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COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity: Unequal

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

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.
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COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity

COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented economic crisis with inequitable effects.
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COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity: Inequities in

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

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.
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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Nineteenth

Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Nineteenth Report to Congress

The annual recipiency rate reflects the percentage of the total population who received or lived with a family member who received a cash benefit from TANF, SNAP, and/or SSI any time during the year. In 2017, the annual recipiency rate was 20.9 percent, an annual decrease of 1.1 percentage points compared with 2016.
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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Eighteenth

Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Eighteenth Report to Congress

This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2016 for most indicators and through 2017 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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Initial Implementation of the 2014

Initial Implementation of the 2014 Reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant

This project examines the initial effects of policy changes required by the 2014 reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program as well as the subsequent CCDF final rule published in September 2016 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Administering Work-Related Requirements Across

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:

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
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2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum:

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
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2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum:

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
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2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum:

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
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2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum:

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
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2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum

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.
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HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human

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.
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HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human

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
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HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human

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.
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The Cost of Subsidized Child Care: 2005-2016

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

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.
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Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across

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

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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