This descriptive toolkit provides practice principles about supported employment, an innovative approach to implementing vocational rehabilitation for individuals with serious mental illnesses. The kit also presents practitioners and service providers with evidence-based tools for aiding this target population.

This issue of Future of Children focuses on two-generation approaches to improving children’s development. A child’s home environment can impact stress, education, health, income, employment, and more throughout his or her life. Two-generation programs serve parents and children simultaneously to improve family wellbeing. The articles within this journal emphasize current programs and identify the many benefits of using a two-generation approach.

This webinar from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Community Matters series explores the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative. The Initiative aims to transform a neighborhood into a mixed-income community with new and renovated housing, commercial development, improved schools, better safety, more engaged residents, and a larger employment base. The speakers share the project’s efforts and achievements, as well as similar programs taking place in New Orleans.

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Separate State Program (SSP) caseload and application data for the first and second quarters of FY 2015. For the first two quarters of FY 2015, the monthly average was 1,663,008 families receiving assistance (TANF & SSP), which represents a decrease of less than one percent (.45) from the prior fiscal year of 1,670,576. The monthly average number of recipients for FY 2015 was 4,178,589 receiving assistance (TANF & SSP), which represents an increase of approximately 6.6% from the prior fiscal year of 3,919,192.

This tip sheet from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy offers suggestions to foster parents about how to talk to their foster children regarding pregnancy. Studies show that youth in foster care are at a higher risk for early pregnancy than teens in general. Preventing these early pregnancies is important for various reasons, including that teen mothers are more likely to drop out of school, live in poverty, and have children who experience abuse and neglect.

This report dispels the idea that manufacturing is declining in the New England region, as well as assesses the region’s strengths and advantages within the industry. Additionally, the report describes future opportunities for collaboration and investment in advanced manufacturing and includes a roadmap for increased economic growth.

Early childhood trauma, such as physical abuse or witnessing violence, can last a lifetime and manifest in physical and mental health problems throughout one’s life. The National Collaborative on Adversity and Resilience (NCAR) is a national movement committed to preventing childhood trauma. In December 2013, 35 NCAR leaders in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) research, policy, and practice convened at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to follow up on the national summit on ACEs earlier in the year. This report provides a summary of the meeting.

In the July 2015 issue of the Office of Child Support Enforcement's Child Support Report, practitioners can learn about programs and initiatives that help fathers deepen their financial and emotional commitments to their children. Topics include improving compliance, arrears collections, court partnerships, and more.

Sector partnerships, which convene multiple employers with education, training, labor, and community-based organizations to address the local skill needs of a particular industry, are a proven strategy for helping workers prepare for middle-skill jobs and helping employers find skilled workers. States can adopt policies that help establish, sustain, and scale local sector partnerships by providing ongoing funding, technical assistance, and/or support through program initiatives. Through this study, the National Skills Coalition found that 21 States have such sector partnership policies in place, and are, therefore, positioned to help local communities meet the needs of both workers and employers in key industries.

This Trauma-Informed Organizational Toolkit was created to provide homeless service providers a roadmap for becoming trauma-informed. The Toolkit provides concrete guidelines for modifying practices and policies and ensuring appropriate responses to the needs of families who have experienced traumatic stress.