Portfolios of Research in Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency

OPRE’s welfare and family self-sufficiency research includes experimental impact evaluations, implementation evaluations, and descriptive research projects to expand knowledge about effective programs that promote employment, self-sufficiency, and economic well-being among low-income families. Research focuses on five major areas, including:

  • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  • Employment and the Labor Market
  • Education and Training
  • Behavioral Science
  • Cross-Cutting and Other Safety Net Research

Each year, OPRE publishes the Portfolio of Research in Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency to describe major welfare and family self-sufficiency research projects sponsored by OPRE in the previous fiscal year and highlight recent research findings.

Point(s) of contact: Hilary Bruck and Nicole Constance

Related Resources

Portfolio of Research in Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency: FY 2022

This portfolio of research describes all of the active or newly funded projects of our Division of Economic Independence in Fiscal Year 2021. The report covers five different topic areas, showing the breadth of our family self-sufficiency research.

This portfolio of research describes all of the active or newly funded projects of our Division of Economic Independence in Fiscal Year 2020. The report covers five different topic areas, showing the breadth of our family self-sufficiency research.

This portfolio of research describes all of the active or newly funded projects of our Division of Economic Independence in Fiscal Year 2019. The report covers five different topic areas, showing the breadth of our family self-sufficiency research. 

This portfolio of research describes all of the active or newly funded projects of our Division of Economic Independence in fiscal year 2018. The report covers five different topic areas, showing the breadth of our family self-sufficiency research.

This portfolio of research describes all of the active or newly funded projects of our Division of Economic Independence in fiscal year 2017. The report covers five different topic areas, showing the breadth of our family self-sufficiency research.

This portfolio of research describes all of the active or newly funded projects of our Division of Economic Independence in fiscal year 2016. The report covers five different topic areas, showing the breadth of our family self-sufficiency research...

This portfolio of research describes all of the active or newly funded projects of our Division of Economic Independence in fiscal year 2015.

The report covers five different topic areas, showing the breadth of our family self-sufficiency research...

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...

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 featured projects cover topics that include TANF, the safety net, employment, education and training. The report also describes OPRE’s efforts to disseminate rigorous research on welfare and family self-sufficiency.  This year’s portfolio covers OPRE-funded projects for Fiscal Year 2013...

This Portfolio of Research in Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency describes the major research projects of the Office...