This brief provides a general overview of the two Healthy Marriage (HM) grantees involved in the Parents and Children Together Evaluation (PACT), provides participation rates in services, and documents how the two grantees integrated job and…

This report dispels the idea that manufacturing is declining in the New England region, as well as assesses the region’s strengths and advantages within the industry. Additionally, the report describes future opportunities for collaboration and…

In January 2014, Ms. Gwen Gua, SPIPA’s Social Services Manager, submitted a TA Request to the Welfare Peer TA (WPTA) Network seeking onsite training on wraparound services; SPIPA hoped to enhance its case management services for the three Tribes…

In a report from the Brookings Institution, the author examines the trend of declining middle-wage jobs in America. Although enrollment rates for community colleges, for-profit colleges, and lower-tier four-year colleges are high, completion rates…

This paper published by the Institute for Research on Poverty examines the effect of Medicaid expansions on intergenerational economic mobility. Using new data, the authors utilize the uneven Medicaid eligibility expansions across states to isolate…

This report describes some prominent career and college pathways programs and models, as well as identifies localities where this type of approach has gained the most traction. The authors discuss overall principles that characterize the most…

In November 2014, Congress reauthorized the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), a federal child care program, for the first time since 1996. The law strengthens CCDBG’s role as a major early child education program, as well as a work…

This report from the National Skills Coaliation provides recommendations on how states can use their WIOA state plan to establish strategies that close the skill gap and help workers and businesses succeed.

This paper from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) discusses the priority of service provision in the WIOA statute, briefly analyzes the recently released draft regulations, and makes six specific policy recommendations…

The goal of workforce development efforts serving individuals in poverty is to provide them with the skills and credentials they need to increase their earnings in the labor market and advance to self-sufficiency. It is important for workforce…