Welfare, Work, and Self-Sufficiency

Administering Work-Related Requirements Across Human Services Programs: Service Delivery Approaches

This brief discusses two primary approaches for providing employment-related services to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and public housing program participants to help them meet work-related requirements. The findings are based on discussions with state and local administrators and

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2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum: Measuring Economic Mobility Quarterly Leadership Memo Series

The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (IRP) prepared a series of three memos on economic mobility for Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). These memos were shared with forum participants and may be of interest to a broader audience. Memo 1 discusses definitions of econo

2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum: Event Recordings & Slide Presentations

One Destination, Many Roads: Envisioning Universal Measures of Economic Mobility Organized by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum: Summary

One Destination, Many Roads: Envisioning Universal Measures of Economic Mobility A virtual series organized by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum: Speaker Bios

One Destination, Many Roads: Envisioning Universal Measures of Economic Mobility Speaker Bios Welcome and Overview Katherine Magnuson , Director, Institute for Research on Poverty; Professor, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison

2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum: Agenda

One Destination, Many Roads: Envisioning Universal Measures of Economic Mobility September 9 & 16, 2020 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. Eastern/12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Central 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Mountain/10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Pacific A virtual series organized by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (A

2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum

The 2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum was held virtually on September 9, 2020 and September 16, 2020.

HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human Services Programs - HHS

Home Department of Health and Human Services Interagency organizations Click on the links to jump to the each office’s content, summarized in the parentheses next to the link.

HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human Services Programs - Interagency organizations

Home Department of Health and Human Services Interagency organizations As a member of the following interagency organizations related to human services, HHS would also like to make stakeholders aware of these additional websites with COVID-19 resources. Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs

HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human Services Programs

This site provides key COVID-19-related guidance and information from HHS for human services program providers and stakeholders, particularly state and local government agencies and faith and community-based organizations.

The Cost of Subsidized Child Care: 2005-2016

This research brief presents findings using national data from child care subsidy administrative records that states submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The analysis shows that a greater percentage of subsidized care occurred in licensed child care centers in FY 2016 than in FY 2005.

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Child Support

The Child Support Program, enacted in 1975 as Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act (P.L. 93-647), is one of the largest income support programs in the country, serving more children than the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Social Security combined.

Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Key Considerations For Policymakers

This brief summarizes the current set of federal performance indicators and provides key policy considerations for policymakers and administrators within federal and state agencies who are interested in building a framework for coordinated performance measurement.

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Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Actionable Steps For Program Design And Practice

This brief outlines actionable steps that program designers at the federal, state, or local level can take to build or use aligned measures across programs in ways that can improve program management and increase service coordination.

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Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Local Perspectives

Individuals and families frequently qualify for multiple human services and employment programs that are funded, regulated, and administered by different federal agencies—each with their own eligibility criteria, program requirements, and performance indicators. Although these programs often share similar goals, they differ in the populations se

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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Sixteenth Report to Congress

This report provides welfare indicators through 2014 for most indicators and through 2015 for some indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.

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TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies

This is the ASPE-sponsored web site on Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) \"leavers\", applicants, caseload studies, and other state studies of welfare outcomes. This site has been developed to provide technical assistance to ASPE-funded grantees and other researchers, background on the ASPE-funded grants to states and counties, access

Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI): An Overview of the Longest-Running Statewide Marriage Initiative in the U.S.

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Selected Publications From This Evaluation

Moving People from Welfare to Work. Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.. Selected Publications From This Evaluation

Moving People from Welfare to Work: Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies . Prepared by Gayle Hamilton, MDRC, 2002. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and U.S. Department of Educatio

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Microsoft Word version of report (contains raw data for tables)

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