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The goal of the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project was to learn how tools from behavioral science could be used to deliver human services more efficiently and effectively to low-income children, adults, and families. BIAS conducted 15 randomized controlled trials of behavioral interventions across eight sites....

This annual publication, The Welfare Rules Databook, provides tables containing key Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies for each state as of July 2017, as well as longitudinal tables describing various state policies for selected years between 1996 and 2016. The tables are based...

This brief describes the perceived challenges of 84 study participants in career pathways program evaluated in the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) study. In these interviews, respondents discussed in detail what they viewed as the difficulties they currently experience in the program, as well as challenges they foresaw in the future as they moved along a career pathway...

The Exploration of Integrated Approaches to Supporting Child Development and Improving Family Economic Security project investigated the design and evaluability of approaches to alleviating poverty that address the needs of low-income parents and children. The project examined programs...

The Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency project conducted randomized controlled trials of behavioral interventions at four child support agencies—in Texas, Washington, and two Ohio counties...

This research snapshot describes the experiences of a group of 381 Hispanic families after experiencing homelessness...

This brief explores child and partner separations among families experiencing homelessness.

Additionally, the brief examines...

This portfolio of research provides detailed summaries of OPRE’s ongoing welfare and family self-sufficiency research efforts along with brief overviews of past projects. The report also describes OPRE’s efforts to disseminate rigorous research on welfare and family self-sufficiency topics. This report covers OPRE-funded projects for Fiscal Year 2014...

To guide evaluators of employment programs, this report discusses how Bayesian methods can potentially address limitations of standard subgroup analysis.

This research brief uses a composite narrative approach to describe the perspectives of individuals with low incomes who participated in programs that integrate employment and training (E&T) and financial capability services, including their recommendations for programs.