The Effects of EITC Exposure in Childhood on Marriage and Early Childbearing

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This report from the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School reviews the implications of childhood exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on marriage and childbearing. In particular, the researchers examine whether EITC has intergenerational benefits by affecting the family formation decisions of men and women exposed to EITC in childhood. The research suggests that EITC investment in youth delays for women the timing of first births.
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2019-03-31T20:00:00
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https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/uploadedFiles/cpr/publications/working_papers2/wp21…
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2019-04-01
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HHS Blog: Beyond Pregnancy Prevention: Preparing Youth for the Future

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This U.S. Department of Health and Human Services blog post highlights Bethany Christian Services (BCS), an organization dedicated to helping foster children transition into adulthood. Using evidence-based curriculum, BCS offers workforce development skills and workforce stipend experiences to youth in foster care, while also providing information on life skills, including pregnancy prevention, career path education, budgeting, resume development, and more. Participants are assigned a case manager to guide them, answer questions about the transition to adulthood, and help them build self-confidence and self-sufficiency. To learn more about BCS or other pregnancy prevention programs funded through the Family and Youth Services Bureau, visit their website.
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2018-05-16T20:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2018/05/beyond-pregnancy-prevention-preparing-yout…
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2018-05-17
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The Role of Social Networks Among Low-Income Fathers: Findings from the PACT Evaluation

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This PACT issue brief discusses a study of father social support networks from interviews with four responsible fatherhood grantees. Researchers sought to understand the size and composition of family and friendship groups, the type of support provided, and organizations where fathers receive services. Authors found that fathers had small social networks, used their networks for emotional, financial, in-kind, and housing support, and received support from religious organizations, community service agencies, and community-based organizations.
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2016-11-06T19:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/the-role-of-social-networks-among-low-inc…
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2016-11-07
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Family Stability and Instability among Low-Income Hispanic Mothers With Young Children

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This resource, from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families, reviews trends related to family structure for low-income Hispanic mothers in urban areas using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. The data show differences in family life stability, psychosocial risk, parenting stress, co-parenting relationships, and support across foreign-born and U.S.-born Hispanics. Authors conclude that strengths and risks vary based on mothers’ nativity, which should be considered when developing interventions or programs.
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2017-01-31T19:00:00
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https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Family-Stabil…
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2017-02-01
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The Millennial Success Sequence: Marriage, Kids, and the “Success Sequence” among Young Adults

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Young adults are more likely to avoid poverty if they follow a “success sequence” in this order: earning at least a high school diploma, working full-time, and getting married before having children. This report from the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Family Studies examines whether millennials are following this success sequence. The researchers found that 95% of millennials who married first before having children were not poor, but 72% of millennials who had children before marrying were poor. Millennials were also more likely to make it into the middle or higher end of the income distribution by age 28-34 if they married before having children.
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2017-06-14T20:00:00
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https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IFS-MillennialSuccessSequence-Fi…
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2017-06-15
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Research Shows Importance of “Success Sequence"

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Young adults are more likely to avoid poverty if they follow a “success sequence” in this order: earning at least a high school diploma, working full-time, and getting married before having children. This blog post from the Administration for Children and Families describes a recent report from the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Family Studies about millennials following this success sequence. The researchers found that 95% of millennials who married first before having children were not poor, but 72% of millennials who had children before marrying were poor. Millennials were also more likely to make it into the middle or higher end of the income distribution by age 28-34 if they married before having children. The blog post also describes ACF programs that can prevent out-of-wedlock pregnancy and promote healthy marriages.
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2017-06-22T20:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2017/06/research-shows-importance-of-success-seque…
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2017-06-23
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Stability-instability of low-income Hispanics?: Findings from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families

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This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) reviews three papers exploring the stability or instability of Hispanic families, including household composition, family structure changes, and income instability.

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2016-05-31T20:00:00
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http://www.recsconference.net/2016videos.htm
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2016-06-01

Assisting two-parent families through TANF

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Two-parent families’ lower TANF participation rates appear to result from differences in policies and practices. The dynamics of family relationships and personal feelings, especially of men, about seeking assistance may contribute to this difference as well. These families may also receive fewer support services than single-parent families because of either formal rationing of services or staff assumptions about their needs.

This report documents these findings by analyzing administrative data, phone interviews, and site visits, highlighting key findings about:

  1. the characteristics of two-parent families participating in or eligible for TANF;
  2. the variety of services two parent families are receiving through TANF;
  3. how state policies help or hinder families participation in TANF; and
  4. how beliefs, attitudes and perceptions of state and eligible families help or hinder families’ participating in TANF. (author abstract)
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2015-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/assisting-two-parent-families-through-tanf
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2016-01-01

Prevalence and experiences: Intimate partner violence prevalence and experiences among healthy relationship program target populations

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This paper summarizes research on the prevalence and experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among the target populations for adult healthy relationship programs. The purpose is to provide practitioners with information on their program populations to support their efforts in addressing program participants’ experiences with IPV.

This is the first in a series of papers from the Responding to Intimate Violence in Relationship Programs (RIViR) project, which aims to understand how to best identify and address IPV in the context of healthy relationship programming. (author abstract)

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2016-05-09T20:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/prevalence-experiences-intimate-partner-vi…
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2016-05-10

H-PACT: A descriptive study of Responsible Fatherhood programs serving Hispanic men

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This report describes four Responsible Fatherhood programs that focus primarily on low-income Hispanic fathers:

  1. Futuro Now from KidWorks, a partner of The East Los Angeles Community Union, in Santa Ana, California
  2. Project Fatherhood at The Children’s Institute, Inc., in Los Angeles County, California
  3. Project Padres at Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program in Imperial County, California
  4. Responsible Fatherhood Program at Southwest Key in San Antonio, Texas

This study provides information about how these federally funded programs are implemented in a culturally relevant way and insights into the participating fathers’ program experiences. (author abstract)

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2014-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/h-pact-a-descriptive-study-of-responsible-…
https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/hpac…
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2015-01-01