This article is an evaluation of the Family Permanent Supportive Housing Initiative and its role in meeting long-term needs of formerly homeless families in permanent supportive housing.

The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), committed to improving employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, established a Customized Employment initiative to build the capacity of workforce systems to serve all customers,…

This article deals with the need for housing with the shrinking resources available to assist those who are "hard to house," which include grandparents caring for grandchildren, families with a disabled member, families with multiple barriers,…

This issue brief, written by the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP), describes how members of the Community Services Network, particularly Community Action Agencies, are actively addressing the social service and…

Authored by Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University; Steven Raphael, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; and Michael A. Stoll, Department of Public Policy, School of Public…

This Issue Brief, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) presents analysis of data on unemployment receipt from the Census Bureau's Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population…

This article summarizes a Michigan study that surveyed battered women’s experiences with their TANF caseworkers around intimate partner violence (IPV) discussion and safety planning. Battered women were asked a series of questions surveying the…

The MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy and the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago published this executive summary of a conference held on transitioning to adulthood. While many…

The Maryland Network against Domestic Violence (MNADV) site provides an overview of the Lethality Assessment Program—Maryland Model (LAP). It also includes information about implementation of the model nationally. Created by MNADV in 2005, LAP is…

It is estimated that nearly two million children have an incarcerated parent. This article reviews the challenges that these children face and potential psychological and behavioral implications. Due to the disruption in the child's life,…