This brief summarizes key findings from the Interim Outcome Study Report: National Implementation Evaluation of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) to Serve TANF Recipients and Other Low-Income Individuals report, released in 2014.…

This MEF Associates evaluation report prepared for the City of Seattle evaluates their Career Bridge program. Career Bridge was developed as an alternative means of addressing recent gun violence in the city by addressing employment barriers of low-…

This report from Young Invincibles examines the many challenges faced by Millennial parents, a rapidly growing sect of the U.S. population. Young Invincibles developed and analyzed a young parent grouping in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA) hosted this webinar that highlights the redesigned OFA PeerTA (PeerTA) website. PeerTA facilitates information…

The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) launched the National Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED) to test the efficacy of child support-led employment programs. The project, currently in its 3rd year, is a model…

This report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) addresses the significant impact of the criminal justice system, both on individuals directly challenged in employment searches, and also on the U.S. labor market and economy as a…

The ACF blog - The Family Room - talks about new initiatives at the agency, success stories and policy announcements. The blog also provides links that help direct viewers to other parts of ACF's website.

This report from MDRC presents labor market trends and examines employment programs for disadvantaged youth over the past three decades. It aims to inform the search for solutions on the demand-side by discussing factors that may cause high…

This report from the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality is part of an annual series on monitoring trends in poverty and inequality. In this installation, the focus is on state-level variation in key outcomes. The report assesses where…

This report from the Urban Institute provides early implementation findings from a study of six grantees that provide soon-to-be and recently-released fathers and their families with an array of activities and services in responsible fatherhood/…