The Hoopa Valley Positive Indian Family Network in California requested technical assistance (TA) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance to help improve Hoopa…

From the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this report provides data on the importance of father involvement within the lives of children. Researchers analyze case outcomes…

From the Urban Institute, this report looks at child care centers and their experiences with the child care subsidy voucher system. This report is part of a larger study, Child Care Providers and the Child Care Voucher System, made possible by…

This report is a feasibility assessment, which is an analysis of alternative datasets and analytic approaches that might be used to assess the effects of Hurricane Katrina on populations served by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF…

This study was funded through the Department of Agriculture and provides information on food security in households that participate in the Food Stamp Program (FSP). Using data from the Current Population Survey, researchers found that Food Stamp…

This paper is from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and includes profiles of ten states that have recently invested in improving early care and education (ECE) programs. ECE programs can be crucial for child development in cognitive, social, and…

Subsidies through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and TANF are often crucial to helping parents maintain employment and reach self-sufficiency. From the Urban Institute, this report provides an overview of research conducted on…

This is a series of reports from Chapin Hall, which provide evaluation information on the Prime Time Initiative. The Initiative is an effort to strengthen the quality of after-school programs in Palm Beach County, Florida through networks of…

Recent research shows that when work and education programs are combined, low-income families have improved outcomes. This research is from MDRC and provides evaluation information from programs that include education components to increase…

This resource, published by Nova Southeastern University, outlines strategies and provides examples of techniques used in Motivational Interviewing. For each technique, the authors include both a rationale for the technique and samples of the…