This brief is part of a series offered by Jobs for the Future, Bridging the Gap: Postsecondary Pathways for Underprepared Learners, to help communities build effective employer-educator partnerships to increase college and career…

This policy brief from the Working Poor Families Project highlights the importance of college completion for being successful in the American workforce. By 2020, 65% of jobs will require at least some form of postsecondary education; however, today…

The Institute for Research on Poverty released a policy brief that explores additional ways to encourage self-sufficiency and well-being among vulnerable families beyond employment. Authors of the brief highlight training and education systems,…

The Working Poor Families Project released a policy brief that outlines ways that states can encourage two-generation strategies within programs to continue to help adults achieve economic success while maintaining strong, stable families. The brief…

This issue brief by Voices for Utah Children in conjunction with the Aspen Institute focuses on two-generation strategies to reduce poverty. Voices for Utah worked with Utah lawmakers to address the issue by passing the Intergenerational Poverty…

This research brief, from Portland State University, uses data from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (LSAL) to determine the impact of participation in adult basic skills (ABS) programs on General Educational Development (GED) attainment.…

A learning disability assessment is a gathering of relevant information about an individual’s areas of strengths and challenges to determine whether or not he or she may have a learning disability. The components of the assessment process may vary…

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) has recently released the Engaging Employers to Support Adult Career Pathways Programs issue brief as part of their ongoing effort to support the development of…

The Urban Institute authored this issue brief on the multisite Housing Opportunity and Services Together (HOST) demonstration. The demonstration tests strategies using housing as a way to get vulnerable families services that they need to reach…

This issue brief authored by Child Trends examines Second Chance Homes, a newer program model, similar to maternity group homes. They serve young, unmarried mothers who can no longer live at home with their own parent. These young women are at…