The Effects of a 2Gen Human Capital Program on Children’s Outcomes in Head Start

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This issue brief from the Aspen Institute’s ASCEND initiative illustrates the CareerAdvance® program, created and administered by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County (Oklahoma). The program, designed to create employment opportunities in the healthcare sector, has benefitted parents with improved education and job opportunities. The brief reviews the effects of CareerAdvance® on the program participants’ children as the parents increase their economic and psychological well-being.

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2019-01-31T19:00:00
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City/County
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https://ascend.aspeninstitute.org/resources/the-effects-of-a-2gen-human-capital…
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2019-02-01
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OFA Webinar: ASPIRE: Serving Two-Parent Families in the TANF System

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This Office of Family Assistance-sponsored webinar on February 26, 2019 discussed the complexities of engaging two-parent families in TANF, and featured strategies to improve employment outcomes through relationship education. Representatives from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Insight Policy Research, Public Strategies and the Urban Institute participated.
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2019-02-26T09:00:00
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City/County
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Webinar YouTube video link coming soon.
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2019-02-26
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PeerTA Resources (OFA Initiatives)
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ASPIRE Two Parent Families PPT 1009.98 KB

Behavioral Insights for Child Care: Lessons from the BIAS Project

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This brief from OPRE reports their findings on the BIAS project, an experiment that conducted randomized controlled trials of behavioral interventions at two child care agencies in Indiana and Oklahoma. Each child care site saw a statistically significant improvement on at least one primary outcome of interest, with the measured improvements ranging from 2.1% to 10%.
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2018-01-03T19:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/behavioral-insights-for-child-care-lesson…
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2018-01-04
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PeerTA Webinar: Possibilities for Coordination Between TANF, Child Care, and Workforce Development

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On July 26, 2017 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET, PeerTA hosted a webinar: Possibilities for Coordination Between TANF, Child Care, and Workforce Development. Child care subsidies are critical for families receiving TANF cash assistance, as well as those transitioning off assistance, to be able to participate in employment activities, to maximize educational activities, and achieve better employment outcomes. Studies show that parents receiving child care are likely to have more stable employment, which enables them to support their families and gain increased financial security. This webinar explored how states have coordinated TANF and child care services to enhance workforce development outcomes. The webinar also examined the research associated with TANF and child care to highlight best practices. Presenters included Heather Hahn, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute; Erin Oalican, Reach Up/TANF Program Director, Vermont Department for Children and Families; and Kathy Bell, Program Field Representative, Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

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2017-07-26T11:00:00
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Possibilities for Coordination TANF, Child Care, Workforce Development Webinar Q and A 227.69 KB
Urban Institute TANF Families Child Care Needs PPT 236.06 KB
Vermont Child Care Reach Up PPT 408.13 KB
Oklahoma TANF and Child Care PPT 265.79 KB
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Question from Oklahoma Department of Human Services

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August 2018
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OFA Peer TA
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Oklahoma Department of Human Services
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Oklahoma
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Employment
Employment Retention
TANF Regulatory Codes

A Two-Generation Human Capital Approach to Anti-Poverty Policy

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This journal article from The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences outlines a plan for utilizing Head Start and career pathways services offered through a community college to create a two- generational human capital approach to serving low-income families. The article outlines policy and funding that would encourage this type of collaboration across anti-poverty programs. It highlights recent research that has shown that this model can work and produce positive outcomes as evidenced by a program in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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2018-01-31T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/4/3/118
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2018-02-01
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Can Sector Strategies Promote Longer-Term Effects? Three-Year Impacts from the WorkAdvance Demonstration

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In high-demand sectors, employers often have difficulty finding applicants with the right skills, and job seekers need training to qualify for those positions. WorkAdvance is a workforce development model that treats both employers and jobseekers as customers in these high demand sectors. This MDRC brief draws on an evaluation of four WorkAdvance programs to analyze whether they impact the long-term upward economic mobility of participants. The programs were Per Scholas and St. Nicks Alliance in New York, Madison Strategies Group in Oklahoma, and Towards Employment in Ohio. The researchers analyzed economic impacts through three years of follow-up, and they found that some sector programs had positive effects that lasted beyond two years. In some cases the economic impacts strengthened after two years, especially for long-term unemployed participants who were reentering the labor market.
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2017-09-14T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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https://www.mdrc.org/publication/can-sector-strategies-promote-longer-term-effe…
Publication Date
2017-09-15

Testing Universal Child Development Accounts: Financial Impacts in a Large Social Experiment

