Low angle view of group of people in circle and holding their fists together during a group therapy session. People with fist put together during support group session.
By Teon Hayes “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When families are facing soaring food prices, stretched resources, and fewer avenues of support, the strength of a community is often what…
A new guidebook from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab provides college employees, as well as poverty advocates, strategies to address student housing insecurity and costs of living in higher education. Specifically, it suggests action steps to address high…
For single-parent families, child support from non-custodial parents is a critical way to reduce poverty. The Child Support Enforcement program (CSE) serves 16 million children as well as 22 million parents and caregivers each year. A recent report from the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) highlights…
In 2015, TANF spending on child care decreased by $45 million in 2015. Nationally, about $2.6 billion of TANF funds were used for child care through direct spending on child care and transfers to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG).
CLASP has released a new memo in our WIOA Game Plan Opportunities for Action series. It serves as a reference guide on the WIOA adult program’s priority of service provision.
Today’s economy increasing requires post-secondary credentials for good jobs. President Obama has said every American should have at least one year of postsecondary education and training, leading to a credential. Yet our anti-poverty programs have rules that directly contradict those goals.
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, new spending data for fiscal year (FY) 2015 shows great variation in state spending.
