Using Behavioral Science to Increase Child Support Collections
Low-cost, low-effort interventions informed by behavioral science insights can improve child support outcomes.
ACF Common Framework for Research & Evaluation
Learn about the role various types of research and evaluation play in generating information and answering empirical questions related to the human services provided by ACF.
ACF Evaluation Policy
ACF seeks to promote rigor, relevance, transparency, independence, and ethics in the conduct of evaluations.
Head Start CARES for Migrant and Seasonal Families
Learn about the adaptation of the Head Start CARES program’s social-emotional curriculum for the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start community.
Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP)
This new evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program will serve some 300,000 youth across the country.
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What is OPRE?
OPRE studies ACF programs and the populations they serve through rigorous research and evaluation projects. These include program evaluations, research syntheses and descriptive and exploratory studies.
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Quick Fact
Approximately 22% of children in families investigated for maltreatment were placed out of home at least once in the 18 months following the close of investigation. Among those placed out of home, 72.6% had one placement, 18.9% had two placements, and 8.5% had three or more placements. View the NSCAW Spotlight.
