This was a session at the Urban Partnerships for Welfare Reform National Academy, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia. Representatives from Los Angeles and San Diego presented on strategies to increase EITC take up among their TANF participants.…

This was a session at the Urban Partnerships Initiative's National Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Chicago and Houston city partners shared strategies from their cities on getting to full engagement through integrated case management teams.

The Welfare Peer TA Network sponsored this statewide Roundtable event that took place in Charlottesville, VA from July 14-15, 2005. It was attended by over 40 Federal, State, and local representatives, this Roundtable was designed to facilitate…

The MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy and the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago published this executive summary of a conference held on transitioning to adulthood. While many…

This report describes the Rockefeller Institute's May 2004 colloquium on State and local administration of service delivery under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. Included are highlights from the keynote address by Mason Bishop, Deputy…

From the Urban Institute's Reentry Roundtable, this article reviews employment and earnings rates among ex-offenders which are, for the most part, very low. Authors explore the barriers that ex-offenders face in reentering society and returning…

Two-thirds of prisoners are rearrested within three years of release. Industry-specific work programs in prison have shown to greatly reduce recidivism -- however, only 7 percent of inmates are currently working in such programs. From the Urban…

This article reviews prison work programs, and their effect on recidivism into crime. The author reviews the three main types of prison work programs, including jobs in prison, vocational training, and job search assistance prior to release.

This report summarizes the ACF West-Central Hub TANF Financial Management and Reporting Workshop held August 7-9, 2001 in Addison, TX.

On June 18-21, 2001, the ACF Northeast HUB, in collaboration with AFYA, Inc., held a TANF Data Collection and Reporting Workshop in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The overall theme of the workshops was the importance of TANF data in managing the…