Goal Four: Support Underserved and Under-represented Populations
4.1 Strengthen research
- 4.1.1 To convene the Hispanic Research Work Group - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- 4.1.2 To initiate studies of Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Child Welfare Coordination projects and Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- 4.1.3 To launch the Tribal Early Childhood Research Center and provide technical assistance to tribes in conducting their own evaluations of home visiting services - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- 4.1.4 To publish a paper on the factors influencing young dual language learners’ development and potential pathways for interventions - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- 4.1.5 To begin enrolling participants in the evaluation of the Carreras en Salud program of the Instituto Del Progreso Latino (a career pathways program that prepares low-income limited English-proficient Latino adults for careers in the health sector) - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- 4.1.6 To conduct research on appropriate methods for identifying lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and questioning youth and adults in programmatic and evaluation contexts - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- 4.1.7 To complete Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative Grantee Implementation Evaluation, including the publication of a toolkit for developing culturally relevant programs and evaluations - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- 4.1.8 To develop and assess three pilot programs to improve coordination between the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Supplemental Security Income systems for people with disabilities - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
4.2 Strengthen programs targeted on underserved and underrepresented populations
- 4.2.1 To hold tribal grantee meeting across Administration for Children and Families programs - Administration for Native Americans
- 4.2.2 To increase effectiveness of tribal grants by incorporating training on GrantSolutions into post-award training for grantees - Administration for Native Americans
- 4.2.3 To create community of native language providers across Administration for Children and Families programs - Administration for Native Americans
- 4.2.4 To partner with the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture on Growing Economies in Indian Country, a series of workshops and training events - Administration for Native Americans
- 4.2.5 To launch monthly technical assistance webinars for Administration for Native Americans grantees - Administration for Native Americans
- 4.2.6 To hold self-advocacy summits to engage states in working with self-advocates in creating and implementing systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities - Administration on Developmental Disabilities
- 4.2.7 To launch six Partnerships for Employment Systems Change to engage states in best practices for competitive integrated employment for youth and adults with developmental disabilities - Administration on Developmental Disabilities
- 4.2.8 To develop new performance measures for Administration for Developmental Disabilities programs to better monitor and promote the effectiveness of the Developmental Disabilities network - Administration on Developmental Disabilities
- 4.2.9 To update on-line resource map where refugees, resettlement professionals and the general public can identify programs, services, funding and contacts available in a particular state - Office of Refugee Resettlement
- 4.2.10 To expand the Childcare Microenterprise Project - Office of Refugee Resettlement
- 4.2.11 To support development of capacity to provide supportive services to newly arriving refugees through the first-ever resource center to support the resettlement of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) refugees - Office of Refugee Resettlement
- 4.2.12 To host meetings with other Health and Human Services operating divisions to identify opportunities to mitigate barriers to refugees’ professional certification - Office of Refugee Resettlement
- 4.2.13 To strengthen human trafficking outreach efforts by expanding training for and technical assistance to anti-trafficking stakeholders and ACF Regional Offices on issues such as victim identification, outreach, and victim services - Office of Refugee Resettlement
- 4.2.14 To establish an interagency workgroup on intergenerational approaches to improving outcomes for vulnerable populations - Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
4.3 Conduct outreach to stakeholders and providers
- 4.3.1 To hold discussions with key national and regional leaders and stakeholders related to under-represented and underserved populations such as Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, African American and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities, as well as people with developmental disabilities, refugees, and others - Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary
- 4.3.2 To hold consultative meetings with refugee advisory councils and other stakeholders in 10 or more states, including refugees, asylees, mayors, chiefs of police, state legislatures and other local officials - Office of Refugee Resettlement
- 4.3.3 To translate Administration for Children and Families Directory of Programs into Spanish - Office of Public Affairs
- 4.3.4 To increase representation of diverse perspectives on grant review panels - Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary
- 4.3.5 To work with Administration for Children and Families programs to include under-represented and underserved populations in upcoming funding opportunity announcements and encourage non-traditional applicants for grants - Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary
- 4.3.6 To strengthen technical assistance to tribal governments and organizations in the Community Services Block Grant through consultation with tribal representatives and development of technical assistance guidance specifically targeted to tribal anti-poverty and program accountability efforts - Office of Community Services