The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) is the primary federal funding stream for State and Territorial Domestic Violence Coalitions, which coordinate state- and territory-wide improvements within local communities, social service…

The Promising Futures website is a useful resource for helping agencies transform or enhance their program’s ability to effectively meet the needs of women, children and youth experiencing domestic violence. The website is organized around five…

This article summarizes several listening sessions that the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse held with fathers to gain information about workforce development efforts. It highlights three main themes and suggestions that emerged from…

The Annie E. Casey Foundation hosted this webinar in October 2016; the webinar recording is available online. The webinar is part of a series discussing lessons learned from the Foundation’s Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP) initiative,…

This blog post from the ACF Family Room Blog highlights the work of the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) on improving rural communities. OFA developed the Rural Communities Initiative, which provided information on various rural issues. In addition…

These worksheets from the Battered Women’s Justice Project are designed to help family court practitioners record, summarize, integrate and synthesize information gathered about abuse; consider implications for family court processes; and ensure…

Fact Forward, previously South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (SCCAPP), is an entity using TANF funds for teen pregnancy prevention programming. Fact Forward became a national model as one of the first states in the country to utilize…

Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood are closely associated with a host of social and economic issues that affect teen parents, their children and society. Teenage mothers are less likely to finish high school and are more likely to live in poverty,…

This bibliography from the Child Welfare Information Gateway shares literature and tools on TANF child-only cases and TANF-child welfare collaboration. It includes a wide range of resources, including an online toolkit on strategies to coordinate…

This website from the Child Welfare Information Gateway provides resources and materials as part of child abuse prevention and awareness month. A center piece of the site is the 2016 Prevention Resource Guide: Building Community, Building…