This National Coalition Against Domestic Violence blogpost identifies the reasons why victims of domestic violence do not escape abusive relationships and the barriers they face. It also presents a bullet point list of the societal impediments to…

This webpage provides information on City College of San Francisco’s noncredit Vocational English as a Second Language classes which introduce students to work-related vocabulary and help with employment-related language skills. Also provided is a…

This MDRC article highlights promising practices for interagency coordination between the criminal justice and child support enforcement systems. It identifies types of collaboration between these programs, suggests how to target program…

This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discusses the challenges of determining the scope of youth homelessness due to the lack of consistent methodology for defining and counting homeless youth. The post…

States can use social program requirements to mandate compliance with child support orders, so understanding the demographics and overlaps of benefit-eligible populations can inform policy. To disseminate data, the Office of the Assistant Secretary…

This collection from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health includes resources from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S.…

This Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation report is the result of a literature review, a listening session, and individual conversations with stakeholders about the growing need for healthcare workers and the unnecessary…

As the rains from Hurricane Florence finally move out to sea this week, the long recovery process from such a devastating natural disaster has just begun. Families and communities impacted by last year’s Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are still in…

Data from the 2017 American Community Survey were released in September, which can supplement recent Census data on poverty and income measurements to give a more robust picture of poverty in the United States. A post by Brookings summarizes the…

This report presents findings from an OPRE evaluation of New York City’s Young Adult Internship Program (YAIP) that strove to provide subsidized employment and support services for disconnected youth. Implementation and short-term impact studies…