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Advancing Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Toolkit on Recognizing and Conducting Opportunistic Experiments in the Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Policy Area

October 21, 2022
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This report describes in detail how researchers, policymakers, and program administrators can recognize opportunities for experiments and carry them out. Specifically, the report focuses on opportunistic experiments, defined as randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that study the effects of initiatives, program changes, or policy actions that agencies or programs plan or intend to implement — as opposed to studying an intervention or policy action that is developed...

Behavioral Buzz: March 2019 - Next-Generation Behavioral Science Interventions: Promising Evidence from Ohio Child Support Services

Promising Evidence from Ohio Child Support Services
March 1, 2019
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Updates on behavioral economics and the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project.

Behavioral Buzz: October 2018 - Lessons from Nudgers: What can TANF learn from dentists?

November 8, 2018
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Updates on behavioral economics and the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project.

Behavioral Buzz: May 2018 - Behavioral Science Interventions in Child Welfare: Challenges and Opportunities 

May 15, 2018
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Updates on behavioral economics and the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project.

Features of Programs Designed to Help Families Achieve Economic Security and Promote Child Well-being

December 12, 2017
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This brief identifies common features of programs that offer integrated services to support both the economic security of families and the development and wellbeing of children.

Focusing on programs operating as of early 2016, the brief discusses:...

ACF OPRE News Vol. 5 Issue 19 - November 9, 2017

The Latest from the Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) 2.0 Evaluation
November 9, 2017
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Featured items in this issue: ...

Behavioral Buzz: November 2017 - Can a New Approach to Problem-solving Lead to Better Outcomes?

November 1, 2017
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Updates on behavioral economics and the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project...

Patterns of Benefit Receipt among Families who Experience Homelessness

September 15, 2017
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What are the patterns of benefit receipt among families who experience homelessness? This brief uses data collected for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Family Options Study to analyze patterns of receipt of TANF cash assistance, SNAP food assistance, and publicly funded health insurance benefits among these families, with a focus on the characteristics of those receiving and not receiving benefits...

Child and Partner Transitions among Families Experiencing Homelessness

July 17, 2017
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This brief explores child and partner separations among families experiencing homelessness.

Additionally, the brief examines...

 

The Right Tool for the Job: a Meta-Regression of Employment Strategies’ Effects on Different Outcomes

May 26, 2017
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This brief uses a rigorous, quantitative approach known as meta-regression to look across all the studies included in the Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review (ESER) to identify the employment and training interventions and strategies most likely to be effective in improving outcomes for low-income adults. It also identifies which are most effective for particular labor market outcomes and types of workers...