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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.

Housing Assistance and the Effects on Welfare Reform

Report

This article focuses to answer if welfare recipients who receive housing assistance are harder to employ than those who do not receive it and if the type of housing assistance affects the outcomes for the recipient.

Money Matters: How Financial Aid Affects Nontraditional Students in Community Colleges

Report

Examining federal, state, and institutional programs, the paper presents a framework for understanding challenges to securing comprehensive financial assistance for low-income working students. The paper identifies promising approaches for…

Changing Courses: Instructional Innovations That Help Low-Income Students Succeed in Community College

Report

This paper looks at curricular and program redesign strategies being used in community colleges today to speed nontraditional students' advancement from lower levels of skill into credential programs and to shorten the time commitment that…

Developing Strategies to Address the Child-Only Caseload: Trenton, New Jersey

Report

The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network conducted discussions with State TANF administrators around the country to assess their current policies around the child-only caseload. These States include Alabama, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina,…

Question from PeerTA

Question / Response(s)

Have any State or county TANF agencies established constructive relationships with their local public housing agencies? If so, describe how this collaboration was formed and what results/changes have taken place due to this collaboration.

Question from PeerTA

Question / Response(s)

Many States are currently using internet technology as an information tool to support their TANF, Child Care, Child Support and/or Child Welfare programs. Have any States' use of the Web progressed to the 'transaction' or 'commerce' phase to assist in providing direct services to their clients?

Incidence and prevalence of homeless and runaway youth

Report

Homeless, runaway, and throwaway youth (HRTY) constitute a high-risk population that…

Chicago Child-Parent Centers Site Visit

Report

To assist States in strategically and creatively utilizing their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) dollars, while yielding better outcomes for low-income families, the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance (TA) Network sponsored a 1-day…

Developing Strategies to Address the Child-Only Caseload: Colorado Springs, CO

Report

This short report describes the Roundtable entitled Developing Strategies to Address the Child-Only Caseload that was held April 8-9, 2003 in Colorado Springs (El Paso County). The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network conducted discussion…

When Child Welfare Agencies Rely on Voluntary Kinship Placements

Research-To-Practice Brief

This brief looks at child welfare agencies' reliance on kin, that is, relatives, to care for children who may otherwise need to be in state custody. In most states, these agencies use voluntary kinship arrangements on a fairly limited basis when…

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