This article is from the Hamilton Project and provides information on how low-wage workers can advance in the labor market. Wage inequality is constantly growing in the U.S. and low-wage workers need additional supports to help close the gap in…

The increasing recognition of the importance of marriage for the social and economic well-being of children has led to demonstrations aimed at strengthening and stimulating healthy marriages. The next step is to ensure that factors closely linked…

At the request of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Peer TA sponsored this event to assist participants in improving job retention among TANF participants who have relocated to new areas. The Roundtable’s intent was to address systems…

From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this fact sheet shows the latest data on low-income parents and their employment status. Despite declining average household income, 56 percent of low-income children had at least one parent…

The National Governors Association sponsored a meeting in November 2007 on promising practices and evidence-based approaches to help families attain employment, advance to better jobs, and sustain self-sufficiency. This webpage provides an…

Many low-income working families face challenges in finding affordable, high-quality child care. Specifically, 250,000 children in the State of Colorado reside in low-income families with one parent who works full-time. This article, from the…

This paper is from the Economic Policy Institute and provides an overview of why work supports are needed to sustain working families in the United States. Work support benefits can help low-wage workers close the gap between earnings and…

This paper is through the Institute for Research on Poverty and reviews research on collateral costs and benefits of incarceration on earnings and employment. While the increase in incarceration over the past decades has generated social benefits…

President Bush's High Growth Job Training Initiative (HGJTI) is a national effort to encourage the development of market-driven strategies to address workforce challenges. This report, from the Urban Institute, provides an implementation study…

This report is from the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project, which is funded by the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation within the U.S. Department of Health and Human…