This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief examines the well-being of adolescents who had recently experienced homelessness with their families. The brief uses data from the Family Options Study to explore the housing situations,…

This Child Welfare Information Gateway issue brief provides an overview of protective factors that prevent and treat child abuse and neglect. It is designed to help policymakers, administrators, child welfare and related professionals understand the…

This research brief, the first in a series that will draw on data from the Family Options Study, answers questions about family homelessness. The findings suggest that homeless families in the study reported participation in most safety net programs…

In recent years, significant focus has been placed on the concept of toxic stress and the impact of adverse experiences in childhood on lifelong health and development. As scientific understanding continues to grow, community leaders are searching…

This brief from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) presents information from a multi-site study of the impact of incarceration on father-child relationships. The findings indicate that fewer fathers lived with…

This brief explores kinship families and the importance of TANF to those families, the two types of TANF grants a relative caregiver may receive (child-only and family), and a Kinship TANF Model that draws from different state and county efforts to…

This Lead Center brief details employer perspectives on customized employment for individuals with disabilities. In customized employment, the job candidate and employer create an individualized match between the candidate’s strengths and interests…

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…

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…