Authored by the Office of Community Services, Compassion Capital Fund (CCF), this guidebook is aimed at better equipping nonprofit organizations with the knowledge and information needed to identify, validate, and promote effective practices that will help improve their organization and the quality of services they provide within their communities.

In response to Section 743 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, RTI International released a report that explores hunger and food security in America. The report outlines determinants, consequences, and responses to food insecurity, with the hope of spurring policy and program development to address this issue.

Released by The Institute for Research on Poverty, this policy brief focuses on hard-to-employ individuals and the different ways to improve work opportunities, earnings, and incomes for this target population. The brief includes detailed analysis of child poverty trends in the U.S. as well as policy recommendations on stabilizing the income of the hard-to-employ.

This report evaluates the implementation and results from the Newark Prisoner Re-entry Initiative Replication (NPRIR). Formally known as the Prisoner Re-entry Initiative (PRI) Model, it seeks to help ex-offenders successfully transition into paid employment opportunities. Offenders who participate in the initiative receive intensive case management and work readiness assistance. In addition, participants are assisted with their job searches as well as job placement. The final report includes extensive information on partnerships, project services, quantitative data on participants, and much more.

This interactive resource aims at pairing employers and highly skilled job seekers through the utilization of both a Web site and a mobile application. Paired with the Web site, www.mississippiworks.org, as well as iPhone and Android mobile applications, it creates a remote-based system that streamlines the employment process for job seekers and employers. In addition, job seekers are able to filter their search criteria based on job type, location, or education requirements.

This online framework, from the Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center's National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, is a research-based approach to program change designed to help Head Start programs achieve outcomes that lead to positive and enduring change for children and families. The framework provides research, resources, and regulations related to program foundations, program impact areas, family engagement outcomes, and child outcomes.