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Promising Practices Catalog
 Economic Success Clearinghouse/WIN
Out-of-School Time
Professional Development in Education
Finding Federal Funding
Sustainability Planning
Investments in Children's Services Clearinghouse
Youth Programs Resource Center
Youth Transitions Resource Center
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Welfare Policy and Services
Other Resources
Piloting a Community Approach to Healthy Marriage Initiatives in Three Sites: Chicago, Illinois; Boston Massachusetts; Jacksonville, Florida
by Pamela Joshi; Natasha Pilkauskas; Anupa Bir; Bob Lerman,
Department of Health and Human Services, August 2008
Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment
by Jacqueline Kauff,
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., February 2008
Attacking Poverty and Inequality
by Ron Haskins; Isabel Sawhill,
Brookings Institution, January 2008
The Potential Impact of Increasing Child Support Payments to TANF Families
by Laura Wheaton, Elaine Sorensen,
Urban Institute, January 2008
Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability
by M. Robin Dion; Alan Hawkins,
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., November 2007
Home Visiting: Strengthening Families by Promoting Parenting Success
National Human Services Assembly, November 2007
Transitional Jobs for Ex-Prisoners
by Dan Bloom, Cindy Redcross, Janine Zweig, Gilda Azurdia,
MDRC/Urban Institute, November 2007
The Effect of Welfare and IDA Program Rules on the Asset Holdings of Low-Income Families
by Signe-Mary McKernan; Caroline Ratcliffe; Yunju Nam,
Urban Institute; Center for Social Development; New America Foundation, September 2007
Using Work-Oriented Sanctions to Increase TANF Program Participation
by Jacqueline Kauff; Michelle Derr; LaDonna Pavetti; Emily Sama Martin,
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., September 2007
Changes Needed in Federal Child Welfare Law to Better
by AFL-CIO,The American Public Human Services Association,Catholic Charities USA,CLASP,CWLA,The Children's Defense Fund,The National Child Abuse Coalition and Voices for America’s Children,
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), May 2007
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Between Welfare Reform and Reauthorization: Income Support Systems in Cuyahoga and Philadelphia, 2000 to 2005
by David Seith, Sarah Rich, and Lashawn Richburg-Hayes ,
MDRC, March 2007
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Between Welfare Reform and Reauthorization:Income Support Systems in Cuyahoga and Philadelphia, 2000 to 2005
by David Seith, Sarah Rich, and Lashawn Richburg-Hayes ,
MDRC, March 2007
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Implementing the TANF Changes in the DRA: "Win-Win" Solutions for Families and States, Second Edition
by Sharon Parrott,Liz Schott and Eileen Sweeney,
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), February 2007
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New Goals and Outcomes for Temporary Assistance: State Choices in the Decade after Enactment
by Margy Waller and Shawn Fremstad,
Brookings Institution, Center on Urban and Met Policy, August 2006
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TANF AT 10: Program Results are More Mixed than Often Understood
by Sharon Parrott and Arloc Sherman,
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, August 2006
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Ten Years after Welfare Reform, It's Time to Make Work Work for Families
by Evelyn Ganzglass,
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), August 2006
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The Changing Role of Welfare in the Lives of Low-Income Families with Children
by Pamela Loprest and Sheila Zedlewski,
Urban Institute, August 2006
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At the Front Lines of the Welfare System: A Perspective on the Decline in Welfare Caseloads
by Irene Lurie,
Rockefeller Institute of Government, July 2006
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Getting On, Staying On, and Getting Off Welfare: The Complexity of State-by-State Policy Choices
by Gretchen Rowe and Linda Giannarelli,
The Urban Institute, July 2006
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Implementing Healthy Marriage Programs for Unmarried Couples with Children: Early Lessons from the Building Strong Families Project
by M. Robin Dion, Sarah A. Avellar, Heather H. Zaveri, & Alan M. Hershey,
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., July 2006
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Two-Thirds of States Qualify as "Needy States" for Extended Counting of
by Elizabeth Lower-Basch,
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), June 2006
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Implementing the TANF Changes in the Deficit Reduction Act: "Win-Win" Solutions for Families and States
