This journal article from the journal Psychiatric Services describes a study that identified Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) recipients who use mental health services, compared them with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients,…

The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project was designed to evaluate and analyze employment retention and advancement models from around the country, and identify key strategies to best support families. From the Administration for…

This innovative program highlight is from the Center on Law and Social Policy, and provides information on the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) program. CPI provides academic and support services for low-income, low-skill individuals to…

This program highlight is from the Center on Law and Social Policy, and provides information on the Pennsylvania Keystone Education Yields Success (KEYS) program. The program assists parents receiving TANF or SNAP benefits who are in certificate…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released this report on the employment experience of youth. At age 22, women are more likely to be enrolled in college than men and are also more likely to have completed a bachelor’s degree. Among 22-year-olds not…

From the Institute for Research on Poverty and researchers at Columbia University, this article provides information on the status of low-income men. Since the mid-1970s, wages and labor force participation has been decreasing for young, lesser…

The Rockefeller Institute at the University at Albany released a report examining the intersections of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). After conducting field research at six different sites…

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a Federal tax credit incentive that the Congress provides to private-sector businesses for hiring individuals from twelve target groups who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment. The…

This report details early findings from an implementation evaluation of the summer youth employment activities funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Authored by Mathematica Policy Research with funding from the U.S.…

Researchers from Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago authored this report on the employment needs of foster youth. There is currently limited research on youth aging out of foster care, but studies that have been done point to poor labor…