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This article from the Center for Social Development is an update and extension of a 2013 journal article regarding the financial impacts of Child Development Accounts (CDAs). The data is based on the SEED for Oklahoma Kids randomized experiment 7 years after the intervention began.
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2015-12-31T19:00:00
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City/County
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https://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/WP16-08.pdf
Publication Date
2016-01-01

2016 OFA Regions VI and VIII TANF Technical Assistance Meeting

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Regions VI and VIII hosted the Bi-Regional TANF Technical Assistance Meeting on June 28-30, 2016 at the Region VI Program Office in Dallas, Texas. The meeting brought together TANF program directors and other stakeholders to discuss innovative strategies and collaborations to learn strategies, engage in strategic dialogue, and build linkages with peers to improve program outcomes and promote economic and social independence for individuals, children, and families. During the meeting, attendees engaged in listening sessions and discussions, shared best practices, and participated in workshops and action planning in order to more successfully serve the program participants in their communities.
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2016-07-31T20:00:00
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2016-08-01
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Regions VI VIII Agenda.pdf 509.06 KB
Regions VI VIII Participant List.pdf 463.81 KB
Regions VI VIII Speaker Bios.pdf 498.53 KB
Regions VI VIII Extra Speaker Bios.pdf 424.75 KB
Child Care_Gruber.pdf 214.23 KB
Child Care_Riley.pdf 98.57 KB
Child Care_Schumacher Golonka.pdf 97.03 KB
Ending Family Homelessness - Julie Starns.pdf 228.87 KB
Ending Family Homelessness - Rebecca Cox.pdf 123.6 KB
Child Care Information Memorandum.pdf 268.27 KB
Child Care_Jones.pdf 258.1 KB
Child Care_Prochazka Wutt.pdf 732.52 KB
CLASP Report_Young Adults and TANF.PDF 474.05 KB
JP Morgan Chase Report_Summer Youth Employment.pdf 808.98 KB
OPRE Report_Promising Occupations.pdf 831.2 KB
Rural Impact_Barczak.pdf 900.63 KB
Rural Impact_McDaniel Reynolds.pdf 608.82 KB
Rural Impact_Taatiti.pdf 26.7 MB
TANF and Child Care Discussion Questions.pdf 293.58 KB
TraumaInformed_Ashley.pdf 2.31 MB
TraumaInformed_Jones.pdf 1.5 MB
Two Generation Approaches - Monica Barcak.pdf 696.22 KB
Two Generation Approaches - Reggie Bicha.pdf 1.19 MB
Youth Employment_Bird.pdf 1.73 MB
Youth Employment_Schanilec.pdf 622 KB
Regions VI VIII Summary Report.pdf 1.12 MB

OFA Regions IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII Tribal Technical Assistance Meeting

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Regions IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII hosted the Tribal Technical Assistance Meeting on May 3‐5, 2016 at the Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Mall of America Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The meeting brought together Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Native Employment Works (NEW) stakeholders to discuss innovative strategies and collaborations to promote economic and social well‐being for individuals, families, and tribal communities. During the meeting, tribal representatives engaged in talking circles and listening sessions, shared best practices, and participated in workshops and action planning in order to more successfully serve the program participants in their communities.
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2016-06-08T20:00:00
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City/County
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2016-06-09
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Agenda 706.05 KB
Participant List 521.82 KB
TANF Drug Testing FY2014 - Elaine TopSky 228.35 KB
TANF Drug Testing FY2016 - Elaine TopSky 196.85 KB
Intake Process for Clients - Elaine TopSky 94.08 KB
OFA Regions IV-VIII Tribal TA Meeting Action Planning Template 352.18 KB
2Gen in Tribal Communities - Holly Snowball Morales 1.44 MB
Employment Strategies for Youth and the Hard-to-Employ - Charles Modiano 825.51 KB
Human Trafficking in Indian Country - Sadie YoungBird-Barusto_Linda Thompson 3.47 MB
Opportunity Link: Havre, Montana - Barbara Stiffarm 1.88 MB
Building Individual and Community Prosperity in Northcentral Montana - Barbara Stiffarm 1.05 MB
Case Management Strategies for Participation and Engagement in Career Pathways Programs, Pt. 1 - Jodie Sue Kelly 4.12 MB
Case Management Strategies for Participation and Engagement in Career Pathways Programs, Pt. 2 - Jodie Sue Kelly 3.79 MB
Garden of Truth_The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota - Nicole Matthews 817.74 KB
Speaker Biographies 519.53 KB
Tribal Talking Session_Start-Up and Planning 235.88 KB
WECARE_White Earth Coordination Assessment Resources and Education - Kim Turner 3.64 MB
Workin with Tradition_Barbara Stiffarm 1.82 MB
Summary Report 1.44 MB