Learning What Works: A Guide to Opportunistic Experiments for Human Services Agencies

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This guide from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation introduces human services program operators to randomized controlled trials (RCTs), explains the benefits of using random assignment, answers common questions and concerns about RCTs, and provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how to conduct an RCT.
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2015-10-29T20:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/learning-what-works-a-guide-to-opportunist…
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2015-10-30

Two-Generation Educational Approaches: Big Ideas for Action in Post-Secondary Education

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Completing a college degree can double an individual’s income potential and an increase in income for parents with young children can translate to an increase in their children’s future earnings. However, student parents often face significant challenges in accessing and completing a college degree. Having a strong support system can be critical to their success. This brief from Ascend at the Aspen Institute provides examples of program approaches that leaders in post-secondary education can implement to ensure that student parents are on a path to successful college completion.
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2016-01-31T19:00:00
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https://ascend.aspeninstitute.org/resources/2gen-educational-approaches-big-ide…
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2016-02-01

Not Just College: Technical Education as a Pathway to the Middle Class

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This memo from the Brookings Institution cites reports detailing the low number of economically disadvantaged students completing four-year degrees and suggests that a better approach for many young people would be to develop coherent pathways, beginning in high school, to technical education options at the post-secondary level.
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2016-03-31T20:00:00
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https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2016/04/01/not-just-colleg…
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2016-04-01

TANF – Child Welfare Collaboration

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This bibliography from the Child Welfare Information Gateway shares literature and tools on TANF child-only cases and TANF-child welfare collaboration. It includes a wide range of resources, including an online toolkit on strategies to coordinate child welfare and TANF services, as well as literature and research on the right of child-only cases.
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2016-04-18T20:00:00
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https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/TANF_webinar_bibliography.pdf

Protective Factors Approaches in Child Welfare

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This Child Welfare Information Gateway issue brief provides an overview of protective factors that prevent and treat child abuse and neglect. It is designed to help policymakers, administrators, child welfare and related professionals understand the concepts of risk and protective factors in families and communities and learn ways to decrease child maltreatment risks.
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2016-04-18T20:00:00
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https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue-briefs/protective-factors/

National Child Abuse Prevention Month 2016 Microsite

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This website from the Child Welfare Information Gateway provides resources and materials as part of child abuse prevention and awareness month. A center piece of the site is the 2016 Prevention Resource Guide: Building Community, Building Hope, which includes interactive scenarios, outreach tools, over 20 practice tip sheets, and a video gallery promoting the value of community-based child abuse prevention programs. The site also connects users to a variety of prevention-related publications.

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2016-03-31T20:00:00
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https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/
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2016-04-01

Collaboration Between TANF and Child Welfare to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes: U.S. Children’s Bureau Demonstration Grants

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This synthesis report summarizes the work of several federal grantees charged with identifying and implementing models of effective collaboration between child welfare and TANF agencies. The demonstration project, which included five grantees, theorized that such models would result in improved outcomes for children, youth, and families who are involved with the child welfare system or are at risk of involvement. The report discusses key program interventions and activities, including joint and cross-training, data-sharing technology, data assessments, and service integration procedures.
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2016-04-18T20:00:00
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https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/cwtanf.pdf

New Opportunities to Improve Economic and Career Success for Low-Income Youth and Adults: Key Provisions of the Workforce Investment and Opportunities Act

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This brief from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) provides an overview of the WIOA legislation and a justification for why the new provisions were needed. It also outlines the specific provisions within the legislation that create opportunities for economic and career success for low-income workers.

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2014-08-31T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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http://www.clasp.org/resources-and-publications/publication-1/KeyProvisionsofWI…
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2014-09-01

Engaging Employers as Customers

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This brief is part of a series offered by Jobs for the Future, Bridging the Gap: Postsecondary Pathways for Underprepared Learners, to help communities build effective employer-educator partnerships to increase college and career success for underprepared youth and adults.

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2015-05-31T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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http://www.jff.org/publications/engaging-employers-customers
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2015-06-01

USDA and DOL Encourage SNAP State Workforce Administrators’ and Workforce Development Boards’ Coordination

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This blog post from the National Skills Coalition highlights a letter from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Labor to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) State Workforce Administrators and Workforce Development Boards and American Jobs Centers. The letter encourages these entities to coordinate efforts to better connect SNAP participants, especially able-bodied adults without dependents, with employment and training opportunities provided through the workforce development system.

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2016-04-03T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/usda-and-dol-encourage-snap-st…
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2016-04-04