This Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice guide, with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, was developed to assist juvenile justice and social service professionals who support re-entering youth after their confinement or court-ordered out…

This issue brief from the Aspen Institute’s ASCEND initiative illustrates the CareerAdvance^® program, created and administered by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County (Oklahoma). The program, designed to create employment…

Using data to inform, create, and administer service provision is the best way to ensure effective programmatic change. On January 31, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. ET, Mathematica will host a webinar for practitioners to explore using administrative data in…

This Jobs for the Future report profiles the Opportunity Works program, a national effort to create postsecondary education and career pathways for over 2,000 out-of-school and out-of-work youth. The research in this report identifies four…

Federal benefits programs, such as TANF and SNAP, and tax credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit, can help encourage work and reduce poverty among working families. In the 2016 tax year, almost 26 million…

This live webcast hosted by the Brookings Institution on January 24, 2019 will discuss potential workplace reforms for older workers and the supports necessary for labor force participation among those who want to work longer. Former U.S. Department…

This Aspen Institute blog post by a researcher at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) reviews how to make equity a focus of successful apprenticeship programs. Three key areas – program, people, and policy – need to be aligned to extend skills…

This Annie E. Casey Foundation blogpost features lessons from Maryland MENTOR to illustrate how to improve the quality and quantity of mentoring programs. Also mentioned are projects that Maryland MENTOR has initiated to increase the number of…

This issue brief from the Council of State Governments’ National Reentry Resource Center is a self-assessment tool with which programs can assess their delivery of integrated reentry and employment interventions for citizens returning from…

A January 9, 2019 webinar will discuss the implementation and outcomes of the Individual Placement and Support-Supported Employment practice for TANF families. This webinar will feature the Project Director for SAMHSA’s Transforming Lives through…