Our American Story

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“Our American Story” is an interactive virtual community of low-income families, service providers, and community leaders seeking to increase economic opportunity for all by sharing their personal stories. Contributors share personal stories of how they or other people have been assisted by child care, affordable housing, low-income tax credits, and many other important services.
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2014-12-31T19:00:00
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City/County
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https://d3b0lhre2rgreb.cloudfront.net/ms-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/02/201400…
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2015-01-01

Observations of Leaders Driving Changes in State Government: Leadership Tools and Lessons from Two Work Support Strategies States

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This report from the Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative describes leadership among state health and human services officials implementing large-scale systems reform. The WSS initiative is a multi-state demonstration that offers six states the support needed to integrate and streamline delivery of work support benefits, like SNAP, Medicaid, and child care. The report offers lessons based on surveys of staff and leaders in WSS states, including communicating a clear vision for serving clients, promoting shared accountability for achieving goals, and making progress on those goals.
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2014-12-31T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/2000074-Observations-of-Leaders-Driving-Change…
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2015-01-01

ACF Confidentiality Toolkit

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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) developed this ACF Confidentiality Toolkit to help jurisdictions successfully navigate the delicate balance between privacy and security with the delivery of efficient and effective services. The ACF Confidentiality Toolkit analyzes, explains, and aids states and local jurisdictions in the navigation of a number of federal laws that impact the implementation of human services. Embedded throughout are sample documents from across the country from which jurisdictions using the Toolkit can borrow freely.
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2021-11-03T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/confidentiality-toolkit
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2021-11-04

Planning for Future Evaluations of Independent Living Programs for Youth in Foster Care

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This blog entry highlights new issue briefs that examine three types of programs relating to youth in or transitioning out of foster care. The program topics are education, financial literacy and asset-building, and employment. Each brief contains recommendations for policymakers and program staff to consider when conducting future evaluations of independent living programs. The briefs demonstrate the unique needs and circumstances of youth in foster care.
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ACF Blog Spotlight
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2015-03-01T19:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2015/03/planning-for-future-evaluations-of-indepen…
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2015-03-02

Career Pathways—Approaches for the Delivery of Education, Training, Employment, and Human Services: Summary of Responses to a Request for Information

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Authored by the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor, this report summarizes the responses received from a joint Request for Information in April 2014, which solicited information on career pathways. Respondents included information on barriers as well as facilitators to career pathways program development and promising practices.
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2015-01-31T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/CP_RFI.pdf
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2015-02-01

How Grantees of Ex-Prisoner Reentry Project Work with Fathers to Strengthen Families

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This blog entry highlights a recent report that examines the early implementation activities of six Reentry grantees. The report includes descriptions of the many different services offered by these programs, feedback from program participants, and the various aspects of initial program implementation.
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ACF Blog Spotlight
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2015-02-24T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2015/02/how-grantees-of-ex-prisoner-reentry-project…
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2015-02-25

HUD Awards $150 Million to Provide Permanent Homes and Services to Extremely Low-Income Persons with Disabilities, March 2015

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On Monday, March 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced its second round of 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) awards of $150,369,989 in rental assistance to 25 state housing agencies. In turn, the state agencies will provide permanent affordable rental housing and needed supportive services to approximately 4,584 households who are extremely low-income persons with disabilities, many of whom are at high risk of homelessness or transitioning out of institutional settings. A list of the 25 state agencies that were awarded funding is included in HUD’s press release.
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2015-03-01T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/…
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2015-03-02

Coparenting and Nonresident Fathers' Monetary Contributions to Their Children

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Family living arrangements have shifted over time, and fewer children now reside with their fathers. This has led to an increasing focus on non-resident fathers’ support of and involvement with their children. This study uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to explore the connection between fathers’ financial support payments and their involvement in coparenting. Findings suggest that there is a reciprocal relationship between coparenting and the amount of fathers’ payments, with coparenting having a greater effect on payments than the effect that making payments has on coparenting.

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2014-12-31T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12191
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2015-01-01

Childhood Food Insecurity in the U.S.: Trends, Causes and Policy Options

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The Future of Children at Princeton University and the Brookings Institution released a research report that highlights the causes of food insecurity among children and examines the effectiveness of public policies aimed at addressing this issue.
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2014-08-31T20:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/publications/docs/ResearchReport-Fall…
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2014-09-01

Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2013

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This fact sheet presents demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics of children and parents in the United States. It highlights the different indicators that could cause disparities between low-income children and their middle- and upper-income counterparts. This resource also links to similar fact sheets that break down this data within different age groups.
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2014-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_1100.html
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2015-01-01