Case management assists patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) by addressing other needs while allowing patients to focus on their SUD treatment and recovery. This Advisory is based on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…

Children and youth are dealing with new challenges due to COVID-19, like social distancing, changes to their routines, and a lost sense of security and safety, making them especially vulnerable to feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed. For some…

This new webinar series entitled Moving Upstream: Transforming Systems to Advance Well-Being will examine structural barriers to and opportunities for moving to a coordinated system of services to support and strengthen families. The first…

The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Urban Institute, and Mathematica hosted a webinar on January 13, 2021 which covered evaluations of two-generation approaches, including Agape’s 2Gen Program in Memphis, Tennessee. They discussed lessons learned…

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education published a Request for Information (RFI) on Expanding Work-Based Learning Opportunities for Youth. This RFI supported efforts to implement the Carl D. Perkins…

This brief analyzes the relationship between educational stability (measured by school enrollment and dropout rate) and justice involvement among youth of color. Using data from 2001 to 2016, the brief focuses on 10 California counties with the…

This blogpost profiles the efforts of the South Carolina Department of Social Services to reform its child welfare system as part of the Thriving Families, Safer Children initiative. This initiative blends resources from the U.S. Children’s…

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will host a webinar on January 8, 2021 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET which will discuss their process for exploring vendor capacity to develop a state level holistic case…

This research-to-practice brief discusses implementation of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment model by the Family Service League in New York and Asian Human Services in Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemic. The IPS model was…

This report highlights findings from a process evaluation of the Urban Alliance’s High School Internship Program in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Chicago. The Urban Alliance program model aims to empower economically…