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December 2008:

PDFs recently posted on OPRE (HTML Coming):

Welfare Rules Databook: State TANF Policies as of July 2007

American Community Survey: New Survey Questions Enable Measurement of Marital Transitions, October 2008

Assessment of Survey Data for the Analysis of Marriage and Divorce at the National, State and Local Levels

Collection of Marriage and Divorce, Statistics by States: Final Report

Electronic Collection of Marriage and Divorce Statistics: Findings from Seven States, Final Report

Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What and How? Research Brief

Strategies for Promoting Prevention and Improving Oral Health Care Delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation Volume I: Final Technical Report

A Guide to Emerging Strategies for Promoting Prevention and Improving Oral Health Care Delivery in Head Start: Lessons from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation, Final Report Volume II

I am Moving, I am Learning: Early Findings from the Implementation of an Obesity Prevention Enhancement in Head Start Region III 

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Welfare Time Limits: An Update on State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families

Impacts for Portland’s Career Builders Program

Piloting a Community Approach to Healthy Marriage Initiatives in Three Sites: Chicago, Illinois, Boston, Massachusetts, and Jacksonville, Florida

 

November 2008:

PDFs recently posted on OPRE (HTML Coming):

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, No. 10: From Early Involvement with Child Welfare Services to School Entry: Wave 5 Follow-Up of Infants in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, No. 11: Adolescents Involved with Child Welfare: A Transition to Adulthood

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, No. 13: Depression Among Caregivers of Young Children Reported for Child Maltreatment

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, No. 14: Need for Adoption Among Infants Investigated for Child Maltreatment and Adoption Status 5 to 6 Years Later

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, Adolescents Involved with Child Welfare: A Transition to Adulthood

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, From Early Involvement with Child Welfare Services to School Entry: A 5- to 6-Year Follow-Up of Infants in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being With Tables of 5- to 6-Year Follow-Up Results

Teaching Self-Sufficiency: An Impact and Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Home Visitation and Life Skills Education Program Findings from the Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation

Testing Case Management in a Rural Context: An Impact Analysis of the Illinois Future Steps Program Findings from the Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation

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Understanding the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina for ACF Service Populations: A Feasibility Assessment of Study Approaches

Understanding the Demand Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market: Final Report

Understanding the Demand Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market: Appendix B: Telephone Survey Questionnaire

Understanding the Demand Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market: Appendix C: National Survey of Business Establishments

Results from the Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) Program in Salem, Oregon

Designing a Marriage Education Demonstration and Evaluation for Low-Income Married Couples: Working Paper

 

August 2008:

PDFs recently posted on OPRE (HTML Coming):

A Comparison of Two Job Club Strategies: The Effects of Enhanced Versus Traditional Job Clubs in Los Angeles

Impacts for Portland’s Career Builders Program

Evaluation of the Early Start to Emancipation Preparation – Tutoring Program Los Angeles County, California:  Final Report

Evaluation of the Life Skills Training Program Los Angeles County, California:  Final Report

Supporting Healthy Marriage: Designing a Marriage Education Demonstration and Evaluation for Low-Income Married Couples - Working Paper

Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How?

Understanding the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina for ACF Service Populations:A Feasibility Assessment of Study Approaches

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Local Implementation of TANF in Five Sites: Changes Related to the Deficit Reduction Act

 

July 2008:

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An Economic Framework and Selected Proposals for Demonstrations Aimed At Strengthening Marriage, Employment, and Family Functioning Outcome

 

June 2008:

PDF recently posted on OPRE (HTML Coming):

Welfare Time Limits: An Update on State Policies, Implementation, & Effects on Families

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Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Research Design Development Project, Executive Summary

Implementation of Building Strong Families, Executive Summary and Final Report

The Welfare Rules Databook: State Policies as of July 2006

Results from Two Education and Training Models for Employed Welfare Recipients in Riverside, California

 

May 2008:

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Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Final Report

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Providing Specialized Personal and Work Support

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Creating Work Opportunities

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Conducting In-Depth Assessments

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Creating TANF and Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Partnerships

2 PDFs recently posted on OPRE (HTML Coming):

Understanding the Demand Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market, Final Report

