The THRIVE Initiative eLearning platform offers courses at zero cost, designed to strengthen organizational capacity and improve service delivery across human services programs. Topics include leadership, collaboration, and system improvement strategies that support whole-family approaches. TANF programs can use these self-paced courses to build staff capacity, enhance program effectiveness, and support continuous quality improvement efforts.

This program profile from the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network highlights how Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest supports kinship caregivers through navigation services, resource connections, and community-based supports. The model demonstrates how coordinated services can help stabilize kinship placements and improve outcomes for children and caregivers. TANF programs can draw lessons from this approach to strengthen partnerships and better support relatives caring for children outside the traditional foster care system.

The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse offers a comprehensive compendium of fatherhood curricula designed to support responsible parenting, healthy relationships, and economic stability. These evidence-informed and promising program models can help TANF agencies and partners strengthen father engagement strategies, offer parenting and relationship education, and better support noncustodial parents in contributing to family well-being.

This Child Trends publication explores how existing data can be used to track progress toward ensuring every child has a safe, stable home. It highlights key indicators related to housing stability, child welfare involvement, and family well-being, offering insights into how systems can better measure and improve outcomes. For TANF programs, this resource underscores the importance of data-informed decision-making and cross-system collaboration to identify needs, target supports, and strengthen prevention efforts that keep families safely housed and together.

Generations United will host a webinar on March 26, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET to highlight lessons from communities that have developed shared intergenerational sites where programs serving children and older adults operate together. The session will explore how these models strengthen community connections, support caregivers, and create meaningful engagement opportunities across generations.

A new brief from Child Trends examines how partnerships between public agencies and private organizations can help identify and support kinship placements for children in foster care. The report highlights strategies that strengthen collaboration and expand support for relatives caring for children. TANF programs may find these insights useful when working with community partners to support kin caregivers, improve service coordination, and promote family stability.

Kinship caregivers often face challenges navigating benefits, services, and legal supports. This Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network profile highlights how the Educational and Treatment Council Family Resource Center in southwest Louisiana operates a Kinship Navigator program to connect caregivers with critical resources and supports. TANF programs can draw lessons from this model to strengthen referrals, improve service coordination, and ensure kinship families are aware of the economic and community supports available to them.

Rural communities are developing creative approaches to bring older adults and youth together through shared spaces and intergenerational programming. This Generations United resource highlights examples of programs that foster mentorship, caregiving support, and community connection across generations. TANF agencies working in rural areas may find these models useful for strengthening local partnerships, supporting caregivers, and creating opportunities for families to build supportive community networks.

This Annie E. Casey Foundation resource highlights the positive outcomes associated with extended foster care for young people transitioning to adulthood. The evidence shows that allowing youth to remain in care past age 18 can improve educational attainment, employment outcomes, and housing stability. For TANF programs serving youth transitioning from foster care, this resource offers insights into how extended supports and cross-system coordination can help promote long-term economic mobility and stability.

Separation between parents can create significant challenges for children, fathers, and families, especially when factors such as incarceration, employment demands, or child welfare involvement disrupt family relationships. The Institute for Research on Poverty will host a webinar on March 11, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET to explore research and practical strategies for helping fathers maintain or rebuild connections with their children during and after periods of separation. For TANF programs, the discussion may highlight opportunities to strengthen father engagement, support healthy co-parenting relationships, and connect noncustodial parents with services that promote family stability and child well-being.