Briefs

This brief (PDF, 17 pages) provides an overview of the grantees and strategies funded through the Community Collaborations to Strengthen and Preserve Families Initiative (CWCC). The brief outlines the CWCC’s goals, timeline, and technical assistance; describes each of the 13 CWCC grantees; and summarizes the strategies used in CWCC projects. ...

This webpage contains briefs summarizing a six-part webinar series designed to Raise the Bar for family engagement practices between school and home. The series provided an overview of evidence, highlighted bright spots in the field, and shared resources and evidence-based strategies to support student success with education leaders and practitioners. ...

This brief (PDF, 11 pages) provides policy considerations that help young people and their families foster economic self-sufficiency through financial literacy and independence. These strategies can reduce financial pressures for young people as they transition to employment and adulthood. Learn more (PDF, 11 pages). ...

This brief (PDF, 15 pages) assesses whether and how rates of substance use and substance use disorder (SUD) among adults (ages 18 and older) differ by race and ethnicity. Findings are based off five years of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Learn more. 

This brief (PDF, 20 pages) reviews the eligibility pathways that enable children and youth in foster care to receive Medicaid or other health-care coverage. The brief provides resources to help young people understand their health-care options and to help child welfare agencies assist children, youth, and families in accessing health-care ...

This brief (PDF, 12 pages) is the second in a six-part Integrated Education and Training (IET) Strategies in Action series that provides adult educators with a snapshot of the ways in which some IET programs have implemented promising practices to serve diverse student populations in a variety of settings. This ...

This brief (PDF, 9 pages) is the first in a six-part Integrated Education and Training (IET) Strategies in Action series that provides adult educators with a snapshot of the ways in which some IET programs have implemented promising practices to serve diverse student populations in a variety of settings. This ...

This policy brief outlines the Department’s current efforts to support and advance educator diversity and address high-need shortage areas. The brief features visualizations underscoring national and state data on teacher diversity and areas in which states have particular shortages. Learn more.  ...

This brief describes strategies for redesigning the child welfare service array to meet the needs of young people currently and formerly in foster care. The resource focuses on topics such as housing, healthcare and mental health, substance use disorder treatment, and education. The brief includes a worksheet for practitioners to ...

This brief (PDF, 16 pages) helps researchers newer to school-based impact studies recruit districts and schools that represent the study's population of interest so that the findings are more actionable for educators. The brief provides practical strategies on these four topics that play an important role in a district or ...