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Discover the final report from the Understanding the Value of Centralized Services study describes the advantages, disadvantages, and costs of providing multiple services in a single location to support individuals and families with low incomes.

This report discusses findings from a descriptive study of the Wellness Comprehensive Assessment Rehabilitation and Employment (WeCARE) program’s experience serving clients during the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting recession.

This brief from the Next Steps for Rigorous Research on Two-Generation Approaches (NS2G) project describes how practitioners of two-generation initiatives can use research techniques to strengthen implementation before evaluating program effectiveness.

Disaster displacement refers to the involuntary movement of residents from their homes and community because of an external phenomenon for a temporary, short-term, or long-term period. There are approximately 1 million new disaster displacements in the United States every year. After being displaced by a disaster, people often have critical human services needs in areas such as housing, income support, transportation, employment, and education. These needs can be acute for people with low incomes. A combination of federal, state, and local emergency management and human services agencies and nonprofit, community, and faith-based organizations work to address these needs. This report summarizes existing literature on disaster displacement and human services.

Explore this brief which summarizes current knowledge and research about diaper distribution programs.

The Behavioral Interventions Scholars (BIS) grant program supports dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are applying a behavioral science lens to specific research questions relevant to social services programs and policies and other issues facing low-income and vulnerable families in the United States. The sixth round of BIS grants was awarded in 2022.

Summarize findings from OPRE’s HPOG 2.0 Systems Study to identify the extent to which systems activities, as implemented by HPOG program operators and their partners, may have influenced the local system.

The findings described in this report represent some of the first available evidence on how individuals who previously received welfare fared in the labor market over the long term and on how sequence and cluster analyses can provide a richer picture of their trajectories and program impacts.

Explore the HPOG National Evaluation Implementation Study Report which describes the variety of programs, program components, implementation strategies, the context in which programs operate, and program participants’ characteristics, experiences, and engagement.

Millions of Americans have had their driver’s licenses suspended at some point because they have not paid legal fines and fees. Having one’s license suspended can make it harder to find and keep a job, can increase one’s exposure to the criminal legal system, and can generally place great strain on one’s life and the life of one’s family. This issue brief examines the causes, consequences, and scope of the practice of suspending driver’s licenses due to unpaid fines or fees.