The use of private organizations to perform social service functions has increased greatly in the past few years, although little is known about the privatization of welfare services. This report reviews the literature to set the stage for a study looking at the experiences of six agencies that...

Presents promising practices from the state of Maine, which has very high participation rates in the Food Stamp Program, and suggests that bringing the "human" aspect back into the delivery of human services by taking a personal, flexible, and creative approach can facilitate enrollment and...

As part of the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation-funded Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey project, Mathematica updated a 2003 report containing resources to help Head Start programs for infants and toddlers develop a...

Documents findings from a short-term study that identifies and describes four types of work-based program models that are serving, or could serve, hard-to-employ TANF recipients. Also assesses the feasibility of conducting a rigorous, large-scale evaluation of these programs.

As part of the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation-funded Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey project, Mathematica updated a 2003 report containing resources to help Head Start programs for infants and toddlers develop a...