This paper published by the Institute for Research on Poverty examines the effect of Medicaid expansions on intergenerational economic mobility. Using new data, the authors utilize the uneven Medicaid eligibility expansions across states to isolate…

This policy brief from the Working Poor Families Project highlights the importance of college completion for being successful in the American workforce. By 2020, 65% of jobs will require at least some form of postsecondary education; however, today…

This report describes some prominent career and college pathways programs and models, as well as identifies localities where this type of approach has gained the most traction. The authors discuss overall principles that characterize the most…

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In observance, the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Child Abuse Prevention Partners have released the “Connections” series of brief videos highlighting…

This issue of The Future of Children focuses on U.S. child health policy. The articles within the publication present findings such as: a wide range of policies from mental health to family interventions can affect children’s health,…

In November 2014, Congress reauthorized the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), a federal child care program, for the first time since 1996. The law strengthens CCDBG’s role as a major early child education program, as well as a work…

This paper from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) discusses the priority of service provision in the WIOA statute, briefly analyzes the recently released draft regulations, and makes six specific policy recommendations…

This Training and Employment Notice provides information for State and local workforce system leaders, One Stop Centers, and other employment and training system stakeholders. The Notice explains the Employment and Training Administration’s plans to…

This Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), from the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) proposes to implement jointly-administered activities authorized by title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (…

This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration, outlines DOL's proposal to implement titles I and III of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (…