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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Making Higher Education Tax Credits More Available to Low- and Moderate-Income Students: How and Why

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This analysis was conducted by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and discusses the availability of federal tax credits for higher education for low-income students. Currently, low-income students who attend college face high costs of…

Early Care and Education for Children in Low-Income Families: Patterns of Use, Quality, and Potential Policy Implications

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From the Urban Institute, this paper reviews the use and quality of care and education that children in low-income families receive. Authors focus on these issues and provide suggestions for better supporting the development of children in low-…

Strengthening Workforce Policy: Applying the Lessons of the Jobs Initiative to Five Key Challenges

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation authored this report on ways that States can strengthen workforce development programs. This report comes from information acquired from the Jobs Initiative, which was a workforce initiative in six cities around the…

High-Poverty Schools and the Distribution of Teachers and Principals

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This research was completed at the Stanford Institute of Public Policy, and authors review the quality of teachers in high poverty schools in North Carolina as compared to teachers in schools with more advantaged students.

Innovative employment approaches and programs for low-income families

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The Innovative Employment Strategies project, conceived and funded by the U.S.…

Findings from the Survey of Early Head Start Programs: Communities, Programs, and Families

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The Administration for Children and Families currently funds the Early Head Start program, which is aimed at enhancing the development of infants and toddlers while strengthening families. This report includes research from the Survey of Early…

Resilient and Reaching for More: Challenges and Benefits of Higher Education for Welfare Participants and Their Children

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The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) studied TANF applicants taking part in a post-secondary education program through a local non-profit while on the TANF caseload. By interviewing students, this study explored the challenges and…

A Whole 'Nother World: Students Navigating Community College

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While community colleges provide opportunities for low-income and disadvantaged populations to receive higher education, the persistence to stay in such programs is low. From MDRC's Opening Doors Demonstration, this report reviews the effects of…

The Condition of Education in 2006: Concentration of Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity and Poverty

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The Department of Education published this report on the concentration of enrollment in free school lunch programs by race and ethnicity. Among the findings, researchers found that 41 percent of 4th graders were eligible for the program in 2005,…

Paying for Persistence: Early Results of a Louisiana Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents Attending Community College

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Through MDRC's Opening Doors Demonstration and funded by state TANF dollars, New Orleans offers programs at two community colleges to offer scholarships for low-income parents. This article reviews early findings from the program and the positive…

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