The Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy (Policy Academy) is an 18-month initiative sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance. Through the Policy Academy, eight teams are designing and…

This annual report is mandated by Utah’s Intergenerational Poverty Mitigation Act, and requires the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) to report on the status of individuals experiencing intergenerational poverty. Since…

This report describes the major research investments of our Division of Family Strengthening through Fiscal Year 2015. This division has primary responsibility for research and evaluation projects related to strengthening relationships within…

This report from Ascend at The Aspen Institute’s Two-Generation (2Gen) Outcomes Working Group, which included practitioners, researchers, and evaluators, identifies intended outcomes for 2Gen programs and discusses how programs can help their…

This brief from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) presents information from a multi-site study of the impact of incarceration on father-child relationships. The findings indicate that fewer fathers lived with…

This paper from Two Dollars a Day examines the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and other sources of data, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) records, school reports of homeless children, and utilization of…

The Office of Child Care and the Office of Family Assistance published an Information Memorandum (IM) on opportunities for coordinating the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. In…

This webinar from the Ascend Network at the Aspen Institute highlighted the context and demographics of tribal communities, provided information about 2Gen practice efforts underway in Alaska Native and Native American communities, and offered…

These resources collected by the Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy discuss various tools for assessing family functioning in welfare or healthcare settings. Some of the measures that are used to assess family functioning and…

In this four-minute video from the Center for Poverty Research at the University of California, Davis, sociologist Katherine Jewsbury Conger discusses how poverty and economic hardship impact parents and their children. She notes that early…