The Institute for Research on Poverty released an article discussing a new policy being tested in New York City that adopts the conditional cash transfer principle and that is extended to a broader set of family efforts to build human capital.…

Please be advised that the combination of approved and pending applications for the TANF Emergency Fund now exceeds $5 billion. As a result, OFA has implemented the enhanced procedures for processing Emergency Fund applications. As the PI…

This newsletter is from the What Works Clearinghouse and provides an overview of the New Chance program. The program supports TANF recipients who have dropped out of school through GED preparation, life skill training, parenting programs,…

This resource is from the Families In Society’s “Practice and Policy Focus.” Authors provide an overview of strategies for overcoming resistance to change in organizations. In order to implement an outcome management system, plans must be in…

From the Alliance for Children and Families, this Practice and Policy Focus provides information on family poverty in the United States. This resource offers information on strategies to improve the well-being of families in poverty, which…

Published through Child Trends, this newsletter includes information from the National Survey of Children’s Health, which provides state-level data on children’s health and wellbeing. Additionally, authors provide information on new data tools…

This newsletter, from the Casey Foundation, provides information on initiatives to promote community engagement. The Plain Talk initiative was designed in the mid-1990s to help educate youth on pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Through…

This newsletter, from the North Carolina Department of Social Services and the Family and Children's Resource program, gives guidance on best practices to serving families. The article focuses on fatherhood involvement in child welfare and…

A new article by Mark Ragan, Senior Fellow of the Rockefeller Institute, "Study Identifies Multiple Strategies and Critical Factors for Integrating Human Services," was published by The Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism…