This ASCEND podcast reviews the impact of the Magnolia Mother’s Trust, a Springboard to Opportunities program, which is a guaranteed income initiative for extremely low-income female-headed households. The program provides $1,000 in cash monthly for…

This video covers highlights from the “Thriving Communities for a Better Southern Nevada” meeting that was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 10, 2020. This event, hosted by the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) and Las Vegas-Clark County, Nevada…

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report examines San Francisco’s STEP Forward program, which targeted diverse low-income job seekers including CalWORKs (California’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program) or CalFresh (…

This blogpost by the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) highlights the activities of ACYF’s Children’s Bureau and Family and Youth Services Bureau, which both support states, faith-based and community…

The U.S. Department of Labor offers a comprehensive set of resources in celebration of National Mentoring Month. This site includes information on adult mentoring, being a mentor, mentoring as a component of reentry, and workplace mentoring. Also…

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the federally-funded Vocational Rehabilitation Program. To celebrate this milestone, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) has created a…

The Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management developed and launched this database, which is an updated index of 29 neighborhood-level indicators pointing to opportunities…

This Harvard’s Center for the Developing Child report identifies a three-step guide to understanding toxic stress. These steps include a definition of toxic stress (step 1), the science and social causes of toxic stress (step 2), and the prevention…

Native Wellness Institute provides a three-day Leading the Next Generations (LNG) certification training on building healthy relationships, which is intended for Head Start, Indian Child Welfare, TANF, Domestic Violence, Fatherhood, Healthy…

Take A Stand for Healthy Relationships, a National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Discovery Education program, teaches high school students in grades 6-12 how to understand and build healthy relationships. The curriculum contains self-…