Coaching for Success Series: Introduction to Learn, Innovate, Improve (LI2) and Implications for Coaching Interventions
Record Description
This webinar provides an overview of the Learn, Innovate, Improve (LI2) road test process, with examples of how it has helped large and small, urban and rural TANF programs to make targeted improvements and manage change. The presentation was held on March 26, 2018, as part of the IIEESS Coaching for Success series.
ACF Family Room Blog: Delivering on the Promise of Data Exchange and Interoperability
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This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discusses interoperability, data integration, and data-informed decision-making, which are essential elements in the delivery of effective human service programs. ACF has committed to an Interoperability Action Plan with the goal of expanding data sharing initiatives within ACF and beyond. The action plan supports and strengthens the ReImagine HHS focus on aligning programs and “Putting People in the Center of HHS Programs.” The plan takes a fresh approach on serving individuals and families to examine existing and service delivery models.
Learn, Innovate, Improve (LI2): Lessons from Adams County’s Efforts to Increase Engagement in the Colorado Works Program
Record Description
In this Issue Brief, findings from an intervention of an outreach strategy were applied to Colorado’s version of TANF, Colorado Works, that aimed to increase participant engagement rates. Parents were not following through on upfront activities like orientations and initial meetings; this was harmful not only because it meant families were not fully utilizing planning resources offered to them, but also because they might lose TANF assistance if they failed to perform these actions. After using behavioral science to understand reasons for low engagement and to create a proactive outreach strategy in Adams County, Colorado, the community saw a 13 percentage point increase in orientation session attendance and a 9 percentage point increase in one-on-one meetings with case managers. The report details the personalized approach and road map used to achieve these outcomes and provides additional data to measure the intervention’s success.
This seminar at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will present the findings of Marci Ybarra, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Her findings relate to data collection and challenges of reporting outcomes by social service agencies. Dr. Ybarra was named an Emerging Scholar in 2015 by the Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse (SSRC). The seminar will take place on November 15, 2018 from 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty
Location
Institute for Research on Poverty
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1180 Observatory Drive
3412 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) describes how the President’s proposed FY2019 budget request for ACF aims to strengthen the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. High priorities of the Trump Administration are encouraging work, changing the culture of dependence on government assistance, and reducing poverty. The President’s budget hopes to focus on work and support integrated approaches to helping families reach self-sufficiency.
DC’s Redesigned TANF Program: A Tiered Model of Service Options
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' Building Better Programs initiative collected this set of resources on the process of implementing a redesigned TANF program structure based on the experience of the District of Columbia. In 2011, DC redesigned its TANF program to better address the needs of its participants through a customer-centered design model. The new system follows a three-tiered structure in which individuals seeking employment are assessed and directed to one of the three tiers of need based on their job readiness and access to employment opportunities.
This post from a TANF program specialist at the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) describes OFA’s efforts in improving TANF programs across the country. To share ideas about improving case management, integrating two-generation approaches, engaging workforce partners, and enhancing training, OFA has launched a national policy academy. The first groups to enter the academy are Connecticut, Colorado, Maryland, North Carolina, Ramsey County (Minnesota), Utah, Washington, and West Virginia.
A representative from the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services is interested in learning how other States have re-designed their TANF programs to streamline the variety of social support and job placement services available for TANF participants?
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Date
February 2014
Source
OFA Peer TA
Agency/Organization
State of Montana/DPHHS
State
Montana
Topics/Subtopics
TANF Program Administration
TANF Redesign
TANF Regulatory Codes
Question / Response(s)
Question from San Francisco Human Services Agency
Question Text
A representative from the San Francisco Human Services Agency would like to know if there are new research models for eligibility programs that address new technological developments, staffing issues and business processes?
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Date
September 2010
Source
OFA Peer TA
Agency/Organization
San Francisco Human Services Agency
State
California
Topics/Subtopics
TANF Program Administration
TANF Redesign
TANF Regulatory Codes
State TANF Redesign/Human Services Modernization Efforts
Record Description
On November 21, 2013, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Region X held a webinar, "State TANF Redesign/Human Services Modernization Efforts" that was open to all State TANF Directors and staff, local TANF agencies, and contractors. The webinar featured the following speakers: Babette Roberts, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Lorie Young and Catherine Scardino, State of Hawaii Department of Human Services; and Deborah Carroll, District of Columbia Department of Human Services. For nearly 20 years, Federal and State governments have been working together in earnest to simplify, streamline and enhance publicly financed, human services programs. Most States have embraced increasing access and simplifying policies, have streamlined processes, made procedures more client-friendly, reduced paperwork, and sought to increase outreach to potentially eligible individuals. As a result, millions of at-risk individuals who might not have obtained vital human services supports now do. This moderated webinar provided an overview of State TANF redesign efforts, including the process, lessons learned, and progress made thus far in Washington, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia.