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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

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This set of case management functions is drawn from a chapter entitled, ”The principles of effective case management of mental health services” (pp. 24-51) by researchers Charles A. Rapp and Richard J. Goscha. It is included in a larger volume…

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This paper from the Center for the Study of Social Policy is part of a series on improving service delivery to victims and families affected by domestic violence. Particularly, domestic violence can have a wide range of effects on children,…

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This research includes 27 cities and the status of hunger and homelessness. The research is based on information from the cities on the demand for emergency food and shelter and the capacity to handle the need, the causes of hunger and…

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This study, for the Office of Policy Development and Research and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, identifies successful community-wide approaches to reducing homelessness and achieve stable housing.

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This economic analysis of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) addresses three randomized trials carried out to examine long-term effects of the NFP on maternal, child, and family functioning. The analysis presented in this report provides…

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Homeless, runaway, and throwaway youth (HRTY) constitute a high-risk population that…

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This project examined 25 local homeless assistance systems and the success of a strategy for creating a functioning Continuum of Care for the homeless.

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Besides acting as a critical health problem, teen pregnancy is tied to a variety of other social issues, including welfare dependence, overall child well-being, out-of-wedlock births, fatherhood, and workforce development. Over half of all teen…

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In 1995, the Texas Legislature enacted H. B. 1863, which formed the basis for Texas’ waiver from existing Federal laws governing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The Texas waiver, officially known as the Achieving…

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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 changed cash welfare from a system of income maintenance as an entitlement to low-income families to one in which assistance to families is both limited and…

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