Stable and affordable housing continues to be an issue for low-income families as rental and home prices increase and wages may not rise in accordance. This webinar on September 25 is geared toward SNAP Employment and Training stakeholders to…

Because American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) families face consistent barriers to employment and repeatedly have the highest unemployment rates in the United States, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children…

To learn how parents prefer to receive information on early childhood development and parenting, Child Trends conducted diverse focus groups of first-time parents and then created a research-to-practice brief. The brief highlights five points the…

This recent Council for a Strong America report profiles the opioid epidemic in Wisconsin and how parental substance abuse should be considered a significant Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) that impedes childhood development. The report notes how…

This report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides research and data on the vulnerable population of 18- to 24-year-old parents and offers potential programs and policy suggestions to serve the needs of this cohort effectively. Young parents face…

As youth transition into adulthood, financial literacy is crucial for self-sufficiency. To help young adults understand and manage their finances, the Federal Trade Commission and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will sponsor a…

As the rains from Hurricane Florence finally move out to sea this week, the long recovery process from such a devastating natural disaster has just begun. Families and communities impacted by last year’s Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are still in…

Join a U.S. Census Bureau economist and statistician on September 19 as they discuss their research into the recent economic stagnation from the late 1990s through 2015 and its effects. They primarily focus on workers moving onto and up the job…

Data from the 2017 American Community Survey were released in September, which can supplement recent Census data on poverty and income measurements to give a more robust picture of poverty in the United States. A post by Brookings summarizes the…