This Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation research-to-practice brief identifies examples of self-regulation skills, based on personality factors, emotional skills and cognitive skills, how coaches collaborate with low-income persons to set and pursue goals, and how employment outcomes are set as a result of the employment coaching interventions.

(See also Resources on "executive function" or "executive functioning" in the Resource Library)

This blogpost, authored by the Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, highlights the agency’s work in promoting and supporting healthy marriages through 45 grantee organizations. The blogpost also identifies how another 40 grantees provide educational activities to address responsible fatherhood and introduces the agency’s new Responsible Fatherhood public service videos and a recent report, Fatherhood: Ongoing Research and Program Evaluation Efforts in the Administration for Children and Families. The National Fatherhood Clearinghouse is also identified as a resource for educational tools and information.

The U.S. Department of Labor will host a webinar on August 19, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to re-introduce the agency’s Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research (CLEAR). This Clearinghouse identifies information relevant to the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) programs. Presentations will cover CLEAR website functionalities and how CLEAR can be used to identify evidence-based practices on job search assistance and reemployment programs that support RESEA program activities.

This Office of Child Support Enforcement Information Memorandum notes that state and tribal child support agencies are eligible for a funding and regulatory waiver, in order to create employment services for noncustodial parents struggling to make child support payments if these parents are unemployed or underemployed. This waiver is allowed under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act which provides limited demonstration authority to use federal funds for employment services.

The Information Memorandum also notes that state and tribal child support agencies that seek waivers must also utilize new funds - rather than existing resources - to cover their share of the cost of the pilot activities. With this Information Memorandum in place, the Office of Child Support Enforcement will provide technical assistance on how to apply for waivers and will be creating a toolkit of resources for assessment, design, and development of employment service programs for noncustodial parents.