Compared to a few decades ago, low-income children today have better access to healthcare, fewer are born to teen mothers, fewer live in foster care, and their parents have more education. However, the circumstances and outcomes of higher-income…

This brief explores kinship families and the importance of TANF to those families, the two types of TANF grants a relative caregiver may receive (child-only and family), and a Kinship TANF Model that draws from different state and county efforts to…

In 2016, Utah Department of Workforce Services launched the “Family Employment Program (FEP) Refocus Academy” to train FEP case workers on Utah’s new family-focused case management model. The trainings were reinforced with coaching from FEP…

Developed by the Urban Institute for the U.S. Department of Education, this guidance document recommends data collection strategies and data system structures to ensure Promise Neighborhoods can manage and produce measurable results. While this…

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued a Final Rule to make changes to the TANF program regulations to require states to maintain policies and practices that prevent TANF funded assistance from being used in any electronic benefit…

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has released the TANF work participation rates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013. Nationwide, more states met the work requirement in FY 2013 than in FY 2012, but the work participation rates declined slightly compared…

This e-learning guide from the Office of Community Services, Compassion Capital Fund (CCF)/Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) is designed to help organizations identify, evaluate, and incorporate effective practices into their service delivery to…

As states release draft Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) state plans for public comment, advocates and other stakeholders will have the opportunity to offer suggestions for improvement. CLASP is offering this list…

The Association of People Supporting Employment (APSE) has developed and provided a guide for review of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) state plans. This guide can be used to understand and analyze the states'…

This announcement from the Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP) shares that state Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) plans must describe strategies to prioritize employment and training services for “public…