KEY POINTSExisting research shows that children’s exposure to domestic violence (DV)/ intimate partner violence (IPV) increases the likelihood of involvement with the child welfare system (including child protective services (CPS) involvement and foster care entry).
Division of Family and Community Policy
The Division of Family and Community Policy focuses on policies affecting various low-income populations. This includes policy development around major initiatives such as homelessness and reentry. It also includes conducting and coordinating analysis, research, and evaluation on the safety net, economic mobility and opportunity, welfare-to-work issues, strengthening families and responsible fatherhood, child support enforcement, and domestic violence. Other key priorities include place-based initiatives, the role of social capital in human services, human trafficking, benefits coordination.
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Exposure to Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence Is Associated With Child Welfare System Involvement
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Structure Matters: How State Child Support Program Administration and Procedures Can Impact Federal Spending and Support Order Establishment Performance
h3 { max-width: 100% !important; } p{max-width: 100% !important;}KEY POINTSFederal spending per child support case increased from $374.31 to $435.82 (in inflation adjusted dollars) between Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) and FY24.
Report to Congress, Visualization
Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Twenty-Fifth Report to Congress
The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-432) requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report to Congress on indicators and predictors of “welfare dependence.” That Act requires the report to include three programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (which replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
Research Brief
Consolidating Grants for Insular Areas Under SSBG Enables Funding Flexibility and Cuts Grant Administrative Burden
This brief describes Consolidated Block Grant (CBG) authority, which allows federal agencies to consolidate grants to insular areas into a single block grant, and how it is used with the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). Key findings include:
ASPE Issue Brief
While often similar in design, home visiting models eligible for MIECHV and Title IV-E Prevention Services reflect the different programmatic goals of child and family wellbeing versus foster care prevention.
This brief address the HHS programs that fund evidence-based home visiting models. It provides a high-level comparison of the primary federal funding streams supporting home visiting. Key points are:
Research Brief
CSBG Reporting Is Burdensome and Does Not Accurately Describe How Funds Are Actually Used
This brief describes the reporting practices used by the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the burden associated with the reporting process and the limitations of the resulting information for understanding how CSBG funds are used by eligible entities.
Research Brief
States Increasingly Promote Kinship Care, though Significant Opportunity Remains for Improving Licensing, Definitions, and Reach: Nearly Two-Thirds of Jurisdictions Have Not Yet Amended Title IV-E Plans to Adopt Separate Licensing Standards
This brief explores how states are approaching kinship care by examining states’ definitions of kinship caregivers, the prevalence of children in foster care living with relatives or kin, states’ adoption of separate licensing standards for kinship homes, and states’ participation in kinship navigator programs through the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. Key findings include:
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Coordinating Integrated Prevention Approaches to Serve the Whole Person
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been working with researchers, human services agency leaders, and persons with lived experience to visualize, describe, and document models of prevention within human services.
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Engaging Training and Technical Assistance Recipients: Lessons from the Field
Based on interviews with 12 individuals with experience designing, providing, and receiving training and technical assistance (TA), this brief outlines six elements necessary for creating engaging training and TA, summarizes how designers and providers might measure recipients’ engagement, and presents concrete strategies for providers to make training and TA engaging.
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Developing Equitable Training and Technical Assistance
Based on interviews with 12 individuals with experience designing, providing, and receiving training and technical assistance (TA), this two page document summarizes four questions and related strategies for training and TA designers to consider to improve the likelihood that training and TA will engage potential recipients and their communities equitably.