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Factsheet: Estimates of Child Care Eligibility & Receipt for Fiscal Year 2021
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Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council FY 2023 Report to Congress
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As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Congress provided HHS with funding for the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC). The CICC is charged with fostering greater coordination and transparency on child policy across federal agencies and examining a broad array of cross-cutting issues affecting child poverty and child well-being.
22nd Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors Report to Congress
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This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2019 for most indicators and through 2020 for other indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
Participation in the U.S. Social Safety Net: Multiple Programs, 2019
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Safety net programs provide critical support to people during times of economic hardship. Yet the reach and coverage of the safety net, particularly in times of increased need and among economically disadvantaged groups, is not well understood. The U.S.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings
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This brief highlights key themes and ideas from a Health and Human Services (HHS) Convening on Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services in August 2022. With a particular focus on prevention of youth and family homelessness, the convening featured the perspectives of academic experts, program administrators, federal colleagues, and people with lived expertise.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Key Considerations for Administrators and Practitioners
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This brief presents considerations for program administrators and other practitioners around increasing the use of primary prevention in human services systems to shift from responding to families after they are in crisis to preventing the crisis before it occurs.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Key Considerations for Policy Designers and Funding Partners
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This brief provides key considerations for policy designers and funding partners—such as federal staff, technical experts, and philanthropic partners—on incorporating primary prevention into human services delivery.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Opportunities for People with Lived Experience
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This brief highlights a new way of delivering primary prevention services that promotes equity by relying on the guidance and leadership of people with lived experience. The policy designers and service providers behind prevention services should have lived experience and/or co-create these services with people who do.
Meeting Substance Use and Social Service Needs in Communities of Color
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In this brief, we highlight experiences and practices from substance use treatment providers and their human services partners when serving people of color. We selected providers that focused on serving people of color, and this study was not intended to assess outcomes or effectiveness of any of the practices highlighted.
Factsheet: Estimates of Child Care Eligibility & Receipt for Fiscal Year 2019
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This factsheet provides descriptive information on child care eligibility and receipt. Of the 12.5 million children potentially eligible for child care subsidies under federal rules, 16 percent received subsidies. Of the 8.7 million children eligible for child care subsidies under more restrictive state rules, 23 percent received subsidies.
Leading Practices to Advance Equity and Support of Underserved Communities throughout Health and Human Services Programs
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Methods and Emerging Strategies to Engage People with Lived Experience
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This brief identifies methods and emerging strategies to engage people with lived experience in federal research, programming, and policymaking. It draws on lessons learned from federal initiatives across a range of human services areas to identify ways that federal staff can meaningfully and effectively engage people with lived experience.
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Exploring the Needs and Risks of the Returning Prisoner Population
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From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities Exploring the Needs and Risks of the Returning Prisoner Population By: James Austin George Washington University John Irwin San Francisco State University Patricia Hardyman George Washington University December 2001
Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men
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Marla McDaniel, Margaret Simms, William Monson, and Karina Fortuny
Incarceration & Reentry
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At any one time, nearly 6.9 million people are on probation, in jail, in prison, or on parole in the United Sates. Each year, more than 600,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons. Another 9 million cycle through local jails. More than two-thirds of prisoners are rearrested within 3 years of their release and half are reincarcerated.
A Woman's Journey Home: Challenges for Female Offenders and Their Children
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From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities A Womans Journey Home: Challenges for Female Offenders and Their Children By: Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW Co-director, Center for Gender & Justice December 2001
Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children
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From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children Ross D. Parke University of California, Riverside K. Alison Clarke-Stewart University of California, Irvine December 2001
Incarceration and the Family: A Review of Research and Promising Approaches for Serving Fathers and Families
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Prepared for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)Administration for Children and Families/Office of Family Assistance
Incarceration and the Family: A Review of Research and Promising Approaches for Serving Fathers and Families
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The number of individuals involved in the criminal justice system is at a historic high. There are almost 2.3 million individuals in U.S. jails and prisons and more than 798,000 people on parole.