Approximately 2.8 million individuals between the ages of 16-24 are disconnected from both school and work. The National League of Cities put together this action kit to help municipal leaders facilitate discussions in their communities on how to…

The Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement Programs final rule makes changes to strengthen the child support enforcement program. Additionally, it updates current processes to: increase regular, timely payments to…

This blog post from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) examines promising new findings from ACF’s Assets for Independence (AFI) program. AFI was shown to increase liquid assets among participants and reduce participant use of…

This brief from the Office of Child Support Enforcement encourages eligible taxpayers to file for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Last year across the United States, about 27 million taxpayers received more than $65 billion in EITC; despite…

This collection of resources from the Annie E. Casey Foundation focuses on the millions of youth aged 16-24 who are out of school and not working. The resources can help policymakers and practitioners serve this population, often referred to as…

The Office of Family Assistance released the TANF work participation rates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. Nationally, the overall work participation rate was 48.4 percent, while the two-parent rate was 60.6 percent.

Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), states have the opportunity to reset their state workforce boards so they oversee the entire publicly-funded workforce system. This report from the National Governors Association provides a…

This brief from the Education Commission of the States examines how to increase coordination between community colleges and local workforce boards under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). It specifically discusses how states can…

Since 2010, veteran homelessness has fallen 47 percent. This report from the Urban Institute looks back at the work of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), which has played a critical role in helping reduce homelessness.