This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) describes how the President’s proposed FY2019 budget request for ACF aims to strengthen the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families…

These tables from the Office of Family Assistance compile federal TANF and state MOE expenditures for FY 2016 reported by states. As a condition of receiving federal TANF funds, states are required to spend a certain amount of their own funds (MOE)…

This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families describes a new report commissioned by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and the American Public Human Services Association…

This brief from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) includes consultation with experts and a literature review to determine how to best invest in programs that serve low-income children and adults. It highlights the need for…

This report from the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and the American Public Human Services Association was commissioned to assess the financial health of community-based human services organizations and make these organizations…

This resource from the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse highlights a rural community partnership between a fatherhood program and local child support agency. In this case study, authors describe the development of a partnership in…

This brief by the Center for the Study of Social Policy and supported by The Annie E. Casey Foundation is based on more than 80 interviews with organizations, their workers, and the youth that they support. The intent of the brief is to generate and…

This practice brief from Mathematica Policy Research and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation offers a different approach for human service programs to test new service approaches. Traditionally, programs will conduct a pilot program…

The Welfare Rules Databook is an annual publication from OPRE that includes tables detailing state policies for the previous 10 years, as well as TANF policies by state as of July 2016. This resource provides comparisons between states, as well as…

In this conceptual framework and literature review, completed in partnership with OPRE and the Urban Institute, research on racial and ethnic differences and disparities are synthetized with the service delivery of six ACF programs, including TANF,…