In 2014, the pace of employment growth in rural areas increased after several years of stagnation. However, rural employment remains below pre-recession levels, and rural areas are continuing to experience population loss, higher rates of poverty,…

This brief from the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy examines the persistence of high child poverty rates (20 percent or greater) between 1980 and 2010, indicates that the incidence of high child poverty is growing…

Reading is linked to children’s cognitive development, academic skills, and future employment opportunities. Research suggests that fathers are particularly influential for children’s language and literacy development. This brief from the National…

The National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families published this 2016 research brief to familiarize people with the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and how the abuse affects exposed children across the country. The brief…

The West Coast Poverty Center released a new Poverty Research Flash, highlighting new research on the causes, consequences, and effective policy recommendations to poverty. This issue focuses on intra-year household income dynamics and adolescent…

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit given to workers with low to moderate incomes, and has been expanded over the years to become one of the country’s most effective anti-poverty policies for low-income workers with…

This brief, published in November 2015, is one of a series in the Heartland Alliance’s National Initiatives on Poverty and Economic Opportunity’s WIOA Planning and Implementation Toolkit. WIOA prioritizes services to older and out-of-school youth,…

This issue brief, published by Mathematica Policy Research, Social Policy Research Associates, and the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, describes the business services provided by 28 randomly selected local…

This policy brief from the Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis highlights new research that demonstrates a connection between a parent being employed or receiving cash assistance and a higher likelihood of the parent(s) being reunified with…

One-third of adult recipients of TANF benefits are under age 25. This group of young adult parents is typically treated like all other recipients, which does not allow the program to address the specific educational and developmental needs of young…