Dataset
The Office of Family Assistance published data tables which cover TANF and maintenance-of-effort separate caseloads and combined (TANF and SSP-MOE) by state and at the national level from October 2018 through September 2019. The tables are cross-tabbed to include total recipients, total families, total children, one-parent families, two-parent families, no parent families, adults, and monthly caseload data.
May, 2020
Stakeholder Resource
The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration has compiled a set of resources to guide stakeholders in understanding the components of apprenticeship and creating and running a successful apprenticeship program.
May, 2020
Webinar / Webcast
The National Association of Counties will host a webinar on May 21, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on county workers and county budgets and local economies and how counties are developing policies, programs, and services to save residents’ lives and prepare for recovery in the future.
May, 2020
Webinar / Webcast
This CLASP webinar on May 20, 2020 focused on learning from lived experiences of young parents of color and their perspective on mental health. The two presentations by Dr. Nia West-Bey and Clelie Choute were comprised of qualitative reports based on conversations with young parents about the role of intergenerational trauma in shaping families’ relationships to mental health. They identified unique forms of trauma and chronic stress to which young parents are susceptible, such as infant mortality, environmental stress, deferring dreams, and stress linked to policy and program barriers.
May, 2020
Report
This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report assesses services offered by the National Domestic Violence Hotline and loveisrespect (a help line targeting young people). The report identifies immediate outcomes for individuals who contacted these organizations and then two weeks after the initial contact. The report’s findings can be used to support efforts for monitoring and improving services for those affected by domestic violence and intimate partner violence.
May, 2020
Podcast
In this Aspen Ideas to Go podcast, a panel of child and adolescent experts define anxiety and stress and offer coping strategies to parents to help support them in their interactions with their children at various stages of their development. In the wake of COVID-19, children and teenagers have experienced disruptions in their normal activities and routines, including attending school and play time with friends and family. Many adolescents and teens are experiencing emotional distress, worry, anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
May, 2020
Research-To-Practice Brief
This resource is for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program administrators who are interested in adopting coaching practices within their programs. It includes matrices that compare five employment coaching models that are in use today with TANF-eligible populations: Family Centered Coaching, Goal4 It!TM, the Human Services Coaching Framework, MyGoals for Employment Success, and Mobility Mentoring®. This resource also includes short snapshots that describe the key characteristics of each coaching model and contact information for their developers.
May, 2020
Stakeholder Resource
The National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics is hosting a series of virtual workshops that address research on topics of interest to human service professionals throughout the summer. Future workshops will cover Machine Learning in Human Services Contexts, Cross-System Collaboration to Serve Justice-Involved Clients, and the Family First Prevention Services Act. Recordings of previously held workshops on TANF Responses to COVID-19 and Domestic Violence during COVID-19 are available.
May, 2020
Stakeholder Resource
The Aspen Institute’s Ascend initiative has launched a webinar series to cover 2Gen approaches that support the health, economic opportunity, and education of low-income families as they recover and move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic. Upcoming webinar topics are Child Support: Implications and Useful Lessons around Child Support, Parent Voice During COVID-19: Maintaining Feedback Loops, Stopping Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorders Where They Start: Prevention and Treatment in Adolescence, and State Leadership During COVID-19 and Beyond.
May, 2020
Research-To-Practice Brief
This Child Trends two-brief series highlights information on access to care for homeless children and families. The first brief, Facilitating Access to Early Care and Education for Children Experiencing Homelessness, covers barriers to accessing early care and education among families experiencing homelessness and how states and communities can increase early care and education enrollment of children experiencing homelessness.
May, 2020
