When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, researchers were already conducting a text message survey of service workers who had children. With the start of lockdowns and business closures, the researchers pivoted to start asking these workers…

This Child Welfare Information Gateway podcast offers insights from the National Native Children's Trauma Center for caseworkers and agencies that are working or will work with Indigenous communities to support children and families. It also…

This podcast discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic and the social safety net’s response to it have affected food insecurity in the United States. The podcast also illustrates how the permanent increase in SNAP benefits that took effect October 1,…

This two-part June 23, 2021 podcast explores early childhood programming that includes services and supports to help families by helping fathers. The podcast’s first part examines Bright Beginnings, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit which delivers…

This podcast series of three episodes discusses how networks and relationship building constitute social capital. The episodes, entitled “Close-Knit Communities for Better Outcomes: Using Peer Groups,” “Friend Request Accepted: Using Technology and…

In this Aspen Ideas to Go podcast, a panel of child and adolescent experts define anxiety and stress and offer coping strategies to parents to help support them in their interactions with their children at various stages of their development. In the…

This podcast, as part of the Building Evidence on Employment Strategies for Low-Income Families project, includes interviews with developers of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model in San Diego County, California on the model’s…

This podcast, part of the Skilled America Podcast weekly series, offers a field report on how the Center for Employment Opportunities in New York and JEVS Human Services in Philadelphia are addressing increased demand for re-entry services as the…

This MDRC series includes six podcasts that reflect evidence-based programming for education and social programs, at both the design and evaluation stages. Podcast speakers include MDRC researchers and field practitioners and cover: Using Data-…

By March 2020, states are required to submit WIOA Unified and Combined State Plans for the period of 2020-2023. To assist States and their partners, the Departments of Labor, Education, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services hosted a webcast…