The North Dakota Department of Human Services/Career Options Roundtable was held in Bismarck, North Dakota from May 5-6, 2009. Attendees included representatives from seven Rural Communities Initiative sites as well as administrators and case…

This Webinar explored how rural TANF programs can expand technology access in rural areas. Presenters included Axiom Technologies, Business Access, and Connect Kentucky.

This is a presentation on motivational interviewing that was given by Alyssa Forcehimes, Ph.D. at the New Mexico Works 2009 Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Client motivation is the key to change in terms of addressing barriers to work such…

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation conducted this study to better understand the characteristics and participation of American Indians and Alaska Natives in State and Tribal TANF programs over time. Researchers conducted…

This fact sheet is from the National Center for Children in Poverty and provides information on how the United States government measures poverty, and offers alternative ways for measuring economic hardship. Currently, the official poverty…

This report provides an overview of the likely effects of increasing the severity of sanction and time-limit policies in California on the welfare caseload, the state’s work participation rate, and the economic circumstances of vulnerable…

This Webinar on Nonprofit Technologies included presentations from Timothy Tyndall, RAIN Distance Learning, Telemedicine and Rural Community Development Network and Phillip Brown, National Policy Director, Connected Nation, Inc.