This report, provided to Congress annually from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), comes in two parts. The first, highlighted here, gives a snapshot of homelessness on a single night; these counts then serve as a baseline.…

In this article, Matthew Doherty, Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness discusses the 2016 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, Part 2. With Part 1 of the 2017 report recently released, the data in…

This report from the Food Research and Action Center presents an analysis of the long-term health impacts from food insecurity among children, adults, and older adults. The report summarizes the chronic diseases, mental health concerns, and other…

An evaluation of a randomized control trial in Boston found significant decreases in criminal charges and arraignments for youth who participate in Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs), particularly for African American and Latino males. These…

This report from MDRC provides an evaluation of the state of Kansas' Child Support Savings Initiative (CSSI) which was created to help parents pay off child support debt while contributing to their children's future higher education costs. It…

The collection of case studies and videos documents several HHS grantees as they provided supportive housing services for vulnerable families involved in the child welfare system. The goal of the grant program was to strengthen partnerships between…

In this conceptual framework and literature review, completed in partnership with OPRE and the Urban Institute, research on racial and ethnic differences and disparities are synthetized with the service delivery of six ACF programs, including TANF,…

This new report, developed out of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, is part of a larger website called the “Good Jobs Project.” The overall project looks at good jobs by industry and occupation, while this report…

This report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau describes the work the Bureau has done most recently to improve the financial literacy of Americans. The report highlights the helpful consumer guides the Bureau makes available to the public…

This information sheet from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness examines rental market affordability as an indicator of the risk of homelessness in a community. Rental markets are key to preventing and ending homelessness, and this…