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Children's Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC) FY 2024 Report to Congress

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Congress has directed HHS to operate 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.

Refugees’ Experience Prior to Resettlement Predicts Early Socioeconomic Integration in the U.S.

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This brief describes the relationship between employment and formal educational experiences of refugees prior to resettling in the U.S., and their socioeconomic situation within their first five years in the country.Key Points

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.

Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty

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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.

Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy: Challenges in Definition and Measurement

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  Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy: Challenges in Definition and Measurement December 2008 By: Yunju Nam, Jin Huang, and Michael Sherraden Center for Social Development Washington University in Saint Louis

Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, 21st 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.

COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented economic crisis with inequitable effects. In this series of issue briefs, ASPE's Office of Human Services Policy examines inequities in the pandemic's social and economic consequences and highlights the implications for programs that serve vulnerable families and children.

COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity: Unequal Effects on Economic Need and Program Response

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented economic and social impact on Americans, with particularly harsh effects on people in certain race and ethnic groups. Public programs intended to address these needs have also had uneven reach, with many less likely to benefit families of color.

Risks that Come with Increasing Earnings for Low-Income Workers Receiving Safety Net Programs: Perspectives of Working Parents

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In focus group discussions with 44 working parents receiving assistance from one or more federal programs, many parents shared the view that increasing earnings involves a number of risks. Participants described the sequence of possible risk events as follows:

COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity: Inequities in the Employment Crisis

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented economic crisis with inequitable effects. Overall employment figures mask the disparate impacts on some communities of color, women, and low-wage workers. These groups were more likely to lose jobs, reduce hours worked, or withdraw from the labor market.

Strengthening Human Services through Social Capital

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ASPE has contracted with Research Triangle Institute and the University of North Carolina School of Government for this project, which seeks to understand how local, state, faith-based, and nonprofit human services programs and organizations can create and use social capital to increase employment, reduce poverty, and improve child and family well-being.

Effective Marginal Tax Rates/Benefit Cliffs

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Effective marginal tax rates refer to the portion of new earnings eroded by benefit reductions. This happens because means-tested program benefits that support families’ basic needs are designed to decline as earnings increase.

Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2003

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ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2003 April 2005 This Issue Brief is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/05/cc-elig-est03/

Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005

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ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation By: ASPE Staff June 2008

TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Household Income

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Including: Background Findings Survey Questions Background One policy goal of the work-focused welfare system instituted under the welfare reform law is moving individuals off cash assistance

Asset Building over the Life Course

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  Poor Finances:  Assets and Low-Income Households Asset Building over the Life Course Final Report By: Mark R. Rank Center for Social Development Washington University in Saint Louis November 2008

TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Data Files: Cuyahoga Public Use Data Files

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File Name Size File Type File Contents Description Cuy Notes to Researchers.doc* 21KB Microsoft Word Notes for Researchers Using the Cuyahoga County Welfare Leavers Public Use Data Sets ORC Macro compiled this document to facilitate t

TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Reports on Leavers

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TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: All Reports by State

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