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While significant research has come forward to improve our collective understanding of human services programs and their contribution to the economic and social well-being of individuals and families, notable knowledge gaps continue to persist regarding how these programs can best serve the needs and interests of rural communities.
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...
Provides tables containing key Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies for each state as of July 2020, as well as longitudinal tables describing various state policies for selected years between 1996 and 2020.
Explore this resource toolbox, which highlights selected resources and tools that are particularly relevant for current and future Tribal TANF-Child Welfare Coordination (TTCW) grantees, and that may also be relevant for other human services programs.
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:...