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Enhancing Cultural Competence in Social Service Agencies: A Promising Approach to Serving Diverse Children and Families

March 31, 2014
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This research brief summarizes the state of the field on cultural competence in social services. The information is relevant for organizations serving children and families from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, but the brief highlights research and strategies in serving Hispanic populations. The brief describes cultural competence and provides service providers and administrators with concrete strategies for the ongoing self-reflection and development that is key to strengthening...

Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) Project, Stakeholder Views from Early Outreach

April 15, 2009
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The Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) evaluation is a next-generation test of…

Understanding the Dynamics of Disconnection From Employment and Assistance

June 2, 2014
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The study, Understanding the Dynamics of Disconnection from Employment and Assistance, used interview data from a sample of 51 unmarried mothers from Southeast Michigan and Los Angeles, California, to learn more about their experiences related to work, benefit receipt, and material hardship, their overall well-being, and the economic coping strategies and sources of support they use to manage. This report is based on these qualitative interviews. Analysis of the interview data showed some...

Human Service Research Partnership: US Virgin Islands

September 30, 2014
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The Welfare Rules Databook: State Policies as of July 2003

April 15, 2005
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This publication, The Welfare Rules Databook, provides tables containing key Temporary Assistance for Needy…

The Welfare Rules Databook: State Policies as of July 2004

September 15, 2006
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This publication, The Welfare Rules Databook, provides tables containing key Temporary Assistance for Needy…

The Welfare Rules Databook: State Policies as of July 2005

September 15, 2006
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This publication, The Welfare Rules Databook, provides tables containing key Temporary Assistance for Needy…

Human Services for Low-Income and At-Risk LGBT Populations: Project Summary

January 15, 2015
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This brief summarizes findings from the project Research Development Project on the Human Services of LGBT Populations. It discusses low-income and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their interactions with human services, focusing on ACF-funded services.

Career Pathways as a Framework for Program Design and Evaluation: A Working Paper from The Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) Project

May 15, 2012
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Career pathways is gaining steady acceptance as an integrative framework for promising approaches to…

Programmatic and Other Supports Accessed by Career Pathways Participants

March 28, 2016
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This brief highlights the supports received by respondents in a qualitative study that is part of the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) evaluation, focusing on responses from 84 study participants. Respondents discussed program-provided supports and assessed their usefulness...