Topic Overview
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation undertakes some research projects related to Administration for Children and Families programs that do not fit neatly into other sections of the OPRE website. These are included here.
Projects on this Topic
Assets for Independence Program Experiment, 2011-2015
In the fall of 2011, ACF launched a random assignment evaluation of the impact of participation in the Assets for Independence (AFI) Program on savings, savings patterns and asset purchase by low-income individuals and families at selected AFI grantee...
Compassion Capital Fund Evaluations, 2004-2011
The purpose of the Compassion Capital Fund is to expand and strengthen the role of organizations in their ability to provide social services to low-income communities. The Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) consists of two grant programs...
Cross-Site Evaluation of Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children's Health), 2008-2013
OPRE has awarded a contract to Abt Associates to develop and implement a cross-site evaluation of Project LAUNCH (Linking Action for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health). The evaluation is funded through an intra-agency agreement between OPRE and...
OPRE Research Dissemination Project, 2010-2012
This contract aims to develop an evidence-informed research dissemination strategy for OPRE to improve the communication and usefulness of research and evaluation findings to targeted audiences...
Supporting Positive Language and Literacy Development in Young Language Minority Children: Research, Policy, and Practice: Roundtable Meeting, 2008
The Language Minority Roundtable was a working meeting where invited participants engaged in critical dialogue regarding how research can support efforts of policymakers and practitioners to serve the language and literacy needs of young language...
Evaluation Data Coordination Project (EDCP), 2002-2004
The Evaluation Data Coordination Project (EDCP) was an effort to begin the process of developing common measurement questions and reporting formats for selected ACF evaluation projects. Through discussions with project staff from nine ongoing...
Feasibility Assessment of Studying the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina for ACF Service Populations, 2006-2008
Hurricane Katrina was perhaps the largest single natural disaster in America’s history. Millions of people were on the hurricane’s path. About half a million people in New Orleans were displaced by floods caused by Hurricane Katrina...
Improving Implementation Research Methods for Behavioral and Social Science, 2010
Improving Implementation Research Methods for Behavioral and Social Science, 2010 ACF, along with other federal partners (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control's Division of Violence Prevention...
Interagency Meeting on Subgroup Analysis, 2009
Subgroup analysis, broadly, aims to measure change within and between groups...
Study of Screening and Assessment in TANF/Welfare to Work, 1999-2002
The Study of Screening and Assessment in TANF/Welfare to Work (WtW) project highlighted and discussed critical issues in the development and use of screening and assessment tools designed to identify TANF and/or WtW recipients who experience barriers...
The Application of Effect Sizes in Research on Children and Families: Understanding Impacts on Academic, Emotional Behavioral and Economic Outcomes
Effect sizes are increasingly applied to describe the magnitude of findings about program effectiveness across a range of policy contexts. Though more researchers are recognizing the importance of including effect sizes in manuscripts, at times these...
The Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation
Good program evaluations assess program performance, measure impacts on families and communities, and document our success. With this information, programs are better able to direct limited resources to where they are most needed and most effective in...