by Sharon Parrott, Allegra Baider, Liz Schott, Evelyn Ganzglass, Eileen Sweeney, Mark Greenberg, Elisa Minoff, Vicki Turetsky,
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), May 2006
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Reducing Unwed Childbearing: The Missing Link in Efforts to Promote Marriage
by Andrea Kane and Daniel T. Lichter,
Brookings Institution, April 2006
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The Effect of Specific Welfare Policies on Poverty
by Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline Ratcliffe,
The Urban Institute, April 2006
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Paths to Work in Rural Places: Key Findings and Lessons from the Impact Evaluation of the Future Steps Rural Welfare-to-Work Program
by Alicia Meckstroth, Andrew Burwick, Michael Ponza, Shawn Marsh, Tim Novak, Shannon Phillips, Nuria Diaz-Tena, Judy Ng ,
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., March 2006
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Resilient and Reaching for More: The Challenges and Benefits of Higher Education for Welfare Participants and their Children
by Avis A. Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D. and Barbara Gault, Ph.D.,
Institute for Women's Policy Research 2006
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Block Grants: Flexibility vs. Stability in Social Services
by Margy Waller,
Brookings Institution, December 2005
Family Economic (In)Security: A View From the States
National Center for Children in Poverty, November 2005
HHS Should Exercise Oversight to Help Ensure TANF Work Participation Is Measured Consistently across States
U.S. Government Acountability Office (GAO), August 2005
Welfare Reform in Los Angeles: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods
by Denise F. Polit, Laura Nelson, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, David C. Seith, and Sarah Rich,
MDRC, August 2005
Turning Welfare into a Work Support: Six-Year Impacts on Parents and Children from the Minnesota Family Investment Program
by Lisa A. Gennetian, Cynthia Miller, and Jared Smith,
MDRC, July 2005
An Evaluation Wisconsin Works (W-2) Program
Wisconsin State Legislature, Legislative Audit Bureau, April 2005
Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Young Children: New Findings on Policy Experiments Conducted in the Early 1990s
by Pamela A. Morris, Lisa A. Gennetian, and Greg J. Duncan,
MDRC, April 2005
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"Chutes and Ladders: The Search for Solid Ground for Women in the Workforce (An Update on the Status of Displaced Homemakers and
by Women Work!,
Women Work!, February 2005
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Welfare Reform in Miami: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods
by Thomas Brock, Isaac Kwakye, Judy C. Polyné, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, David Seith, Alex Stepick,Carol Dutton Stepick with Tara Cullen and Sarah Rich,
MDRC, June 2004
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A Profile of Families Cycling On and Off Welfare
by Lashawn Richburg-Hayes Stephen Freedman,
MDRC, April 2004
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Welfare Reform in Philadelphia: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods
by Charles Michalopoulos, Kathryn Edin, Barbara Fink, Mirella Landriscina, Denise Polit, Judy Polyne, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, David Seith, Nandita Verma ,
MDRC, October 2003
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Pursuing Economic Security for Young Adults: Five-Year Impacts of Pre-Employment Services in the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies
by Stephen Freedman,
MDRC, July 2003
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New Hope for Families and Children: Five-Year Results of a Program to Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare
by Aletha C. Huston, Cynthia Miller, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Greg J. Duncan, Carolyn A. Eldred, Thomas S. Weisner, Edward Lowe, Vonnie C. McLoyd, Danielle A. Crosby, Marika N. Ripke, Cindy Redcross ,
MDRC, June 2003
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From Poverty to Self-Sufficiency: Role of Post-Secondary Education in Welfare Reform
by Center for Women Policy Stuides,
Center for Women Policy Studies 2002
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Analysis of New Interim Final TANF Rules
by Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Evelyn Ganzglass, Elisa Minoff, Sharon Parrott, and Liz Schott,
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
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A Tale of Ten Cities: Creating Welfare Programs that Make a Difference
Department of Health and Human Services
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