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Long-term effects of the Minnesota Family Investment Program on marriage and divorce among two-parent families

In 1994, Minnesota began testing a major welfare reform initiative that emphasized financial incentives for work, a participation requirement for long-term recipients, and the simplification of rules and procedures for receiving public assistance. MDRC conducted an in-depth evaluation of the Minnesota Family Investment Program’s effectiveness and impact on various populations served. One of the striking […]

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Building multiple revenue sources

By reading this particular volume in The Intermediary Development Series, intermediary organizationswill know how to evaluate, start and sustain one or more new income or revenue sources. They will know the features, advantages and requirements associated with particular revenue sources. And they will be able to raise more money using tools and techniques that fit […]

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State experience and perspectives on reducing out-of-wedlock births

This report examines state efforts to reduce nonmarital births since the passage of PRWORA. In addition to synthesizing existing surveys of related state efforts, the study also includes findings from a series detailed interviews with a sample of nine states. These interviews focused on how states’ efforts to reduce nonmarital births had changed since passage […]

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Delivering training and technical assistance

By reading this particular volume in The Intermediary Development Series, intermediary organizations will learn the key elements necessary to effectively design and deliver training and technical assistance (T/TA) in order to build capacity in faith-based and community-based organizations as evidenced by: increased funding; increased effectiveness; increased efficiency. This guidebook will help organizations answer these key […]

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Acquiring public grants

By reading this particular volume in The Intermediary Development Series, intermediary organizations and the faith-based and community-based organizations they work with will learn key concepts about effective federal grant research and proposal writing practices including: How to access and use grant research tools; finding relevant Federal programs and grant opportunities; understanding the Federal grant solicitation […]

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Designing sub-award programs

By reading this particular volume in The Intermediary Development Series, you will better understand the following regarding developing a comprehensive plan to provide sub-awards to build the capacity of faith-based and community organizations: key components, processes, and requirements. This guidebook has been created to assist you, as a leader of an intermediary, in the design […]

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Educating teens about healthy relationships

Policymakers are concerned by the high rates of divorce and out-of-wedlock births and their implications for the health and well-being of children. Among their strategies to address these concerns, some states are focusing on adolescents, taking preventive steps to educate youth about the importance of healthy marriages and help them build the skills necessary for […]

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Promising practices for improving the capacity of faith- and community-based organizations

This report documents the range of services that intermediaries provide to their constituent organizations, and highlights those that constitute promising practices. The report defines as promising practices those efforts undertaken by the intermediaries that show potential for producing successful outcomes–they improve the organizational capacity of faith-based and community organizations, are broadly used and accepted (although […]

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How Research on Family Structure and Children’s Development Can Inform Healthy Marriage Practitioners in the Field

Is children’s development, and children’s cognitive development in particular, affected by the marital status of their parents? On the face of it, this seems to be a simple question to which there is an intuitively simple answer: yes. Yet the answer to this question is anything but simple. The complexity of this question, the policy […]

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A Child’s Day : 2003 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being)

This report is the third examination of children’s well-being and their daily activities based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). It addresses children’s living arrangements and their family’s characteristics, early child care experiences, daily interaction with parents, extracurricular activities, academic experience, and parents’ educational expectations. The data in this report […]

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