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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.

Research-To-Practice Brief

Evidence suggests that neighborhoods matter for low-income individuals’ life trajectories. Extensive federal and foundation resources have been devoted to “place-based” strategies designed to help individuals by addressing the communities where they…

Research-To-Practice Brief

This resource from CLASP presents 12 key lessons from the Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative, which provided grant funds and technical assistance to help six states (Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Colorado, and Idaho)…

Policy Announcement / Memoranda

This guidance letter, developed by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, provides relevant information about Program Year 2016 for States and outlying areas.

Toolkit

This toolkit, created through Colorado’s Work Support Strategies (WSS) grant, is designed to help county and community-based organizations define, measure, and use well-being metrics to improve services and achieve outcomes. It includes a “how to”…

Presentation

This presentation highlights observations and findings from a yearlong study of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) grant programs, with a focus on strategies for connecting justice-involved youth and adult…

Video

This year’s Brain Awareness Night, hosted in Memphis by the Urban Child Institute and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Neuroscience Institute, featured speakers Dr. Pat Levitt and Dr. Eraina Schauss. They presented on the topic of…

Stakeholder Resource

This website from the Child Welfare Information Gateway provides resources and materials as part of child abuse prevention and awareness month. A center piece of the site is the 2016 Prevention Resource Guide: Building Community, Building…

Research-To-Practice Brief

This memo from the Brookings Institution cites reports detailing the low number of economically disadvantaged students completing four-year degrees and suggests that a better approach for many young people would be to develop coherent pathways,…

Report

Subsidized employment can boost incomes and improve labor market outcomes and well-being for disadvantaged workers. This report from the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality presents findings from a review of subsidized employment programs…

Report

Low-income families receiving cash assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) also need assistance with workforce development and child care. Workforce development and child care subsidy systems exist to support low-income…

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