This MDRC report is an evaluation of Breaking Barriers, a San Diego-based program that offered employment services for low-income persons with disabilities using an Individual Placement and Support approach. The report includes an implementation…

This Urban Institute report evaluates the expansion of New York City’s Jobs-Plus program. Jobs-Plus replicates an earlier federal program model intended to increase public housing residents’ employment and earnings by combining community supports,…

This Institute for Research on Poverty brief is a summary of an impact and benefit-cost analysis of the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration Program (CSPED). Participating parents were given additional employment services to…

This National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices guide offers concrete policies and recommendations to create and enhance workforce systems to better prepare workers for future employment opportunities. The report focuses on three key…

This report by Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath) provides a comprehensive analysis of various ways in which poverty can affect families, and discusses the intergenerational model developed by EMPath to combat these effects. The authors emphasize…

This Urban Institute report highlights qualitative data to explain the reasons why low-wage workers apply for public assistance initially. The report is drawn from interviews with 40 individuals who recently separated from low-wage work and received…

This Urban Institute report reviews the use of outcomes-based contracts (OBCs), which tie government payments to improvements in service delivery. The report examines the benefit of using OBCs to incentivize performance from external contactors, as…

Prepared for the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, this Abt Associates literature review provides information on literature about housing models that can best serve persons with…

This Urban Institute report uses the Analysis of Transfers, Taxes, and Income Security (ATTIS) microsimulation model to examine potential funding expansion under the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The analysis suggests that the CCDF…

This Urban Institute brief examines how variations in work schedules for participants in TANF and other safety net programs affect their ability to comply with weekly work requirements for reasons beyond participants’ control. Some challenges…