In 2004, the Lumina Foundation for Education launched “Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count,” a national initiative aimed at improving success among community college students, especially low-income students and students of color. From…

As part of the Employment Retention and Advancement project, this issue brief is from MDRC and offers data from the study three years after its start. The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project evaluated strategies to promote…

The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) released a report examining the municipal governments’ new role of helping families reach economic security through wealth and asset building. The report describes five main strategies: (1)…

In an increasingly global economy, Internet-access and computer skills are essential tools for individuals interested in expanding their educational and employment opportunities. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and…

This report was authored through the National Skills Coalition and provides information on Michigan’s No Worker Left Behind Initiative. The Initiative refocused Michigan’s workforce development strategy from quickly placing workers into jobs to a…

In September 2009, the Administration for Children and Families convened a meeting of experts to discuss subgroup analysis in child care research. The meeting consisted of presentations on innovative practices for conducting this type of research…

The Child Welfare Information Gateway, through the Administration for Children and Families’ Children’s Bureau, authored these tip sheets to provide parenting skills, such as bonding, attachment, dealing with temper tantrums, raising…

The TANF Faith-Based and Community Organizations Initiative was designed to examine promising partnerships between TANF offices and FBCOs working in their communities. The goal of the initiative was to help low-income participants attain economic…

Community colleges around the country are faced with the task of teaching basic skills courses to over 2.5 million students. These students are often unable to make the transition to college-level coursework, an inability that has significant…

From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, this news report discusses Census data that show, despite the economic recession, government efforts prevented an increase in poverty in 2009. Specifically, existing programs, such as…