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This document summarizes key themes and takeaways from each session of the 2021 OPRE Methods Meeting, which focused on community-engaged research, highlighting how it promotes equity in research by challenging traditional research dynamics and structures.

Explore this final report from OPRE’s Project SPARK on evaluation technical assistance (TA), which describes a proposed definition of evaluation TA, a conceptual framework for evaluation TA, and reviews approaches and evidence of promise or effectiveness of evaluation TA initiatives.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with healthcare occupational training participants, this brief reviews their considerations when balancing caregiving responsibilities with their training.

Read OPRE's "The Role of Positive Organizational Culture in a Pandemic Response: Lessons from Five TANF Programs" to learn more about how programs adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Explore OPRE's brief on employment programs for youth transitioning out of foster care.

This Fact Sheet provides an overview of how a program or service moves through the Clearinghouse’s systematic review process and identifies possible detours that can influence the review process timeline.

This Fact Sheet describes how the Clearinghouse determines whether a study of a particular program or service is eligible for review and identifies common reasons that studies are not eligible for review.

This Fact Sheet aims to address frequently asked questions about how the Clearinghouse rates the design and execution of studies it reviews, describe common reasons why studies may receive low ratings on the design and execution standards, and lay our possible approaches to design and execute studies in alignment with the standards.

Year Up’s large positive impacts on young adults’ earnings extended over a seven-year follow-up period, and the program’s net benefits to society substantially exceeded its costs.

This Case Study Report discusses how Iowa’s Integrated Data System for Decision-Making (I2D2) responsibly shares personally identifiable information collected by human services and related programs to conduct data analyses that inform policy, support program decision-making, and improve outcomes for Iowa’s children and families.