This brief from the Heartland Alliance highlights promising practices that employers and community-based organizations can use to connect homeless jobseekers to employment. The authors break down those practices into three broad areas: paving the…

In this brief from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, strategies used by Responsible Fatherhood reentry programs to enhance the fathers’ parenting skills are discussed, such as building knowledge of child development, increasing…

The Pathways to Healthcare Program at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona was one of nine career pathways programs being evaluated under the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) study. Abt Associates issued this report to…

This MDRC brief describes three innovative approaches to low-income fathers from the Building Bridges and Bonds (B3) study. The B3 study is a partnership between six organizations that provide Responsible Fatherhood services, MDRC, and U.S.…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseload and application data for the first quarter of FY 2017 (…

Self-regulation skills, which research suggests are important for goal setting, help individuals achieve employment goals. In this report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of…

Almost half of American families are financially insecure, and financial capability programs have the potential to provide solutions. This brief from The Pew Charitable Trusts analyzes four different types of financial capability programs for…

Many middle-skill jobs, which require some postsecondary education but not always a four-year degree, are available in the growing healthcare industry and are excellent opportunities for lower-skilled workers to develop skills and access career…

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Program Reference Tool is a reference tool designed and developed to provide information on statutory and regulatory guidelines related to WIOA youth programs. The tool, authored by the…

This video from the Center for Court Innovation explains the UPNEXT program, a workforce development program for fathers, many of whom have interacted with the justice system. The information is given from the perspective of a successful program…