Housing and Communities

We develop and study housing assistance policies, community revitalization initiatives, and “place-based” employment programs that seek to improve the economic mobility of people who live in under-resourced neighborhoods.

Video

MyGoals for Employment Success: A Promising Coaching Model

Collage showing a counseling session and a woman learning a task in the workplace

Report

Integrating Employment Services with Substance Use Treatment and Recovery

The Experiences of Five Programs

Illustration of a man helping a job applicant with an online application

Brief

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) in Practice

Lessons from Breaking Barriers

Brief

Parents’ Reflections on Their Experiences with the Child Support Program in the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration

a women in front of the computer with data table in it

Brief

Increasing Data Analytics Capacity in State TANF Agencies

The TANF Data Collaborative Approach

Project

Employment Services for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders

Project

Individual Placement and Support Model for Employment Services

Brief

Exemplary Data Use by State TANF Agencies

Beyond Routine Reports and Analyses

Report

Understanding Families’ Experiences of Poverty

Results of a Qualitative Study Exploring the Perspectives of Children and Their Parents

Brief

“We Live One Day at a Time”

Families’ Stories from the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brief

“I Feel Like Some People Work Twice as Hard to Get Half as Much"

Children’s and Adolescents’ Perceptions and Experiences of Poverty and Inequality

Report

A Comparison of Approaches Informed by Procedural Justice and Traditional Enforcement in the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration

Report

Two-Year Findings from the Evaluation of Breaking Barriers

An Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Program

Commentary

Want Landlords to Lease to Families with Housing Vouchers? Try Asking in New Ways

Report

Housing and Communities

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