In this conceptual framework and literature review, completed in partnership with OPRE and the Urban Institute, research on racial and ethnic differences and disparities are synthetized with the service delivery of six ACF programs, including TANF,…

This brief from Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago examines the effects of housing instability in adolescence on the transition to adulthood. The brief, the first in a series, uses evidence to seek solutions to avoid missed opportunities to…

This presentation by the Rural Policy Research Institute highlights challenges that rural residents face in obtaining affordable and available health care. Affordability is directly related to the cost of insurance policies, either private or public…

This interactive tool from the Urban Institute allows users to look at a picture of their city’s financial health through wealth data, credit bureau information, and peer groups that highlight a city’s challenges and promising interventions. Since…

This information sheet from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness examines rental market affordability as an indicator of the risk of homelessness in a community. Rental markets are key to preventing and ending homelessness, and this…

This report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers documents the data on the opioid crisis from a public health standpoint and the economic costs of opioid-related fatalities at the macro level.

This research paper recognizes the growing need for research on children to be supplemented by research with children and examines strategies to help children report on their own well-being. The researchers worked with children between ages three…

This issue brief from Mathematica Policy Research provides a review of the informal child care network in Detroit. Interviews were conducted with program staff and other key informants regarding parents’ use of informal child care. Site visits and…