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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Paths to work in rural places: Key findings and lessons from the impact evaluation of the Future Steps Rural Welfare-to-Work program

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Helping low-income families in rural areas find gainful employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency is an ongoing policy concern. The Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies demonstration is using rigorous experimental designs to build knowledge…

The Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Texas ERA Project

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This resource provides results from a 2-year follow-up of a Texas job retention and advancement program for TANF recipients. Implemented in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Fort Worth, this study found that while pre-employment services were…

Fostering Self-Sufficiency for America’s Urban Families

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This report provides an overview of the promising practices presented at the joint Peer TA/Urban Partnerships for Welfare Reform Big Five Roundtable. The California Department of Social Services made a Technical Assistance (TA) request on behalf…

A Guide to Disability Statistics from the National Health Interview -- Disability Supplement

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This resource from the Urban Institute describes data from the National Health Interview Survey -- Disability Supplement including statistics around people's abilities to perform various activities and their health conditions. Additionally, it…

The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Texas ERA site

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Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is…

Barriers to Employment Among CalWORKs Recipients in San Joaquin County

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From California's Welfare Policy Research Project, this study was charged with investigating barriers to employment and services accessibility among TANF recipients in San Joaquin County, California. The following potential barriers were surveyed…

Family Economic Security: 50 State Profiles

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From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this resource gives fact sheets on all 50 States including policy decisions State governments have made that affect low-wage workers and their families. The profiles focus on work supports and…

The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project: Early results from four sites

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Millions of welfare recipients have entered the labor force in the past decade, but…

Implementing Welfare-to-Work programs in rural places: Lessons from the Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies demonstration evaluation

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Rural low-income families trying to find jobs, maintain employment, and secure longer-term well-being face distinct challenges. In rural labor markets, jobs tend to be scarcer than in urban ones, and the jobs that are available more often involve…

Using One-Stops to Promote Access to Work Supports: Lessons Learned from Virginia's Coordinated Economic Relief Centers, Final Report

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Authored by Diane Paulsell and Melissa Ford. This report is a recently released product from the Economic Research Service (ERS) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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