Family & Youth Services

Topic Overview

This portfolio includes evaluations of approaches to helping youth make healthy choices that lead to self-sufficient adult lives. Efforts include evaluations of teen pregnancy prevention strategies (undertaken in collaboration with ACF partner organizations) and approaches to improve outcomes for at-risk youth.

ACF Youth Demonstration Development Project, 2009-2013

OPRE launched the Youth Demonstration Development Project (YDD) in 2009 to systematically review the current field of research on youth development and successful transition to adulthood. The primary objective of YDD, which is being conducted for OPRE...
An Exploratory Study: Implications of Immigration Enforcement Activities for the Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families, 2012-2014

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has initiated this project to explore...
Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS), 2010-2014

The purpose of the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project is to explore the application of behavioral economics principles to the programs and target populations of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)...
Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-Component Evaluation, 2011-2017

The Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) is one of multiple efforts at the Federal level to reduce teen pregnancy through the use of evidence-based programs. The goals of the PREP Evaluation are to document how programs funded through the...
Research Development Project on Human Service Needs of LGBT Populations, 2012-2013

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in coordination with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), is conducting a research needs assessment...

Design Options for Estimating the Incidence and Prevalence of Homeless and Runaway Youth, 2002-2003

The Design Options for Estimating the Incidence and Prevalence of Homeless and Runaway Youth study developed a plan of options for estimating the incidence and prevalence of runaway, throwaway, and homeless experiences among youth, a plan for regularly...
Evaluation of 2010 Summer Subsidized Employment Activities for Youth, 2010-2011

OPRE jointly sponsored with the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) a study of subsidized summer 2010 employment opportunities for low-income youth operated with the TANF Emergency Fund offered as part of the American...
Family Preservation and Family Support Services Program (FP/FS), 1994-2002

The purpose of the Family Preservation and Family Support (FP/FS) Services Implementation study was to evaluate how states and communities implemented the FP/FS program, the ways in which program implementation altered the pre-existing service delivery...
Sexual Abuse Experiences of Runaway Youth, 2001-2002

The Sexual Abuse Experiences of Runaway Youth project responded to a legislative requirement to conduct a study to address the extent to which sexual abuse existed in runaway youths, and provide information about the perpetrators of any such abuse...