This article summarizes several listening sessions that the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse held with fathers to gain information about workforce development efforts. It highlights three main themes and suggestions that emerged from…

Cultural competence refers to “a set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that can be developed over time in order to work with those who appear and may be different from us.” This addition to the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse’s…

This five-minute video from the Urban Institute briefly discusses important facts related to child poverty. For instance, poverty affects children of all races, but in terms of persistent poverty, the racial gap is more apparent. The video concludes…

This report from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) examines lessons learned from the recent Census data on income and…

On September 19-20, 2016, the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA), hosted an introductory convening for its Community of Learning on Two-Generation Strategies in Washington, DC. Eleven teams from across the…

The 2016 Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy meeting was held on July 26-28, 2016 in Annapolis, Maryland at the Historic Inns of Annapolis. The Academy is an initiative that provides training and technical assistance to eight state…

This Information Memorandum from the Office of Community Services discusses and encourages states, tribes, territories, and Community Action Agencies to use Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds to support and implement two-generation…

This tool from the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides an assessment and planning resources to help nonprofits evaluate their parent engagement efforts and create stronger partnerships with parents and caregivers.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (HHS/ACF/OFA) Regions V and VII hosted the TANF Technical Assistance Meeting, Innovations in TANF: Setting the Stage for the Next…

This dataset from the Annie E. Casey Foundation is part of an annual series that assesses child well-being across the United States. The KIDS COUNT index uses four domains to capture what children need most to thrive: 1) Economic Well-Being, 2)…