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  • Resources include Peer TA and other OFA technical assistance event reports and materials and resources from stakeholders with research on the TANF program and low-income families. We also include research from the Self Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse.
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  • Innovative Programs refer to creative methods of administering the TANF program, imaginative ways that services are provided, or new means of helping TANF participants with multiple barriers.  The topic area includes Innovative Programs that have been submitted by other States.

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Comparing Potential Demand for Nontraditional-Hour Child Care and Planned Policies across States

Research-To-Practice Brief

This brief presents comparative state data that estimates potential demand for child care for families who work nontraditional hours (NTH) — on weekends and anytime outside 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Tables in the brief compare the share of children under 6 with NTH working families, children with NTH low-income parents, Black and Latino children with NTH working parents, children with NTH working parents with educational attainment at or below a high school diploma, and children with an NTH working single parent.
July, 2021

Credentials: What They Are, Where to Find Them, and What Counts for Performance

Webinar / Webcast
The U.S. Department of Labor will host a virtual webinar on July 29, 2021, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, on the characteristics of quality credentials and the types of available credentials. Speakers from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration will identify resources and tools that workforce development stakeholders can use to find relevant credentials to support them in determining the credentials that may count in meeting grant performance outcomes.
July, 2021

Research to Practice Partnerships: Early Findings and Lessons Learned from the HPOG University Partnership 2.0 Research Grants

Report

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report synthesizes lessons learned and initial findings from HPOG University Partnerships 2.0 (HPOG UP 2.0) research grants awarded in 2016 to Brandeis University, Loyola University-Chicago, and Northwestern University. Under HPOG UP 2.0, researchers were required to partner with HPOG grantees. The report identifies the research methodologies for each grantee and takeaways during the four years of project-related research.
July, 2021

Exceeding Outcomes: Workforce Development Program Practices for Justice Involved Citizens

Webinar / Webcast

The National Association of Workforce Development Professionals will host a webinar on July 27, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to discuss how to create, implement, or improve workforce development programs for job seekers with prior criminal justice involvement.
July, 2021

Grant Opportunity: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) CARES Act Rapid-Cycle Impact Projects

Policy Announcement / Memoranda

The Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Community Services (OCS) announced a funding opportunity for the Community Services Block Grant CARES Act Rapid-Cycle Impact Projects. The funding will support the CARES Act goal of adapting service models to meet urgent community needs while testing proposed projects’ strategies to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
July, 2021

How Does My Community Cares in Louisiana Build Strong Neighborhoods that Keep Families Together?

Research-To-Practice Brief
This research-to-practice brief highlights the Louisiana-based My Community Cares (MCC) initiative. The initiative brings together parents experienced with the child welfare system, foster parents, and residents of neighborhoods with high concentrations of children in foster care. MCC asked these individuals to lead and co-design initiatives to prevent other neighborhood families from involvement in the child welfare system. The brief identifies the initiative’s origins, its core components, and implementation considerations.
July, 2021

Funding Opportunity Announcement: Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC)

Policy Announcement / Memoranda

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has released a funding opportunity announcement for the Appalachian and Delta regions. Grant awards are intended to align with regional and comprehensive approaches to address economic distress and provide necessary workforce development activities so that dislocated and other workers can succeed in current and future job opportunities. ETA encourages applicants to include strategies to address the employment and training needs of individuals affected by substance use disorder.
July, 2021

Cash Aid: Views from the Front Lines of the Pandemic

Webinar / Webcast
Working families, administrators of public benefits, and grassroots service practitioners have been at the forefront of federal policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. This July 19, 2021 webinar recording examines challenges providing and receiving services within the federal safety net.
July, 2021

Four Keys to a Successful Two-Generation Initiative

Stakeholder Resource

This blogpost draws upon assessments of the Housing Opportunities and Services Together Initiative and the Family Centered Community Change program and presents four key elements that made their two-generation initiatives successful.
July, 2021

Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle with Housing First: Results from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative

Report

This report evaluates the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative (Denver SIB), which sought to increase housing stability and reduce jail stays among chronically homeless persons with prior frequent involvement with the criminal justice and emergency health systems. Under Denver SIB, supportive housing was provided through a Housing First approach (which had no preconditions or requirements for participants) and a modified Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model.
July, 2021

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