This brief from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation presents graphics to illustrate variations among state TANF policies that are identified in the Welfare Rules Database. Visual depictions include comparisons on initial eligibility,…

This dataset, updated annually since 2011, represents a holistic perspective of opportunity to suggest that one’s ability to thrive is not limited to economic circumstances. It also includes educational, health-related, and overall community…

The SNAP participation rate is the percentage of eligible people across the U.S. actually participating in the SNAP program. This research brief presents estimates of State SNAP participation rates for all eligible people and “working poor”…

This set of data resources offers guidance and technical support in using Data Explorer and for accessing the American Community Survey (ACS), Economic Census, and other survey data. These data can be used to create tables for workforce-related data…

Stimulus checks, enhanced SNAP, and expanded unemployment insurance benefits enacted by the Federal government provided financial assistance to low-income individuals and families impacted by COVID-19 and lessened the rise of the poverty rate. This…

This dataset from the Annie E. Casey Foundation is the 31st edition that follows and ranks states on metrics related to child well-being. The data reflects trends prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Particular focus is on four larger categories of trend…

American workers have suffered loss of work or in some cases a decrease in hours worked because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this loss has been felt across the country and especially in Hispanic/Latino and African American low-income households.…

The Office of Family Assistance published data tables which cover TANF and maintenance-of-effort separate caseloads and combined (TANF and SSP-MOE) by state and at the national level from October 2018 through September 2019. The tables are cross-…

This dataset identifies monthly TANF Contingency Fund awards by state for Fiscal Year 2019, as of July 15, 2019. The table lists each of the 16 grantee states (including the District of Columbia), the number of months for which contingency funds…

The Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management developed and launched this database, which is an updated index of 29 neighborhood-level indicators pointing to opportunities…