This guide is a product of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau, its Child Welfare Information Gateway, and the FRIENDS (Family Resource Information, Education, and Network Development Service) National Center for…

This article from Partnership for Drug-Free Kids highlights a recent research finding that shows that the opioid epidemic is concentrated in high-poverty counties, particularly those in Appalachia. This finding provides significant information to…

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) recently announced an application solicitation to award cooperative agreements to state agencies for participation in a TANF Policy Academy for Innovative…

This article, from the director of the Office of Family Assistance (OFA), discusses OFA’s response to the opioid crisis. OFA is targeting the hardest hit communities and focusing on the economic impact on low- income families. They are hosting…

This article from Social Solutions looks at how understanding the employer perspective is a key to successful engagement between workforce programs and employers. Employers rely on workforce development organizations to help them understand and…

This update from The Aspen Institute is related to 2015’s UpSkilling Playbook for Employers, a playbook designed to promote and highlight examples of employer-led programs and to encourage employer training and advancement practices for workers.…

The IPS Employment focuses the center’s activities on employment for people with serious mental illnesses. It operates in 23 states, 3 European countries, and offers trainings across the world. The center hosts a multidisciplinary team of…

American Job Centers (AJC), which are also known as One-Stop Centers, are designed to provide a full range of assistance to job seekers in one building, and the resources are also available on one website. Established under the Workforce Investment…

The Disaster Assistance Improvement Program (DAIP) offers a search tool by ZIP code for areas designated for Individual Assistance. The website also offers a “Find Assistance” tool where the user can answer an anonymous questionnaire to receive a…

This report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shares the proceedings from the "Youth Employment Success Roundtable: Setting Up America’s Young Workers For Success" which took place in February 2017. The roundtable convened federal…