This National Skills Coalition brief offers guidance on how TANF and other public assistance programs could shift emphasis to skills and employment outcomes, like those used by WIOA common measures, rather than a procedural process that measures the…

On February 7, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET, the National Association of Counties will host the third of a three-part webinar series on evidence-based policymaking. The previous two webinars,…

In this February 6, 2019 webinar from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET, the WIOA performance accountability team from the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education will discuss recent federal guidance on data validation for state reporting. The webinar will…

Using data to inform, create, and administer service provision is the best way to ensure effective programmatic change. On January 31, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. ET, Mathematica will host a webinar for practitioners to explore using administrative data in…

This blog post from Child Trends presents findings from a recent Early Childhood Data Collaborative survey, which noted that 22 states have created data sharing systems to measure the utilization and outcomes of early childhood services. However,…

This interactive data dashboard, developed as a collaborative research project between the U.S. Census Bureau and researchers from Harvard University and Brown University, is a comprehensive Census tract-level dataset of children’s outcomes in…

Recent changes in statutes have required the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to issue a regulation to set standards for data exchange for human service programs including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This Federal…

Do you know what success looks like related to coaching? Do you know how to use outcome measures? “Set, Measure, Report: Using Data to Improve Client Success” illustrates how to develop measures to document goal attainment related to economic…

This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discusses interoperability, data integration, and data-informed decision-making, which are essential elements in the delivery of effective human service programs. ACF has…