This report was completed using data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing, through the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Specifically, children in foster care have a higher risk of having a medical, social, or…

This report is from the Child Welfare Information Gateway, funded through the Children’s Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, and provides information on the placement of children with relatives in the child welfare system.…

Some TANF recipients may have disabilities that would qualify them for the specialized employment preparation services Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies provide. TANF recipients may seek out VR services on their own, or be referred to VR by…

The emphasis on placing TANF recipients into paid employment quickly is consistent with employment assistance approaches employed by several recent demonstration projects (outside of TANF) for youth and adults living with a disability. However,…

Personal and work supports can be instrumental in helping TANF recipients living with disabilities prepare for and maintain employment. For many TANF recipients living with disabilities, the path to self-sufficiency is encumbered by personal and…

This report represents the first step in the process of identifying initiatives intended to assist TANF recipients living with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment that may be worthy of further study. The outcomes and impacts of such…

From the National Governor’s Association, Center for Best Practices, this is an archived webcast that provides information from experts and States on kinship care and the importance of kinship care for families. Currently, 2.5 million children…

This fact sheet from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides an overview of poverty in the United States. Currently, 36.5 million Americans, which is one in eight, live in poverty. Additionally, 15.4 million live in extreme poverty,…

From the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, this issue brief provides facts on the economic security of women and men in the United States. Specifically, researchers found that Social Security is the most common source of income for seniors…

The Brookings Institution authored this report on the economic mobility of families based on Census Bureau data. Authors matched family income from the 1960s to the income of their children in the late 1990s to early 2000s. While median family…