This National Skills Coalition brief offers guidance on how TANF and other public assistance programs could shift emphasis to skills and employment outcomes, like those used by WIOA common measures, rather than a procedural process that measures the…

This Casey Family Programs research to practice brief provides analysis about the costs of child maltreatment and the financial benefit of prevention and early intervention services. The study identifies the costs for children who experience abuse…

This Chapin Hall Research-to-Practice brief examines the diverse range of causes for youth homelessness, based on interviews with 215 youth, ages 13 to 25, in urban and rural communities. Four common experiences among the interviewed youth included…

This Urban Institute report uses the Analysis of Transfers, Taxes, and Income Security (ATTIS) microsimulation model to examine potential funding expansion under the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The analysis suggests that the CCDF…

The Aspen Institute’s ASCEND program will host a webinar on June 13, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET to discuss investing in fathers to enhance the well-being of children. The webinar will cover the importance of mothers and fathers, trends…

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report reviews the early impact and initial findings of the Health Careers for All program, one of nine career pathways programs evaluated under the Pathways for Advanced Careers and Education (PACE)…

This Urban Institute brief examines how variations in work schedules for participants in TANF and other safety net programs affect their ability to comply with weekly work requirements for reasons beyond participants’ control. Some challenges…

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report is an implementation and impact study of two job search assistance programs in Sacramento County, California: Standard Job Club and Fast Track Job Club. The report assessed whether there are…