This Office of Child Support Enforcement-funded research-to-practice brief, prepared by MDRC, is the first of a series of assessments that share lessons from the implementation of the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt model. The brief illustrates the training delivered to child support staff at six sites that have adapted a procedural justice-informed approach with noncustodial parents. The training includes guidance in the principles of procedural justice and its application, the dispute resolution process, mechanisms to respond to domestic violence, and how to utilize trauma-informed practices.

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation annual compendium provides comparative analysis of TANF cash assistance programs within all 50 states and the District of Columbia and identifies changes in cash assistance rules that govern TANF state programs that have occurred over time or at a single point in time. The annual publication also presents tables that describe the dimensions of state policies thru July 2018 and longitudinal analysis of state policies between 1996 and 2018.

This set of four videos, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, highlights success stories among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment & Training (SNAP E&T) program participants. The videos highlight the following themes: Self-Sufficiency, Economic Impact, Fit for Purpose, and New Partnerships.

This Mathematica study analyzes the Pathways to Careers Program, which is a customized employment service model to support persons with significant disabilities access employment. This report looks at the employment, wage, and earnings outcome of Pathways participants compared to those participants who participate in traditional vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs.

The National Association of Counties will host the first of a two-part webinar on October 10, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to review the collection, management, and sharing of data among health and human services and justice systems to address incarcerated persons with mental illness. Subject matter experts from county health and human services and justice systems at the local level will discuss the processes they use to collect, share, integrate, and analyze pertinent data. The second part of this webinar series will be hosted in December 2019.

This Pew Trusts fact sheet profiles Louisiana’s expansion of efforts to provide access to opioid use disorder treatment. The fact sheet details how new legislation requires the Louisiana Department of Health to increase the number of providers to offer medication-assisted treatment and explains how state Medicaid funds can be used to cover case management at hospital settings. Additional legislation in the fact sheet also highlights requirements that the Louisiana Department of Health conduct a needs assessment and develop pathways for opioid treatment programs to receive approval.

This Chapin Hall study reviews the impact of eligibility extension from 6 months to 12 months in Illinois for families who receive child care subsidies under the Child Care and Development Fund. Key questions reflect whether families who receive automatic extensions experience longer periods of participation, if fewer child care providers are used by eligible families as result of an extended redetermination period, and whether consistent child care is provided over the longer period of time. The study notes that extending the redetermination period from 6 to 12 months has the potential to broadly impact the stability of child care.

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report evaluates two approaches for subsidized employment targeted for Los Angeles County TANF recipients. The report compares the two programs to analyze which appears to be more effective. It also analyzes the effects of the two programs on employment and earnings, receiving TANF, total income, and overall well-being compared to the absence of subsidized employment, and examines the cost-benefits of these models.

This Urban Institute report evaluates the expansion of New York City’s Jobs-Plus program. Jobs-Plus replicates an earlier federal program model intended to increase public housing residents’ employment and earnings by combining community supports, employment services, and financial incentives to promote work. The report includes interviews with program staff and participants and data analysis on public housing residency and quarterly earnings before and after participating in the Jobs-Plus program.