This Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development video highlights an Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians elder explaining historical trauma and why child welfare workers must address historical trauma to be successful in their work.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding its fraud prevention efforts with a pilot program designed to reduce out-of-state benefit theft in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). While the majority of SNAP benefits are used as intended to provide critical nutrition support to families in need, USDA is committed to rooting out all program fraud, including stolen benefits. This resource describes a pilot to automatically block SNAP transactions in states where participants are unlikely to be shopping but empower participants to activate their card for out-of-state use when needed. It also mentions the ongoing initiatives to strengthen protections for SNAP benefits.

In 2016, the Tribal Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (THV) became the first federal grant program to require a Continuous Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC) approach in Tribal early childhood settings. The decision to incorporate the CQIC approach stemmed in part from generally positive experiences of participants in similar initiatives for states, territories, and their local implementing agencies, and from THV grantees’ previous success conducting individual continuous quality improvement (CQI) projects. However, questions remained about the applicability of a CQIC approach in Indigenous settings as a required grant activity. The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) conducted a process study of the THV CQIC approach as it was implemented from 2019 to 2022. This OPRE brief presents the findings of the following each research question and to provide implications for future implementation of CQICs in Indigenous contexts:
1. How was the THV CQIC approach implemented?
2. What were the outcomes of the quality improvement work?
3. Was the approach appropriate for Indigenous settings?
4. Was the approach feasible in Indigenous settings?

This Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse snapshot describes the effectiveness of programs that were identified as using education as their primary service. It summarizes these programs and their impacts so Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other program administrators, policymakers, researchers, and the general public can apply the evidence to their context and the questions that matter to them.

This National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse brief discusses some of the key issues facing American Indian/ Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Indigenous families in the United States, particularly fathers. The brief highlights three programs that are working with AI/AN fathers to strengthen their roles in Native families, includes an overview of each program, and provides a discussion of key takeaways to help other programs better serve AI/AN fathers and their families.

In 2016, Congress established the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children with the mandate to study the programs, funding, and supports of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the purpose of improving the lives of Native children and youth. The Commission is named after two remarkable advocates of Native children: Alyce Spotted Bear, a highly regarded Native American educator and enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation in North Dakota; and Walter Soboleff, a well-known Tlingit scholar, elder and religious leader. Over several years, the Commission held field hearings and received testimony directly from tribal leaders, youth, elders, and scholars who shared their life experiences and challenges lifting Native communities. This Administration for Native Americans resource highlights recommendations made by the Commission, reflecting the importance of listening to Native communities across the country describe their vision of what will support communities, children, and youth into the future.