Publications and Reports
AFI Reports to Congress
The Office of Community Services provides reports to Congress on the status of AFI Program implementation. The reports are based largely on data submitted annually by each grantee, as required by the program authorizing legislation. OCS has submitted the following reports:
Reports to Congress |
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Eighth Interim Report to Congress | PDF (476 KB) |
Seventh Interim Report to Congress | PDF (840 KB) |
Sixth Interim Report to Congress | PDF (661 KB) |
Fifth Interim Report to Congress | PDF (233 KB) |
Third and Fourth Interim Reports to Congress | |
Second Interim Report to Congress | PDF (3.5 MB) |
First Interim Report to Congress |
National Evaluation
AFI is a demonstration program established to investigate new strategies for helping low-income families become economically self-sufficient. To better evaluate effective projects, the Office of Community Services is financing a long-term national process and impact evaluation of the program. Each AFI Project provides annual information for the study, and the program evaluation team conducts intensive data collection and interviews at a small but representative number of projects. The evaluation also includes information about the impact of the program on a group of approximately 600 individual project participants. Abt Associates, Inc., a social science research firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is working with OCS on the evaluation.
Current Phase |
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Assets for Independence Process Study | PDF (729 KB) |
Executive Summary | PDF (108 KB) |
Assets for Independence Impact Study | PDF (469 KB) |
Executive Summary | PDF (124 KB) |
Evaluation Design Phase | |
AFI Act Evaluation: Phase 1 Implementation Final Report - October 2001 | |
Design Phase - Final Report - August 2000 | |
Design Phase - Concept Paper - December 1999 |
Special Reports
AFI sponsors special projects and additional research to add to the knowledge of asset building as an anti-poverty strategy.
IDAs and CAAs: A Natural Partnership. This technical assistance document is for Community Action Agencies operating Individual Development Account programs.
Building Assets, Building Stronger Families. This guide includes an over with a step-by-step strategy for combining AFI Project and overall asset building approach with family-strengthening and Healthy Marriage strategies.