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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.

What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report: New Chance

Newsletter / E-Mail Alert

This newsletter is from the What Works Clearinghouse and provides an overview of the New Chance program. The program supports TANF recipients who have dropped out of school through GED preparation, life skill training, parenting programs,…

Assisting TANF recipients living with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment: Creating work opportunities

Report

The emphasis on placing TANF recipients into paid employment quickly is consistent with employment assistance approaches employed by several recent demonstration projects (outside of TANF) for youth and adults living with a disability. However,…

Assisting TANF recipients living with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment: Providing specialized personal and work support

Report

Personal and work supports can be instrumental in helping TANF recipients living with disabilities prepare for and maintain employment. For many TANF recipients living with disabilities, the path to self-sufficiency is encumbered by personal and…

Assisting TANF recipients living with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment: Final report

Report

This report represents the first step in the process of identifying initiatives intended to assist TANF recipients living with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment that may be worthy of further study. The outcomes and impacts of such…

Effective Service Delivery for TANF Clients in Rural Areas

Report

At the request of the Utah Department of Workforce Services, the OFA Peer TA Network sponsored this event to assist participants in improving systems and resources for providing services to TANF participants residing in rural areas. This…

Local implementation of TANF in five sites: Final report

Report

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) funded a study to determine how local management of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs has adapted practices to address changing needs and improve program results. To…

TANF at 10: Welfare Reform in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

Research-To-Practice Brief

This article reviews how the three states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have fared under the 1996 welfare reform. Researchers from Mathematica Policy Research, provide information on how the policy changes have affected the TANF…

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 Washington Department of Social and Human Services

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Washington Department of Social and Human Services would like to know if other States are undertaking review of non-compliant cases before these cases are put in sanction status? What are the outcomes of any evaluations on this matter?

Urban Partnerships for Welfare Reform National Academy: Getting to Full Engagement through Integrated Case Management

Conference Paper

This was a session at the Urban Partnerships Initiative's National Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Chicago and Houston city partners shared strategies from their cities on getting to full engagement through integrated case management teams.

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