This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief reviews the state of data availability and data quality related to community connections for home visitations. The brief identifies data sources that are available to stakeholders as well as…

This National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse data set analyzes statistics on substance use, misuse, and abuse among resident fathers. The data analysis examines tobacco, marijuana, alcohol use, binge and heavy drinking, medication and inhalant…

This Office of Child Support Enforcement-funded research-to-practice brief, prepared by MDRC, is the first of a series of assessments that share lessons from the implementation of the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt model. The…

This U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness toolkit offers resources from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and U.S. Department of Education to support a coordinated entry approach to…

This Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) webpage highlights ASPE’s Trauma-Informed Approaches project, which examined trauma-informed approaches and their impacts in community settings, and the need for further…

This National League of Cities issue brief identifies the challenges that mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness present to local communities. The brief profiles innovative approaches that city leaders have taken, including first…

This joint information bulletin, produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Centers for Medicare…

This Institute for Research on Poverty report presents findings of the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration Program (CSPED) implementation analysis. The report highlights promising agency-led approaches that emphasize delivery…

This MDRC brief examines the implementation and impact of Washington State’s Division of Child Support (DCS) “personalized” approach for establishing and enforcing child support orders. The approach focuses on providing an alternative compliance…

This Urban Institute report reviews the use of outcomes-based contracts (OBCs), which tie government payments to improvements in service delivery. The report examines the benefit of using OBCs to incentivize performance from external contactors, as…