Over the past several decades, men have been making up a growing share of single parent householders. In 1960, about 14% of single parent households were headed by fathers; today, almost 25% are headed by fathers. This report from the Pew Research…

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a paper on the characteristics of rental assistance recipients in 2010. The paper uses 2010 administrative data submitted to HUD by State and local housing agencies and private owners that…

Learn how homelessness is affecting our youngest children and what Head Start/Early Head Start can do to help.

This brief, using qualitative data collected during the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative Grantee Implementation Evaluation, describes the adaptations and refinements undertaken by study sites to make their services more culturally responsive…

The Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts has released this report, which presents the results of a study of three geographically diverse teen courts in Maryland. The study found that youth in each jurisdiction who completed a teen court…

This bulletin addresses the specific challenges of permanency planning with older youth and highlights successful strategies and programs from across the country. From the Child Welfare Information Gateway, recommendations include making kinship…

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that discusses issues and potential options for: 1) TANF's role in providing cash assistance to low-income families, 2) measuring TANF work participation, and 3) information on…

The Urban Institute's HOST Demonstration is developing and testing the effectiveness of using two-generation "whole family" approaches to address the challenges of deeply poor, vulnerable families living in public and assisted housing. HOST…

This report from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, written by MDRC, provides early findings from the on-going TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project, which is sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. This…

The National Poverty Center has released an in-progress study that documents the increase in the prevalence of extreme poverty among U.S. households with children between 1996 and 2001. It also assesses the response of major Federal means-tested…