Results from the Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) Program in Salem, Oregon

 

April 2008:

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families Care in the Home: A Description of Family Child Care and the Experiences of the Families and Children Who Use It: Executive Summary

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families Care in the Home: A Description of Family Child Care and the Experiences of the Families and Children Who Use It: Final Report

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of Child Care Use Among Low-Income Families, Final Report: Executive Summary

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of Child Care Use Among Low-Income Families, Final Report

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy Final Report: Executive Summary

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy Final Report

Results from the "I Am Moving, I Am Learning" Stage 1 Survey, Final Interim Report

Four PDFs recently posted on OPRE (HTML Coming):

Local Implementation of TANF in Five Sites:  Changes Related to the Deficit Reduction Act, Final Report

Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Research Design Development Project, Executive Summary

• English Interviews for the MSHS Research Design Development Project: Parent Interview, Center/Staff Interview, and Teacher Interviews
• Spanish Interviews for the MSHS Research Design Development Project: Parent Interview, Center/Staff Interview, and Teacher Interviews

March 2008:

Studying the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina for ACF Service Populations: Annotated Bibliography

Seventeen PDFs recently posted on OPRE (HTML Coming):

Results from the “I Am Moving, I Am Learning” Stage 1 Survey, Final Interim Report

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Final Report

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Providing Specialized Personal and Work Support

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Creating Work Opportunities

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Conducting In-Depth Assessments

Assisting TANF Recipients Living with Disabilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: Creating TANF and Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Partnerships

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families Care in the Home: A Description of Family Child Care and the Experiences of the Families and Children Who Use It: Executive Summary

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families Care in the Home: A Description of Family Child Care and the Experiences of the Families and Children Who Use It: Final Report

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of Child Care Use Among Low-Income Families, Final Report: Executive Summary

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of Child Care Use Among Low-Income Families, Final Report

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy Final Report: Executive Summary

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy Final Report

Implementation of Building Strong Families Program, Executive Summary

Implementation of Building Strong Families Program

An Economic Framework and Selected Proposals for Demonstrations Aimed At Strengthening Marriage, Employment, and Family Functioning Outcomes

The Welfare Rules Databook: State Policies as of July 2006

Results from Two Education and Training Models for Employed Welfare Recipients in Riverside, California

 

February 2008:

Oral Health Promotion, Prevention, & Treatment Strategies for Head Start Families: Early Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation, Volume I: Final Interim Report

Oral Health Promotion, Prevention, & Treatment Strategies for Head Start Families: Early Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation, Volume II: Site Profiles

 

December 2007

Four Strategies to Overcome Barriers to Employment An Introduction to the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project

Using Work-Oriented Sanctions to Increase TANF Program Participation

 

October 2007

The Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Personal Roads to Individual Development and Employment (PRIDE) Program in New York City

 

August 2007

Adolescent Romantic Relationships as Precursors of Healthy Adult Marriages: A Review of Theory, Research, and Programs

Findings from the Survey of Early Head Start Programs: Communities, Programs, and Families

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), No. 8: Need for Early Intervention Services Among Infants and Toddlers in Child Welfare, Research Brief, Findings from the NSCAW Study

 

July 2007

The Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) Program in Riverside, California

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), No. 7: Special Health Care Needs Among Children in Child Welfare, Research Brief, Findings from the NSCAW Study

TANF Caseload Composition and Leavers Synthesis Report

 

June 2007

FACES 2006: Study Design

 

May 2007

The Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from Minnesota's Tier 2 Program

 

April 2007

Innovative Employment Approaches and Programs for Low-Income Families

Meeting the Needs of Married, Low-Income Stepfamily Couples in Marriage Education Services, Final Report

Bridging the Data Gap for Marriage and Family Research: Potential Opportunities Within the NLSY97

 

March 2007

The Welfare Rules Databook: State Policies as of July 2004

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families Care in the Home: A Description of Family Child Care and the Families and Children Who Use It:
Wave 1 Report: Executive Summary
Wave 1 Report
Volume II: Measures Used in the Study

Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Findings from Project Upgrade in Miami-Dade County

Local Implementation of TANF in Five Sites: Final Report