.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a report discussing the benefits of strengthening the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for childless workers in order to promote work and reduce poverty. The report addresses how strengthening…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released an article suggesting that EITC's benefits extend well beyond the limited time during which a family typically claims the credit. The article indicates that children of EITC recipients do better…
The Center for Poverty Research faculty at the University of California Davis released a new study that examines the 1993 EITC expansion to measure the effect extra income had on rates of low birth weight. The study found that while the EITC is…
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- Topics/Subtopics Archive: Asset Building
- Combined Date Archive: 2013
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