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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Receipt of Entitlement and Other Safety-Net Program Benefits among Families in 2004

Report

Government safety-net programs provide income, health, education or other forms of assistance to individuals, families, and households. The AARP Public Policy Institute authored this resource looking at the distribution of work-related and need-…

Measuring Income and Poverty in the United States

Fact / Tip Sheet

Currently, most measures of poverty focus mainly on income and income level and do not include other aspects of economic status such as assets or debt. From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this fact sheet reviews the current measures…

Between Welfare Reform and Reauthorization: Income Support Systems in Cuyahoga and Philadelphia 2000 to 2005

Report

This report, from MDRC, provides an update on welfare reform in the cities of Cleveland and Philadelphia. This study specifically reviews the policies implemented through 2005, caseload and employment trends through 2003, and neighborhood…

Kids’ Share 2007: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget

Report

From the Urban Institute, this report reviews historical and current funding trends of 100 federal programs, including TANF, Supplemental Security Income, Food Stamps, Section 8 Low-Income Housing Assistance and Low Income Home Energy Assistance…

Using Vouchers to Deliver Social Services: Learning from the Goals, Uses, and Key Elements of Existing Federal Voucher Programs

Report

Mathematica authored this resource on vouchers and gives an overview of how vouchers are used in public programs. Information is provided on the design and implementation of voucher programs and outcomes associated with existing voucher programs…

Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) program in Riverside, California

Report

Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is…

Question from Brigid Collins Family Support Center

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Brigid Collins Family Support Center is seeking information to support a local project funded by a Children's Justice Act grant to design and implement a model to train multidisciplinary teams to improve identification, reporting, and investigation of child abuse with children with special health care needs.

Connecticut’s Welfare Reform Initiative

Report

This report was completed by the Program Review and Investigations Committee on Connecticut’s Welfare Reform Initiative. Authors describe the Jobs First program in detail as well as provide caseload trends, recipient demographics, and funding…

Question from Arkansas Division of Public Assistance

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Arkansas Division of Public Assistance would like to know what states currently, or plan to, consider TANF participants in a countable work activity if they are providing childcare for the child of another TANF participant engaged in unpaid work activities?

The Social Costs of Concentrated Poverty: Externalities to Neighboring Households and Property Owners and the Dynamics of Decline

Report

This paper, from the National Poverty Center, analyzes current housing policy with relation to the recent trends of the low income population becoming decentralized. Authors seek to investigate if this strategy equates to increased economic…

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