The New Haven Mental Health Outreach for MotherS (MOMS) Partnership™ is a collaboration of agencies across the city of New Haven, Connecticut that work together to support the well-being of mothers and families living in the city. This partnership…

Based in Oakland, California, the Family Independence Initiative (FII) has focused on how low-income people have the capacity to construct their own pathways out of poverty. Recently after listening to families expressing their need to maintain and…

This brief by the Center for the Study of Social Policy and supported by The Annie E. Casey Foundation is based on more than 80 interviews with organizations, their workers, and the youth that they support. The intent of the brief is to generate and…

This research report from the Economic Research Service within the U.S. Department of Agriculture examines the evolution of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the years and uses the historical perspective to examine several major…

The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) assembled a comprehensive list of practical materials for stakeholders helping the unsheltered homeless. Their suite of resources focuses on data and analytics, policies and practices, agency coordination…

This paper tests the relationship between maternal depression, parental quality, and child outcomes. It finds that experiencing adversity as a child is a factor in current maternal depression, which in turn affects parental engagement and…

The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness provides updated statistics and trend analysis in this briefing, while also using the data to discuss implications for efforts to eliminate homelessness. In 2017, homelessness rose slightly for…

The Disaster Recovery Services by Career OneStop includes state resources, along with a general national resource guide. The Toolkit contains a Resource and Social Services Finder for disaster assistance and a page that provides U.S. Department of…

Ready.gov’s Ready Campaign created a variety of informative advertisements and public service announcements for use in donated media space. Their collection of Preparedness Videos includes Alerts, Build-a-Kit videos, Communication Plans videos, and…

The Disaster Assistance Improvement Program (DAIP) offers a search tool by ZIP code for areas designated for Individual Assistance. The website also offers a “Find Assistance” tool where the user can answer an anonymous questionnaire to receive a…