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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.

Report

This article appears in an annual report compiled by the Center for Early Childhood Development at the University of Minnesota on coordinating systems for better child outcomes. It highlights a partnership that Ramsey County, Minnesota developed…

Report

The Minnesota Department of Human Services' internal workgroup to address the needs of Minnesota teen (minors and 18-19, year-olds) parents on TANF submitted a TA Request to the Welfare Peer TA (WPTA) Network. The Minnesota team's Request…

Question / Response(s)

The Peer TA Network would like to know if any programs use TANF funds or leverage other public/private funds to offer services specific for addressing the needs of teen parents? Please provide a brief description of the program/project and explain its purpose/mission.

Report

There is considerable flexibility within TANF to focus on preventing teen and unplanned pregnancy and many states have made good use of this flexibility to invest TANF funds in a variety of strategies to reduce teen and unplanned or non-marital…

Fact / Tip Sheet

The Child Welfare Information Gateway, through the Administration for Children and Families’ Children’s Bureau, authored these tip sheets to provide parenting skills, such as bonding, attachment, dealing with temper tantrums, raising…

Research-To-Practice Brief

This issue brief authored by Child Trends examines Second Chance Homes, a newer program model, similar to maternity group homes. They serve young, unmarried mothers who can no longer live at home with their own parent. These young women are at…

Research-To-Practice Brief

Teen pregnancy prevention efforts, specifically aimed at high-risk youth, are most effective as part of a youth development framework that addresses multiple risk factors. Positive youth development programs promote healthy development for youth…

Research-To-Practice Brief

American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) teens have significantly higher teen birth rates compared to their non-Hispanic white counterparts. In fact, AI/AN teens have the third highest teen birth rate in the United States among the five major racial…

Report

The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation funded this report, which synthesizes and evaluates the literature on adolescent romantic relationships, with emphasis on how these relationships are precursors of adult marriages. The goal of the…

Newsletter / E-Mail Alert

From the Journal of Contemporary Social Services, this newsletter includes a variety of relevant topics for low-income families. The feature topic of this issue is fathering and fatherhood, and authors also include articles on an upcoming…

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