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Poverty & Economic Mobility

ASPE releases the annual U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines, which are used to determine financial eligibility for some Federal programs. Presented here are the poverty lines for every State and the District of Columbia. You will also find extensive resources on poverty estimates, trends, and analysis, plus historical information on poverty and the Guidelines. More broadly, this section also encompasses issues like poverty and income dynamics, and asset building and financial literacy.

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Case Studies in Supporting Prevention through Human Services Program Integration

Coordinating Integrated Prevention Approaches to Serve the Whole Person

Integrating Services to Strengthen Children, Youth, and Families and Prevent In…

Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: 23rd Report to Congress

The Fiscal Impact of Refugees and Asylees at the Federal, State, and Local Leve…

Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council FY 2023 Report to Congress

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All Under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform

All under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform by Michael Fix Wendy Zimmermann June 1999 This paper was initially presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Introduction

Characteristics of Families Using Title IV-D Services in 1995

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILIES USING TITLE IV-D SERVICES IN 1995 By Matthew Lyon May 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Data Source and Methodology Findings

Fixing to Change: A Best Practices Assessment of One-Stop Job Centers Working With Welfare Recipients

Contents of Chapter: Methodology Five One-Stop Models Successfull Models Challenges in Reaching the Welfare Population Occupations and Employers Empirica

Trends in Noncitizens' and Citizens' Use of Public Benefits Following Welfare Reform: 1994-97

Trends in Noncitizens' and Citizens' Use of Public Benefits Following Welfare Reform: 1994-97 by Michael Fix and Jeffrey S. Passel March 1999

After WAGES: Results of the Florida Study

Performance Improvement 1999

ForewordPerformance Improvement 1999: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the fifth annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with evaluative information on the Department's programs, policies, activities, and strategies.

When Families Leave Welfare Behind, First Survey Findings: Illinois Families in Transition

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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 1998

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence.  This Annual Report on Welfare Indicators, October 1998 is the second of these annual reports.

Moving Teenage Parents into Self-Sufficiency: Lessons From Recent Demonstrations

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Counting Persons in Poverty on the Current Population Survey

This paper explains differences between the counts of persons in poverty as published by the Census Bureau, and the counts one gets when doing a simple tabulation of the public use CPS file. (ASPE Research Notes, Volume 20) [5 PDF pages]