This presentation was given by researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and the Center for Social Development at the Eleventh Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference that is sponsored through the U.S. Department of…

This presentation was given by the Lewin Group at the Eleventh Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference that is sponsored through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of…

Researchers at Bowling Green State University presented on healthy marriages and healthy relationships at the Eleventh Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference that is sponsored through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,…

This document presents the proceedings from “A Working Meeting on Recent School Readiness Research: Guiding the Synthesis of Early Childhood Research,” which was held on October 21-22, 2008 in Washington, D.C. The meeting was sponsored by the…

This report describes a symposium on November 2, 2005 entitled: "Improving Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care: Toward a National Strategy" through the National Center for Children in Poverty. The symposium reviewed research and program issues…

The MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy and the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago published this executive summary of a conference held on transitioning to adulthood. While many…

This report describes the Rockefeller Institute's May 2004 colloquium on State and local administration of service delivery under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. Included are highlights from the keynote address by Mason Bishop, Deputy…

From the Urban Institute's Reentry Roundtable, this article reviews employment and earnings rates among ex-offenders which are, for the most part, very low. Authors explore the barriers that ex-offenders face in reentering society and returning…

Two-thirds of prisoners are rearrested within three years of release. Industry-specific work programs in prison have shown to greatly reduce recidivism -- however, only 7 percent of inmates are currently working in such programs. From the Urban…

This article reviews prison work programs, and their effect on recidivism into crime. The author reviews the three main types of prison work programs, including jobs in prison, vocational training, and job search assistance prior to release.