The Continuing Resolution includes $500 million for CCDBG, half of which will be used for disaster relief in affected states and the other half to be allocated among all states as emergency discretionary funding.
An issue brief released by The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation recently updated estimates of the share of eligible children served by all funding sources, including CCDBG and TANF.
The budget proposals offered by the U.S. House and Senate in September 2015 were important statements by Republican leaders about their values and priorities.
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Nutrition Service (FNS) announced the ten states selected for funding. The selected pilots include a mix of mandatory and voluntary E&T programs, many of which also include career pathway models.
A new national study on the enrollment and persistence of non-first-time students (NFT) indicates that when non-first-time students mix their enrollment, they are more likely to complete their degree.
The federal Office of Child Care recently extended the submission deadline from July 2015 to March 2016 for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Plans for FY 2016-2018.
Last week, House and Senate members unveiled a package of tax credit proposals to support working families. These bills stake out an agenda as Congress begins working on tax reform.
The U.S. Departments of Education (ED), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Labor (DOL) have released a summary report of last spring’s Career Pathway Request for Information (RFI).
A new report from Work Support Strategies initiative describes what leadership looks like among state health and human services officials implementing large-scale systems reform.
State lawmakers in Arizona are working furiously on a FY16 budget deal. Unfortunately, Governor Doug Ducey and Republican leadership in Arizona’s House and Senate plan to achieve these cuts by slashing funds for programs that support low-income people.
The Department of Education acts on the OECD survey results along with other recent changes in the adult education and workforce landscape in "Making Skills Everyone’s Business: A Call to Transform Adult Learning in the United States".