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This National Foster Care Month, take a look back at this report from @urbaninstitute that shares formative evaluations of two employment programs that focus explicitly on young people transitioning to adulthood from foster care. https://buff.ly/3FhQB04 @Child-Welfare-Information-Gateway #FosterCareMonth

Learn more in this new fact sheet, which answers basic questions about the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Review. https://buff.ly/44FKSOq #HomeVisiting

This new report from our research partners the Urban Institute and MEF Associates presents findings from case studies of six Head Start grants that converted enrollment slots to Early Head Start in 2021. The case studies show that the following factors facilitated successful conversions: End of
Translation • leadership and staff support, policy council involvement, and low turnover among leaders • understanding of and access to data about community needs • knowledge of how to meet Head Start Program Performance Standards for Early Head Start • sufficient time and attention to create detailed plans • existing waitlists of families seeking high-quality infant and toddler education and child development services • leaders’ and educators’ knowledge of what is developmentally appropriate for infants and toddlers https://buff.ly/3JVRuP6 #HeadStart #EarlyHeadStart

This National Adolescent Health Month, we at OPRE, along with our Administration for Children and Families (ACF) program office partners, are highlighting our work that promotes adolescent health and strives to help adolescents reach their full potential. #NationalAdolescentHealthMonth #HealthyYouthNAHM

OPRE would like to spotlight Girley Wright, who is a senior program analyst at OPRE's Division of Economic Independence. Her work focuses on topics related to self-sufficiency, employment, and the well-being of low-income individuals, including subsidized employment and TANF-related issues. https://buff.ly/3sktCz4

In this new brief from our research partners MEF Associates and the Urban Institute, learn more about why and how employers offer financial capability services for employees, what they have learned from offering such services, and how they see the services as influencing employee well-being. https://buff.ly/3WBvZL2 #FinancialCapability

A new snapshot from our research partner Child Trends examines the use of out-of-school time care among school-aged children using findings from the 2012 and 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education. Findings show the percentage of non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic or Latino children using out-of-school time care decreased from 2012 to 2019. https://buff.ly/44E5nLb #ChildCare

May is National Foster Care Month. Take a look back at a crosswalk from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) and our research partner RTI International. The crosswalk shares a brief history of the survey across all three cohorts of the NSCAW and provides information on the characteristics, constructs, and measures collected. https://buff.ly/3WrbikP @Child-Welfare-Information-Gateway #FosterCareMonth

This #HospitalWeek we acknowledge the vital care role that hospitals and healthcare staff provide in our communities. ACF’s Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) provided TANF recipients and others with career training in #HealthProfession fields. We are proud to highlight OPRE’s research and evaluation portfolio in HPOG. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eTv5U53T

This adapted co-regulation model describes how to support fathers within three overlapping domains of actionable strategies: building caring relationships, creating supportive environments, and focusing on skill-building interactions. Learn more in this report that shares findings from a meeting designed to identify ways in which human services programs can support fathers’ connection, co-regulation, and engagement. https://buff.ly/3UcGocW