Research and Evaluation in 2016

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This blog post from the Administration for Children and Families’ Family Room Blog highlights the work of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in 2016. Some notable examples of successful research and evaluation projects include: a video on using behavioral science insights to increase child support collections in Cuyahoga County, Ohio; a report that examines similarities and differences among executive functioning skills for children aged three through six; and a report on the early impacts of two approaches to subsidized employment for TANF participants in Los Angeles.
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ACF Blog Spotlight
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2016-12-28T19:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2016/12/acf-research-and-evaluation-in-2016
Publication Date
2016-12-29

TANF Caseload and Application Data for the Fourth Quarter of FY 2016

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The Office of Family Assistance published the TANF caseload and application data for the fourth quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2016, which completes the data for FY 2016. The data include assistance through state TANF and separate state program maintenance-of-effort (SSP-MOE) programs. In FY 2016, an average of 1.52 million families received TANF and SSP-MOE cash assistance each month, representing approximately 3.9 million recipients. In comparison to FY 2015, 7.0 percent fewer families received cash assistance.
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2017-01-11T19:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/tanf-caseload-data-2016
Publication Date
2017-01-12
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January 2017
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OFA Peer TA
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Alabama Department of Human Resources
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Alabama
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Home-Grown Social Capital: How Higher Education for Formerly Incarcerated Women Facilitates Family and Community Transformation

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This study from the Aspen Institute explores how justice-involved women experience family relationships. The researchers conducted interviews and focus groups with women enrolled in College and Community Fellowship, a program that helps justice-involved women successfully complete their college education. These interviews showed the pivotal role that social capital, in the form of family support, plays in enabling these women to complete college. Furthermore, as justice-involved women complete education, they become important sources of social capital within their communities. The authors pose several recommendations to help cultivate social capital among women with convictions.
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2015-08-31T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://ascend.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2015093020Social20…
Publication Date
2015-09-01

Personal Solutions: Personal Action, Collective Impact

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This chapter of The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From the Brink, describes the efforts undertaken by the Aspen Institute to help low-income women attain self-sufficiency. Ascend, a program of the Aspen Institute, commissioned a series of conversations with women and girls across the country to find out what information and resources they felt they were missing. Based on these conversations, Ascend came up with three ideas to put women on the path to self-sufficiency: two-generation strategies, the economic potential of social capital, and 21st-century Life Education. The report includes several examples of social capital initiatives across the country from Family Independence Initiative, the Crittenton Women’s Union, and the University of South Florida.

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2013-12-31T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://shriverreport.org/personal-solutions-centering-personal-decisions-and-co…
Publication Date
2014-01-01

Leveraging Community Colleges in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: A Blueprint for State Policymakers

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This brief from the Education Commission of the States examines how to increase coordination between community colleges and local workforce boards under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). It specifically discusses how states can utilize federal investments to improve these partnerships.
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2016-12-12T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
URL
http://www.ecs.org/leveraging-community-colleges-in-the-workforce-innovation-an…
Publication Date
2016-12-13

TANF Work Participation Rates for FY 2015

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The Office of Family Assistance released the TANF work participation rates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. Nationally, the overall work participation rate was 48.4 percent, while the two-parent rate was 60.6 percent.
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2016-12-14T19:00:00
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Region
City/County
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/tanf-acf-im-2016-06
Publication Date
2016-12-15

Testing Two Subsidized Employment Approaches for Recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Implementation and Early Impacts of the Los Angeles County Transitional Subsidized Employment

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This report from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation presents early findings from a random assignment evaluation of subsidized employment for TANF participants in Los Angeles County. The report analyzes the impact of two approaches to subsidized employment: paid work experience and on-the-job training.
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2016-11-15T19:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/testing-two-subsidized-employment-approac…
Publication Date
2016-11-16

Evaluation of Coaching for TANF and Other Low-Income Populations

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A new study, launched by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation and conducted by Mathematica Policy Research and Abt Associates, will document the design and implementation of coaching interventions and examine their effectiveness of helping low-income individuals work toward economic stability.
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2016-11-30T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
URL
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/evaluation-of-coaching-focused-in…
Publication Date
2016-12-01

Making Effective Use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to End Family Homelessness

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This brief from the National Alliance to End Homelessness explores the innovative ways that communities are using TANF to combat family homelessness. These include short-term rental assistance, employment services, and promoting stability for people with disabilities and other severe barriers.
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2013-01-31T19:00:00
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Region
City/County
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http://www.endhomelessness.org/page/-/files/Making_Effective_Use_of_TANF.pdf
Publication Date
2013-02-01