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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.
From the Urban Institute, this resource reviews the literature on poverty dynamics in the United States. Reviewing theories of poverty in the United States, researchers seek to answer the questions: How likely are people to enter, exit, and…
The Urban Institute issued this report on poverty in the United States in the year 2008. In 2008, the poverty rate reached 13.2 percent, which is a significant increase from 12.5 percent in 2007. However, despite an increase, this increase may…
In light of the recent recession, this paper examines the effect that financial strain can have on the occurrence of domestic violence and in turn, how domestic violence impacts an individual or family's financial situation. Though being low…
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA) and Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) and the United States Department of Labor, Employment and…
Within low-income families, around 60 percent have an adult working fulltime. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this Urban Institute fact sheet describes adolescent risk behaviors and the transition to adulthood for low-…
The Peer TA Network would like to know how TANF agencies engage eligible immigrant, refugee, and limited English proficient TANF populations for work activities? Do agencies have innovative programs to address these populations?
The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network (WPTA) offered technical assistance to the AdvoCare Conference with the primary purpose of creating a nationwide task force of organizations and agencies that can provide proven evidence-based…
While the child support program has been recently successful in supporting low-income single parents, many single parents still do not receive child support. Child support can often be a vital financial resource for families in poverty. In this…
From the Assistant Secretary for Planning, Research and Evaluation, this research brief provides information on the transition to adulthood for vulnerable youth. Specifically, youth from families below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level…
The National Alliance to End Homelessness authored this report, which is first in a series of briefs that examine the geographic distribution of homelessness in the United States. While homelessness is perceived to be an issue for urban areas…
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