This Handbook was developed by the National Eligibility Worker’s Association (NEW: PATHS) with funding from the Office of Family Assistance (OFA). The Handbook includes best practices from around the country for the Temporary Assistance to Needy…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released an effective toolkit for sustainability ideas and practices for faith-based and community organizations. It covers…

Authored by Anne Sparks at Ohio University, this National Poverty Center Working Paper outlines the implementation of the ‘Within My Reach’ Curriculum in Oklahoma. The program is included in a week of orientation activities for new TANF…

This presentation was given as part of the Eleventh Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, which is sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. Wisconsin presented how they…

This presentation was given by the Lewin Group at the Eleventh Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference that is sponsored through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of…

This report was funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and provides data from a survey of 1,200 faith-based and secular nonprofit social service agencies. The results show…

This presentation was given by Debra J. Rog, Ph.D at the Eleventh Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, which was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of…

This presentation was given as part of the Eleventh Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, which is sponsored through the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. Richard Fording,…

This report was funded through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the U.S. Department of Justice and completed through the Urban Institute. The Gang Reduction Program is an initiative that is focused on reducing crime…

This report is a feasibility assessment, which is an analysis of alternative datasets and analytic approaches that might be used to assess the effects of Hurricane Katrina on populations served by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF…