Examines what communities in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, and Oregon have done to improve the coordination of response systems for domestic violence victims in the child support system, focusing on interagency strategies that child support and public assistance agencies use to improve...

Examines the effectiveness of paraprofessional home visitor services in strengthening outcomes for teenage parents receiving cash assistance through AFDC and participating in welfare-to-work programs. The study was based on a demonstration in three cities intended to reduce long-term welfare...

Provides a comprehensive portrait of typical induction support provided to elementary school teachers in urban districts around the country in their first year.

Comprehensive teacher induction provides novice teachers with carefully selected and trained full-time mentors, as well as a curriculum of intensive and structured support. This report presents the first round of results from a large-scale randomized controlled study of the effects of two...

This report on program implementation notes that most of the programs studied offer much more than "just say no." In addition to delivering a clear and consistent message of abstinence until marriage, programs focus on building self-esteem, developing values, formulating goals, making decisions,...

Examines welfare reform in Virginia, which implemented reforms early and focused on building attachment to jobs and the economy, noting that many welfare workers believed work incentives were critical to program success and that, despite new strategies to help workers do their jobs differently,...