Finds that most WtW grantees, except recently funded ones, are now delivering services, but restrictive eligibility rules still in effect in late 1999 continue to impede enrollment. Despite low enrollment, grantees have moved expeditiously to place WtW participants in work activities. To date,...

This brief, the second in a series from our Building Strong Families project, details the technical assistance services available to state and local organizations interested in developing services for unwed couples who are expecting or have just had a child. The project team can help...

This study evaluates the initial implementation of the Couples Employment (CE) project in Baltimore, Maryland, a voluntary intervention to simultaneously address employment, financial literacy, and relationship issues, to capitalize on the ways that success in each might affect the other....

To become successful learners, students need to comprehend what they read. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds, in particular, may have difficulty comprehending text because they often lack general vocabulary and strategies for organizing information and gleaning knowledge from text. This...

This study evaluates the initial implementation of the Couples Employment (CE) project in Baltimore, Maryland, a voluntary intervention to simultaneously address employment, financial literacy, and relationship issues, to capitalize on the ways that success in each might affect the other....

This study evaluated the effectiveness of four supplemental reading comprehension programs in helping disadvantaged fifth graders improve reading comprehension. The study, supported by the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education and conducted over the course of two...

Focuses on the Support Has A Rewarding Effect (SHARE) initiative operated with Welfare-to-Work grant support in the state of Washington. SHARE offered three options to noncustodial parents whose minor dependent children were receiving TANF and who were behind on their support obligations: (1)...