This research report from the Economic Research Service within the U.S. Department of Agriculture examines the evolution of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the years and uses the historical perspective to examine several major…

This brief by the Center for the Study of Social Policy and supported by The Annie E. Casey Foundation is based on more than 80 interviews with organizations, their workers, and the youth that they support. The intent of the brief is to generate and…

This University of Maryland report, a part of the annual Life After Welfare series, reviews the outcomes of households that are no longer on TANF caseloads. The report examines the characteristics, employment, and earnings outcomes of 12,597…

This practice brief from Mathematica Policy Research and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation offers a different approach for human service programs to test new service approaches. Traditionally, programs will conduct a pilot program…

This report provides an overview of the implementation of a cross-agency federal initiative led by the White House Rural Council called Rural IMPACT. The demonstration initiative aimed to address rural child poverty and improve mobility of families…

This report, from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, examines a study of “gig work” that included 25 workforce experts from the U.S. and builds on research done in the United Kingdom. Gig work is rising among low-skilled workers, and with it are…

This report, provided to Congress annually from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), comes in two parts. The first, highlighted here, gives a snapshot of homelessness on a single night; these counts then serve as a baseline.…

In this article, Matthew Doherty, Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness discusses the 2016 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, Part 2. With Part 1 of the 2017 report recently released, the data in…

An evaluation of a randomized control trial in Boston found significant decreases in criminal charges and arraignments for youth who participate in Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs), particularly for African American and Latino males. These…

This report from MDRC provides an evaluation of the state of Kansas' Child Support Savings Initiative (CSSI) which was created to help parents pay off child support debt while contributing to their children's future higher education costs. It…