This website offers resources to prepare for the implementation of WIOA. The resources include early implementation guidance, WIOA transition authority for immediate implementation of governance provisions, and a Department of Labor news release on…

In the May 2015 issue of the Office of Child Support Enforcement’s Child Support Report, practitioners can learn about different strategies for best serving their clients. Topics include an introduction to two-generation approaches, modifying child…

The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment provided housing vouchers to randomly selected families living in high-poverty housing projects. The vouchers allowed families to move to lower-poverty neighborhoods. Using administrative data from tax…

For several decades, obtaining a General Educational Development (GED) certificate was the most commonly recognized and widely available High School Equivalency (HSE) option in the U.S. But since January 2014, the content and process for obtaining…

In order to further the understanding of intergenerational transmission of violence, this review from the New York University (NYU) Applied Psychology Online Publications of Undergraduate Studies (OPUS) examines how children interpret and…

Recently, the economic climate has refocused attention on how to design effective workforce development strategies to benefit low-wage and low-skill workers advance in the job market. However, one key barrier faced by this group is a lack of child…

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched the Subsidized and Transitional Employment Demonstration (STED), and the Department of Labor launched the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration (ETJD). These complementary…

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders Program provides three main types of services to ex-offenders: mentoring, including one-on-one and group mentoring; employment services such as work readiness training, job training, job…

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) developed a brief intended primarily for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working in the field of teen pregnancy prevention research. Most teen pregnancy prevention…

This 20-minute podcast mediated by National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families Project Director Robyn Cenizal and former Colorado Human Services Provider Mary Roberto discusses Ms. Roberto’s previous role and experience, family…