This set of resources includes upcoming and previously recorded webinars on the impact of COVID-19 in rural communities, current and continuously updated data, state-by-state responses to COVID-19, and Federal responses regarding rural health, rural…

Abt Associates will host a two-panel webinar on April 23, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on how to transform child welfare systems to protect children, what programs are doing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how programs are supporting…

This U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service webpage describes the changes that the USDA has made to allow states to continue providing meals for students during school closures. Useful resources on the webpage include an…

This continuously updated set of resources, which include guidance, tool kits, and reports, provides information for supportive housing and homeless housing providers, in light of CDC guidelines for social distancing and quarantine against community…

This notice for applications from the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association provides an example of the criteria and applications for non-recurrent Tribal TANF benefits. The notice identifies a regulatory definition of non-recurrent…

This U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service webpage summarizes actions the USDA has taken to ease program operations and protect the health of USDA nutrition program participants in response to COVID-19. Guidance and…

This strategy brief discusses how safety culture can assist child protection agencies in shifting their organizational culture to one characterized by open staff conversation; in this environment, staff feedback is valued and important in addressing…

This report presents findings of 160 frontline staff and managers in the workforce systems of seven states and summarizes three virtual roundtable discussions with 31 participants who received workforce services. The report identifies where “second…

This podcast, part of the Skilled America Podcast weekly series, offers a field report on how the Center for Employment Opportunities in New York and JEVS Human Services in Philadelphia are addressing increased demand for re-entry services as the…

This toolkit offers steps and guidance on how to use virtual communications for client engagement and internal staff management. Information is provided for voice and conference calls using Google Voice, FreeConferenceCall.com, and Google Hangouts;…