This set of case management functions is drawn from a chapter entitled, ”The principles of effective case management of mental health services” (pp. 24-51) by researchers Charles A. Rapp and Richard J. Goscha. It is included in a larger volume published in 2004 by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation entitled, Recovery from Severe Mental Health Illnesses: Research Evidence and Implications for Practice, edited by Larry Davidson, Courtenay Harding, and LeRoy J. Spaniol.

The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison will host a webinar on July 17, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT to discuss the 11th Annual Wisconsin Poverty Report. Report findings will be presented, including why the poverty level in Wisconsin has not changed since the end of the Great Recession despite an overall improvement in the statewide economy.

The U.S. Department of Labor announces a series of competency model resources that outline the knowledge, skills, and abilities one needs to enter and succeed in an occupation or industry. Discussed are stackable competencies in the areas of personal effectiveness, academic requirements, and the workplace, and industry-wide and industry-sector skills.

This dataset from the Annie E. Casey Foundation is the 30th annual report that follows and ranks states on metrics related to child well-being. Particular focus is on four larger categories of trend analysis: economic well-being, education, family and community, and health. Additionally, there are individual state profiles with relevant data that are presented as user-friendly fact sheets.

Prepared for the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, this Abt Associates literature review provides information on literature about housing models that can best serve persons with opioid use disorder who are either homeless or encounter housing instability.

This Mathematica study, conducted on behalf of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, examines the impact of four federally-funded Responsible Fatherhood programs: Connections to Success in Kansas and Missouri; Fathers’ Support Center in Missouri; FATHER Project at Goodwill–Easter Seals Minnesota; and Urban Ventures in Minnesota.

This National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse data set provides statistics covering the employment rate, employment status, and earnings of fathers with children up to 17 years old; data patterns for households with at least one employed parent; working arrangements of couples with children; information relative to higher earners in two-parent households; time spent by fathers on child care, housework, and paid work; reasons that stay-at-home fathers are not in the workforce; and the division of labor among parents who work full-time.

This National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse data set analyzes statistics on resident and non-resident fathers’ level of involvement, including taking their children on outings or errands, or to activities; eating with their children; reading and playing with their children; engaging in physical affection, praise, or discipline; and participating in age-appropriate caregiving activities. There is also analysis of financial contribution levels and the extent made by non-resident fathers, as well as frequency and satisfaction of child visitations conducted by non-resident fathers.

This National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse data set offers statistics on the living arrangements and characteristics of fathers, ages 15-44, including where the fathers live (relative to their children), as well as their race/ethnicity, education level, relationship/marital status, and demographic profile. This snapshot also illustrates the living arrangements of children by the marital/relationship status of parents, living arrangements of children by poverty level, and the percentage of children living in households headed by a grandparent.

This brief describes the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation’s Parents and Children Together evaluation, which studied impacts of four Responsible Fatherhood-funded programs. The impacts pertained to the participant fathers’ parenting, relationships, economic stability, and well-being after one year of enrollment in the program.