This report is from the Assistant Secretary for Planning, Research, and Evaluation. Religion and spirituality play a significant role in the lives of Americans, and this report is focused on how religiosity and spirituality affect outcomes for…

The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act emphasized the importance of finding and maintaining employment among welfare recipients. Important to maintaining employment is reliable and affordable child care. In this working paper,…

The National Alliance to End Homelessness authored this report, which is first in a series of briefs that examine the geographic distribution of homelessness in the United States. While homelessness is perceived to be an issue for urban areas…

This is the 13th annual report from the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, and provides a comprehensive view of the status of the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. This…

This report, published through the Urban Institute, offers information on the relationship between neighborhood communities and schools with a focus on policy interventions. Authors summarize information on effectiveness as well as policy…

The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative released a guide that includes an alphabetized list of resources for practitioners to use in topics related to marriage and relationships, fatherhood and parenting, and financial…

This brief examines how provider training and education are related to parent- and provider-reported indicators of quality in home-based and center-based care for toddlers using data from a nationally representative sample of low-income children…

A substantial proportion of children under the age of 3 are cared for by adults other than their parents. Recent analyses of the 2005 National Household Education Survey (NHES) indicate that 42% of infants under the age of 1, 53% of 1-year-olds,…