ACF Blog Spotlight

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The ACF blog - The Family Room - talks about new initiatives at the agency, success stories and policy announcements. The blog also provides links that help direct viewers to other parts of ACF's website.
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2015-02-03T19:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog

Webinar: Building TANF and WIOA Partnerships to Improve TANF Recipient Employment Outcomes: Lessons Learned from TANF/WIA Coordination

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On Thursday, January 15, 2015, the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) hosted this webinar focusing on building partnerships between TANF and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) systems to improve outcomes for TANF recipients. The new WIOA law establishes TANF as a required one-stop partner and provides the option for states to submit a combined workforce development plan that includes TANF. In this webinar, a panel of experts and officials from states and local areas shared their experiences with TANF/WIA collaboration. 

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2015-01-14T21:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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Video: Building TANF and WIOA Partnerships to Improve TANF Recipient Employment Outcomes 140.38 MB
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TANF Workers’ Responses to Battered Women and the Impact of Brief Worker Training: What Survivors Report

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This article summarizes a Michigan study that surveyed battered women’s experiences with their TANF caseworkers around intimate partner violence (IPV) discussion and safety planning. Battered women were asked a series of questions surveying the experience level of the worker. Results from the report concluded that trained workers were more likely than untrained workers to discuss the women’s fear and physical harm and to help them develop a safety plan. In addition, trained workers were generally perceived as more helpful.
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2005-01-31T19:00:00
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16043548
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2005-02-01
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HPOG and TANF Partnerships: Lessons Learned in Engaging TANF Participants

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This paper provides peer technical assistance to HPOG programs on incorporating promising strategies to build relationships with TANF agencies and guide TANF participants through career pathways. In addition, the paper provides tips about collaborating with state and regional TANF offices, improving TANF participant services, and much more. This paper can also be used by organizations that work with TANF populations.
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2013-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2015/02/health-profession-opportunity-grants-and-ta…
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2014-01-01

Understanding the dynamics of disconnection from employment and assistance

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This presentation describes findings from Understanding the Dynamics of Disconnection From Employment and Assistance, a research project funded by the Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (HHS/ACF/OPRE) to better understand how single mothers who are disconnected from both TANF and work get by and what their reasons for disconnection are.  Data was collected through in-depth interviews with 51 mothers; samples were drawn from existing longitudinal studies in Los Angeles, California and Southeast Michigan.

This presentation was given at the 2014 National Association of Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) Annual Workshop.

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2014-08-18T20:00:00
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http://nawrs.org/2014-nawrs-workshop-presentations/?utm_source=Presentations%20…
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2014-08-19

Building Better Programs

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Created by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the Building Better Programs initiative is a useful resource for TANF programs and other human services stakeholders looking to improve program strategies and offerings to better meet the needs of clients with reduced executive functioning. Available resources include webinars, research, practice summaries and links to additional information that offer techniques for identifying executive functioning challenges, assessing client needs and developing responsive programs.
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2013-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.buildingbetterprograms.org/category/executive-function/
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2014-01-01

Using Brain Science to Design New Pathways Out of Poverty

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This paper, from the Crittenton Women’s Union (CWU), discusses how executive functioning skills are important to move out of poverty. Executive functioning includes skills like impulse control, working memory, and mental flexibility. Persistent poverty can influence brain development and executive functioning and provide challenges for individuals as adults. The paper reviews how improving executive functioning can help promote positive outcomes and discusses how policy and programs can be developed to improve executive functioning.

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2013-12-31T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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http://www.liveworkthrive.org/site/assets/Using%20Brain%20Science%20to%20Create…
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2014-01-01

Benefit policies and the cliff effect in Ohio

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This presentation describes a study using system dynamics modeling to determine if there is a cliff effect -- the income gap low-wage workers experience when their income exceeds eligibility limits for benefits and the loss of work supports totals more than earned income -- in Franklin County, Ohio and across the state of Ohio.

This presentation was given at the 2014 National Association of Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) Annual Workshop.

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2014-08-17T20:00:00
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http://nawrs.org/2014-nawrs-workshop-presentations/?utm_source=Presentations%20…
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2014-08-18

Connecticut Peer TA Request: Summary of Structured Calls on TANF Service Delivery Restructuring

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The Peer Technical Assistance (TA) Network responded to a technical assistance request from the Connecticut Department of Social Services in June and July 2014. Connecticut's technical assistance request focused on understanding how other states have restructured or redesigned their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) service delivery, intake process flows, participant engagement, and service coordination. Eight states were identified as having recently restructured various components of their TANF programs and were engaged in semi-structured conversations by Peer TA Network staff around their processes, procedures, lessons learned, and other information, including assessment, engagement of participants, case management, and service coordination. The eight states interviewed include: California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin.
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2014-11-30T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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2014-12-01
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Data Collection Introduction to the TANF 196R for State Data Personnel Webinar

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On December 11, 2014, the Office of Family Assistance hosted the Online Data Collection Introduction to the TANF 196-R for State Data Personnel webinar. The webinar provided information about the changes with the ACF 196 form. The ACF-196R form was developed to improve financial management and track expenditures and related costs for the TANF program. The webinar provided an overview of the form and online data collection system. Speakers included: Patrick Wells, Director, Division of Mandatory Grants; Peter Germanis, National Expert, Office of Family Assistance; and Anna-Lisa Walters, Senior Training Expert, Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc.
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2014-12-11T09:00:00
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2014-12-11
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