The Fathers and Continuous Learning in Child Welfare project is testing a Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) methodology to improve placement stability and permanency outcomes for children by strengthening the engagement of fathers and paternal relatives. The pilot study described in this report documents the BSC implementation, as well as how designated Improvement Teams worked with system partners to plan, test, and adjust engagement strategies.

This Office of Child Care dataset identifies the Grant Year (GY) 2021 discretionary base, discretionary per child, and total base allocations under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) for tribes, listed by tribe for each state. The table also presents other supplemental funding allocations for tribes.

This Office of Child Care dataset identifies the Grant Year (GY) 2021 allocations by state and territory for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The table also notes the state share for matching funds and state maintenance of effort (MOE) levels, as well as other relevant data on appropriations.

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation research-to-practice brief assesses how Tribal HPOG 2.0 grantees incorporated tribal culture and practices into their healthcare training programs. The Tribal HPOG 2.0 Program includes projects that connect eligible individuals with education and training in a healthcare-related field or occupation. Integrating tribal values into the curricula helped students to deliver culturally sensitive healthcare services. Attention is paid to how these grantees offered events and supportive services to connect students with their respective culture to build community and provide culturally specific gathering spaces for trainees of similar backgrounds.

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration will host a webinar on June 22, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET which will examine the assessment and development of soft skills for job seekers. Presenters will share how they selected and implemented soft skills assessment tools in their organizations, and discuss tips and advice for improving the soft skills of job seekers. Speakers include representatives of GPS Education Partners, the Alamo Colleges District, the State of Arizona, and the Washington Greene County Job Training Agency, Inc.

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Youth Solutions project will host a three-day virtual conference from June 9, 2021 to June 11, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET each day to share program and policy proposals that provide innovative, evidence-based strategies to raise employment among youth and young adults who apply for or receive SSI. The proposals are funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy.

This report reviews the use of technology-based learning (TBL), covering employability or soft skills, basic literacy and numeracy, technological literacy, job search skills, and occupational training and certification. It also examines approaches used to increase remote access for TBL, perceived barriers in implementing TBL at American Job Centers, and the American Job Center staff perceptions of the effectiveness of existing TBL services. The report is based on site visits at five state workforce agencies (in Massachusetts, Kentucky, Utah, Minnesota, and California) and nine American Job Centers in these states as they were developing policies for expanding the use of TBL.

This blogpost illustrates findings of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator program (ROSS-SC). ROSS-SC provides funding to local public housing authorities to support public housing residents—primarily seniors, persons with disabilities, and very low-income families. The blogpost identifies how ROSS-SC helped residents to access food and transportation, deal with health emergencies, address domestic violence, and access child care.

(See also Resources on "intimate partner violence" in the Resource Library)

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report explores different measures of child care access and uses a multi-dimensional, family-centric definition to assess center-based and non-relationship home-based child care. Using 2012 National Survey of Early Care and Education data, the report provides national estimates of families’ local access against the four identified dimensions of this broader understanding of child care. The report illustrates gaps in child care access beyond a “slot to tot” analysis and the persistence of low child care availability for families with infants and toddlers.

The Institute for Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison hosted a webinar on June 9, 2021 to discuss how human services providers have changed operations to deliver services virtually since the spring of 2020. This webinar covered what worked well and what did not, lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these lessons can inform client needs in a post-pandemic world. Speakers included Annette Waters of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Matthew Lyons of the American Public Human Services Association, and Nadeem Siddiqi of the Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency.