This report prepared for the City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board and the Economic and Workforce Development Department by California State University Northridge, provides an evaluation of a summer youth employment program called “Hire LA’…

This fact sheet provides descriptive characteristics of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education programs serving youth, characteristics of those served, and the most commonly used curricula, program goals, and expected outcomes. (author…

This report from the Midas Collaborative details an evaluation of their Small Business Matched Savings Program over an eight-year period from March 2007 to February 2015. During this time, the program helped 302 low-income business owners expand…

This resource from the American Academy of Pediatrics provides evidence and research to support early literacy within the family. Professionals are encouraged to talk to parents about the importance of early literacy and support family efforts to…

This article from “Early Childhood Research and Practice” explores how single mothers choose child care when they work nontraditional work hours. The authors interviewed 50 single mothers in Chicago who work nontraditional hours and found that the…

From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, this issue brief provides an overview of the food stamp program. In 2014, the program helped more than 46 million low-income Americans to afford a nutrionally adequate diet in a typical month. This…

This update to Maryland’s legislatively-mandated Life after Welfare research study describes the characteristics and post-welfare outcomes of 9,788 families who left Maryland’s welfare program, Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA), for at least one full…

The Children’s Bureau and Office of Community Services developed a toolkit entitled “A Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Youth and Young Adults in Foster Care.” This toolkit aims to provide caseworkers, care providers, foster parents, and other…

The Economic Policy Institute published this report, which discusses the recent increase in employment throughout the United States. The report features an interactive tool for viewers to compare any state’s unemployment rate against the rate of…