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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.

Tips for Parents (from Strengthening Families and Communities: 2011 Resource Guide) 2011 Prevention Packet

Fact / Tip Sheet

The Child Welfare Information Gateway, through the Administration for Children and Families’ Children’s Bureau, authored these tip sheets to provide parenting skills, such as bonding, attachment, dealing with temper tantrums, raising…

The State of Homelessness in America 2011

Report

From 2008 to 2009, the nation’s rate of homelessness rose by 20,000 people, or 3 percent. About four out of every 10 of these individuals live on the street, in a car, or another location not intended for human habitation. The National Alliance…

Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): Mental Health Findings

Report

In 2010, it is estimated that there were 45.9 million adults in the United States with mental illness. Of these 45.9 million adults, 32.9 percent received mental health services. NSDUH presents the results of interviews conducted with household…

Back on Track: Transforming Virginia’s Child Welfare System

Report

The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Commonwealth of Virginia collaborated to reduce the number of children in foster care and reduce the use of congregate care. This report provides an overview of their efforts by building a family-centered…

Kinship Care and Child-Only Cases

Conference Paper

This presentation from Kathy Deserly of the National Resource Center for Tribes was given at the Region X Tribal TANF Conference in September of 2011. The presentation focuses on the different types of kinship care, how it is used in the child…

Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) and family-sensitive caregiving in early care and education arrangements: Promising directions and challenges

Report

More than half of states now have Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) in…

Working toward Wellness: Telephone care management for Medicaid recipients with depression, thirty-six months after random assignment

Report

Although many public assistance recipients suffer from depression, few receive…

Joint Letter from the Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture

Policy Announcement / Memoranda

This joint letter was signed by program heads in HHS and Agriculture providing information related to the health insurance exchanges, Medicaid eligibility information technology systems, the advance planning process for information technology…

WIC Operating Rules and Technical Implementation Guide

Policy Announcement / Memoranda

Congress recently passed legislation mandating that food prescribed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA’s) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) be provided using electronic benefit transfer (EBT…

Putting Data to Work: Interim Recommendations from the Benchmarking Project

Report

Recently, data collection and reporting strategies have increased as workforce development program funders focus on program evaluation. Public/Private Ventures released this report, which is a compilation of data from 200 service providers around…

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