Search Results for "poverty guidelines"
Displaying 1 - 20 of 134 results. 20 results shown per page. Page 1 of 7.
Meeting Substance Use and Social Service Needs in Communities of Color
Publication Date
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.
Young Children's Geographic Access to Head Start Preschool Programs, 2022
Publication Date
Head Start preschool programs provide high-quality early childhood education (ECE) services for children ages three to five and engages families in comprehensive services to support health and well-being.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Key Considerations for Administrators and Practitioners
Publication Date
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
Publication Date
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
Publication Date
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.
A Historical View of The Demographic and Employment Characteristics of Families Receiving Child Care Subsidies From 2009-2013
Publication Date
The child care subsidy program provides critical support to families to support parental labor force participation as well as child development. This study provides a historical view of the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of parents who received subsidies over the 2009-2013 period.
TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: FY 1998 Welfare Outcomes Grants with an Emphasis on TANF Leavers
Publication Date
ASPE awarded approximately $2.9 million in grants to states and counties in FY 1998 to study the outcomes of welfare reform on individuals and families who left the TANF program, who applied for cash welfare but were never enrolled because of non-financial eligibility requirements or diversion programs, and/or who appeared to be eligible but were not enrolled.
TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: FY 2001 Welfare Outcomes Grants
Publication Date
In September 2001, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) awarded about $1.4 million in grants to states to study the characteristics of individuals receiving cash assistance from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program.
TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Reports on Applicants
Publication Date
Including: Arizona California Florida Illinois North Carolina South Carolina Texas Wisconsin
TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Diverted and Applicant Populations
Publication Date
Synthesis of Findings from ASPE Grants to States and Localities to Study Welfare Reform Outcomes, with an Emphasis on TANF Applicants and Diversion Since the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), there has been a significant drop in the federal cash assistance caseloads.
TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Data Files: Misssouri Public Use Data Files
Publication Date
File Name Size File Type File Contents Description Notes to Researchers.doc* 28KB Microsoft Word Notes for Researchers Using the Missouri Study of Former AFDC Recipients Public U
NEWWS: Information on Restricted and Public Use Files: Codebook for 2-Year Client Survey Public Use File
Publication Date
CODEBOOK FOR NATIONAL EVALUATION OF WELFARE-TO-WORK STRATEGIES (NEWWS) TWO-YEAR CLIENT SURVEY PUBLIC USE FILE IMPORTANT: Values of some measures have been changed to protect sample members' confidentiality.
Participation in the U.S. Social Safety Net: Coverage of Low-income Families, 2018
Publication Date
Participation in the social safety net varies widely across programs—from 15 percent among eligibles for subsidized child care (CCDF) to over 75 percent for Medicaid/CHIP and EITC.
Participation differs by race and ethnicity, yet patterns are not consistent. In general rates differ more across programs than between race-ethnic groups.
Peer Support as a Social Capital Strategy for Programs Serving Individuals Reentering from Incarceration and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence or Human Sex Trafficking
Publication Date
Many human services programs recognize the power of “social capital,” or the value that arises from relationships. This report offers insight into how programs use peer supports to help build social capital with participants who are reentering the community after incarceration or are survivors of intimate partner violence or sex trafficking.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings
Publication Date
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.
Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through WIA One-Stop Centers
Publication Date
Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through WIA One-Stop Centers Report on Highlights of Site Visits Prepared for:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Approaches to Low-Income Energy Assistance Funding in Selected States
Publication Date
ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF By: Alana Landey, Yuliya Rzad Abstract This research brief presents findings from an intramural study of six selected states’ approaches to funding energy assistance for low-income residents from federal, state and private sources.
National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts: Summary Report
Publication Date
National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts