This MDRC article highlights promising practices for interagency coordination between the criminal justice and child support enforcement systems. It identifies types of collaboration between these programs, suggests how to target program…

This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discusses the challenges of determining the scope of youth homelessness due to the lack of consistent methodology for defining and counting homeless youth. The post…

The Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment defines the basic skills needed to use a computer and the Internet in daily life, higher education, and employment. Northstar’s Standards for Essential Computer Skills provide lists of skills pertaining to…

This Administration for Children and Families (ACF) blog post discusses the “power of work” relative to the nation’s safety net, as well as ACF’s encouragement of state TANF programs to harness this power when striving to improve employment outcomes…

This Chief Financial Officers Council playbook provides a four-phased approach with 16 plays drawn from successful practices from the federal government and private sector to help combat the risk of fraud. Combating government fraud is an ongoing…

States can use social program requirements to mandate compliance with child support orders, so understanding the demographics and overlaps of benefit-eligible populations can inform policy. To disseminate data, the Office of the Assistant Secretary…

This collection from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health includes resources from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S.…

This guide from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is a comprehensive list of Federal resources in rural communities for community leaders to use when combatting opioid addiction and seeking available…

This Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation report is the result of a literature review, a listening session, and individual conversations with stakeholders about the growing need for healthcare workers and the unnecessary…

This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is part of the Self-Sufficiency Series: Solutions from the Field. The series profiles local programs from across the country finding solutions that meet HHS’s Strategic Plan…