This blog post highlights the recently released final report on the accomplishments of State Advisory Councils (SAC) on early childhood education and care. SACs were authorized in the Head Start Act of 2007, with a goal of promoting partnerships…

This guide from the Children’s Bureau was created primarily to support community-based child abuse prevention professionals who work to prevent child maltreatment and promote well-being. The guide focuses on protective factors that build family…

In the latest issue of the Office of Child Support Enforcement's Child Support Report, practitioners can learn about programs and initiatives that help fathers deepen their financial and emotional commitments to their children. Topics include…

Previous research has shown that receiving child support not only reduces the chance of families returning to welfare, but that it also reduces child poverty and, on average, accounts for 40% of a low-income family’s income. This study examines the…

This bill, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado and signed into law by the Governor on June 5, 2015, details the child-support pass through as it relates to the Colorado Works program.

In this paper, the authors characterize the effects of neighborhoods on children’s earnings and other outcomes in adulthood by studying more than five million families who move across counties in the United States. The analysis includes quasi-…

Child support is a critical source of income, especially for the growing population of children born to unmarried mothers. Given many single mothers’ limited earnings potential, child support from non-custodial fathers is also important. This paper…

This blog post kicked off National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. Although the pregnancy rate among U.S. teens has decreased by more than half since 1990, disparities remain. Some youth, including those in the juvenile justice and child welfare…

In the May 2015 issue of the Office of Child Support Enforcement’s Child Support Report, practitioners can learn about different strategies for best serving their clients. Topics include an introduction to two-generation approaches, modifying child…

The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment provided housing vouchers to randomly selected families living in high-poverty housing projects. The vouchers allowed families to move to lower-poverty neighborhoods. Using administrative data from tax…