This resource from the American Academy of Pediatrics provides evidence and research to support early literacy within the family. Professionals are encouraged to talk to parents about the importance of early literacy and support family efforts to…

This fact sheet from Workforce3One highlights WIOA reforms for One-Stop Centers. Since WIOA presents an opportunity to improve career options for workers and job-seekers through an integrated, job-driven public workforce system,…

Published by the Economic Policy Institute, this fact sheet provides readers with estimate unemployment rates in some of the United States’ most populated cities. The report sorts the data by race and ethnicity of individuals living in each of the…

Jobs-Plus is an evidence-based model used to help individuals that live in public housing find work. Published by MDRC, this guide assists users in implementing Jobs-Plus programming. In addition, it serves as a resource for practitioners to learn…

This job driven training checklist consists of seven elements that were identified from evidence-based and promising practices for strengthening the workforce to meet the needs of employers and connecting workers with good jobs.

The National Women's Law Center released a fact sheet that lists five common scheduling challenges faced by workers in low-wage jobs, and outlines their impacts on marriage, transportation, education and training programs, and arranging child…

The National Transitional Jobs Network (NTJN) released a report that focuses on the designing and implementing of transitional jobs (TJ) programs that serve individuals experiencing homelessness. This report is particularly beneficial for TJ…

This fact sheet, by the Urban Institute’s Unemployment and Recovery Project, depicts the changes in employment and low-skill employment by State between 2007 and August of 2011. While the employment-to-population ratio has remained relatively…

Using data from the Current Population Survey, the Urban Institute published a fact sheet on the Unemployment and Recovery project. Primarily focusing on individuals with education levels of a high school degree or less, the severity and rate at…

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) currently reaches 45 million people, which is an increase of 69 percent since the current economic recession began. From the Urban Institute, this fact sheet discusses how…