Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is…
This newsletter, from the North Carolina Department of Social Services and the Family and Children's Resource program, gives guidance on best practices to serving families. The article focuses on fatherhood involvement in child welfare and…
This research from MDRC reviews caseload dynamics for food stamps in Cuyahoga County, OH; Los Angeles, CA; Miami-Dade County, FL; and Philadelphia, PA. The data reviewed caseload data from 1993 to 2001, and found that across all sites, the food…
Due to caseload reductions from welfare reform, GAO conducted this report to review how to increase the income of TANF recipients through employment and key factors to implementing income support, and reviews what action HHS has taken to utilize…
This research brief from the National Center for Children in Poverty reviews data on low-income families that receive child care assistance. For example, families with children under five are more likely to use the benefit than families with…
This research includes 25 cities and the status of hunger and homelessness from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The research is based on information from the cities on the demand for emergency food and shelter and the capacity to handle the need,…
This report is an evaluation of grantees receiving the State Covering Kids and Families (CKF) grant. This grant sought to make State Medicaid and SCHIP policies and procedures more user-friendly for low-income families, including eligibility,…