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Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits

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This report examines the employment patterns and income progression of single mothers and their families for two years after they exit poverty. The study found that 30 percent of single mothers were poor but then left poverty. Work effort was high among single mothers who left poverty: on average they worked for three-quarters of the subsequent two years following their poverty exit.

Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits - Research Brief

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This ASPE Research Brief summarizes findings from a project examining the income and employment experiences of single mothers who left poverty. Nearly thirty percent of single mothers who left poverty were able to stay out of poverty during the next two years. These single mothers tended to be older, with older children.

Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits: Research Brief

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Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits: Acknowledgments and Introduction

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Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)Contract: 233-02-0086; Task Order 23

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.Related Products:

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:

A Policy to Provide Child Care Access for All Working Families: Effects on Mothers’ Employment and Caseload

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This brief describes the effects of an alternative policy that would expand child care by providing subsidies for children ages three and younger in working families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.

Aging, Reentry, and Health Coverage: Barriers to Medicare and Medicaid for Older Reentrants

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Rose Feinberg, Tasseli McKay, Joshua Green and Anupa Bir RTI International Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (66 PDF pages)

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.

APPROACHES TO EARLY JAIL DIVERSION: COLLABORATIONS AND INNOVATIONS

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People with behavioral health conditions such as serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioid use disorder (OUD), are 3-6 times more likely than the general population to be represented in the criminal justice system.

APPROACHES TO EARLY JAIL DIVERSION: COLLABORATIONS AND INNOVATIONS

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APPROACHES TO EARLY JAIL DIVERSION: COLLABORATIONS AND INNOVATIONS Sue Pfefferle, Sarah Steverman, Elle Gault, Samantha Karon, and Holly Swan Abt Associates July 2019 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Forma

Earnings and Child Support Participation Among Reentering Fathers

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A father’s incarceration can represent a serious threat to economic stability for his children and family, yet little is known about earnings and child support payments among justice-involved men over the course of incarceration and release.

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

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.

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men

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Marla McDaniel, Margaret Simms, William Monson, and Karina Fortuny

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

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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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.

Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ (HtE) Demonstration and Evaluation - Project Page

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Overview In the post-welfare reform world, an important policy question has taken new prominence:  how to improve employment prospects for the many Americans who face serious obstacles to steady work.