This final report documents the implementation by eight organizations of the yearlong, multi-component Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) program model of marriage and relationship education services. It presents information about implementation of…

On August 14 and 15, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA) Regions V, VI, VII, and VIII convened the 2012 Regions V, VI, VII, and VIII Tribal…

On August 1, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA) hosted the first Webinar in a series of Webinars for the Promising Pathways Initiative. The Promising…

On August 14 and 15, 2012, State and Territory Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Administrators along with other key stakeholders gathered in San Francisco for the Region IX 2012 TANF Innovations in Action Forum. The central purpose…

This issue brief was developed by the Child Welfare Information Gateway and offers information to help States and Tribes work effectively together to serve families. Authors examine the key factors that affect Tribal-State relations in child…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families released a tool that provides information on free and low-cost…

The Social Security Administration's Disability Blog has introduced The Ticket to Work "Find Help" Tool. The Ticket to Work Program can be utilized by Social Security disability beneficiaries aged 18 through 64. Those individuals that fall within…

From the Pew Research Center for Social and Demographic Trends, a report was released describing the trends over time in the household income composition of America's neighborhoods or census tracts. The report focused on the characteristics of…

The Urban Institute published the "Low-Income Working Families Fact Sheet" for August 2012. Within this fact sheet, information about what has been learned about the TANF program over the past 16 years has been summarized. Elements of TANF…

The Brookings Institute published a paper that aimed to provide metro, State, and national policy makers with a clearer understanding of the specific problems facing metropolitan labor markets today. An analysis examining trends in the demand for…