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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.
  • Questions and Answers are submitted by TANF stakeholders around the country designed to facilitate the process of information-sharing regarding important topics related to TANF programs and low-income families.
  • 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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Facilitating Low-Income Families’ Use of Emergency Paid Family Leave: Considerations for Human Services Agencies in Supporting Workers and Their Employers

Research-To-Practice Brief
This issue brief from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services describes the provisions of the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA). EFMLEA was created by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to provide limited emergency paid family leave for employees to take time away from work (when telework is not an option) if their children’s child care providers or schools are closed due to COVID-19.
April, 2020

Stabilizing Supports for Children and Families during the Pandemic

Stakeholder Resource
This blogpost offers conceptual strategies for helping parents to provide stability, safety, and security to children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The blogpost identifies the types of families most at risk of losing supports, and the services that these low-income families need for economic stability and self-sufficiency, in light of job losses and unemployment that are the economic cost of the pandemic.
April, 2020

Webinar: Measuring How Social Relationships Contribute to the Outcomes of Program Participants

Webinar / Webcast
The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison will host a webinar on April 1, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT to discuss the relationships that human services programs develop with the participants they serve, as well as the relationships that programs help participants develop outside their organizations. Speakers from the Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health, the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S.
April, 2020

Guidance and Resources for Managing Coronavirus Risks

Stakeholder Resource
The Community Action Partnership has identified several links to guidance and resources for minimizing coronavirus risks within the national Community Action network. Guidance on managing coronavirus risks is offered by the Community Action Program Legal Services (CAPLAW). There are also guidance letters on the Community Services Block Grant program and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, as well as resources on paid leave, Head Start, weatherization programs, and other areas that address the needs of lower-income persons and communities.
April, 2020

A Guide to COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development

Stakeholder Resource
This compendium covers the impact of COVID-19 on early child development and offers a set of briefs and tool kits on how to support children and caregivers during the coronavirus pandemic. There is also a podcast on the brain science of how responses to COVID-19 effect healthy child development.
April, 2020

Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse Considerations During COVID-19

Stakeholder Resource
This issue brief from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) highlights key points addressing intimate partner violence and child abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic, where staying at home may not be safe for those who have previously experienced mistreatment or where current economic conditions might spark mistreatment that would not have otherwise existed.
April, 2020

Family-Centered Coaching: A Toolkit to Transform Practice & Engage Families

Toolkit

The family-centered coaching approach allows staff to partner with families holistically, taking into account their strengths and goals, challenges, and systemic barriers. This toolkit offers strategies, tools, and resources that can help programs, agencies, case managers, coaches, and others change how they work with families striving to reach their goals by planning for and intentionally changing the way coaching is delivered to families.
April, 2020

Snapshot of the COVID Crisis Impact on Working Families

Fact / Tip Sheet
This fact sheet analyzes real-time data when examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on working families and draws from surveys with hourly service workers across the retail, food service, hospitality, house cleaning, delivery, and home health care industries. The fact sheet notes reductions in work hours and income, job loss, and overall family well-being due to COVID and stresses the importance of employers and government working to meet families’ needs.
March, 2020

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Telehealth Can Help Connect Home Visiting Services to Families

Stakeholder Resource
This blogpost illustrates ways that service providers and states are implementing remote services in light of COVID-19, including virtual home visits, which mirrors approaches used in telemedicine and telecounseling. Options that are discussed include video calls, texting and messaging apps, and online content for parent engagement. The blogpost also notes the adjustments and limitations that families and home visitors might have to implement these virtual options.
March, 2020

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