Past Conferences

2020 Session Videos

Opening Remarks and Plenary

One Workforce: A Federal-State Partnership Initiative for Innovation

Breakout Session

Next Generation of Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency: Practitioner and Research Insights from Two TANF Experiments

Breakout Session

Diverse Methods of Coaching: Examples from Across Human Services

Breakout Session

Employment and Education During the Transition to Adulthood for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

Breakout Session

Using Technology to Promote Enrollment, Engagement, and Learning in Human Services Programs

Breakout Session

Qualitative Inquiry of Needs and Resources for Families with Low Incomes: Insights from Three Studies

Breakout Session

Fostering Financial Security and Resilience: Exploring Tools Designed to Help Families Address and Overcome Financial Hardship

Symposium

Equity, Evidence, and Action: How Can We Bring It All Together, From Federal Policy to Local Practice?

Breakout Session

How TANF Is Assisting Families Experiencing Homelessness: Federal, State, and Local Perspectives

Breakout Session

New Research on Career Pathways: Findings Across Federal Studies

Breakout Session

Building The Evidence Base on Youth Employment Approaches

Breakout Session

Emerging Research on Sexual Risk Avoidance and Sexual Risk Cessation

Breakout Session

Measuring Change in Two-Generational Programs

Breakout Session

Adapting Employment and Human Services Programs for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders

Breakout Session

Using Formative Rapid Cycle Evaluation to Improve Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth

Welcome and Plenary

The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program: Latest Impact Findings for ACF’s Career Pathways Program and Insights From an HPOG Participant

Breakout Session

Combining Data to Understand TANF Populations and Outcomes: Key Considerations

Breakout Session

Emerging Employer-Focused Approaches for Advancing Economic Independence

Breakout Session

Promising Practices to Prevent Youth Homelessness

Breakout Session

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programming

Breakout Session

Translating Research to Practice: Three Career Pathways Programs and Their Research Partners

Breakout Session

Leveraging Data in Child Support Programs

Breakout Session

A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Policy Changes to CalWORKs: Lessons for Policy and Research

Week 2 Opening Remarks and Plenary

Response and Recovery During COVID-19: Embracing Learning on Human Services Resiliency

Panel

Careers in Research Related to Poverty, Family Self-Sufficiency, and Social Welfare

Plenary

Implementing the Evidence Act: Experiences and Lessons from the Ground

Breakout Session

Engaging Fathers Across Human Services Agencies

Breakout Session

The Intersection of TANF with Child Care and Child Support: State Approaches and Lessons Learned

Breakout Session

Employment Strategies for Populations with Complex Needs

Breakout Session

Federal, State, and Local Strategies to Serve Disconnected and Vulnerable Youth

Breakout Session

Family Voices: Benefits Cliffs, Marginal Tax Rates, and Decisions about Work

Breakout Session

Measuring What Matters in Self-Sufficiency Programs

Breakout Session

TANF on the Ground: Innovative Practices and Office Culture

Breakout Session

Coaching in Practice: Implementation Findings from an Evaluation of Employment

Breakout Session

The Impact of Different Approaches to Providing Job Search Assistance to Job Seekers

Breakout Session

Evidence-Building Strategies to Serve Youth Involved in the Child Welfare and Justice Systems

Breakout Session

Linking Healthy Marriage Research and Practice: Findings from the Marriage Strengthening Research and Dissemination Centers

Breakout Session

Making Behavioral Interventions Stick: Moving from Tests to Integration

Breakout Session

Food Insecurity and Its Effects on Family Well-Being

Breakout Session

Lessons from TANF Studies Across Cities, Territories, and States

Breakout Session

Engaging Employers in Workforce Development: Obstacles and Lessons Learned

Breakout Session

Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth: Using Federal Flexibility to Improve Systems for Serving Youth

Breakout Session

Highlighting the Role of Fathers in Research, Practice, and Policy

Breakout Session

Improving Efforts to Build Measurement Capacity: Lessons Learned for Funders and Grantees

Breakout Session

Employment Programs for Nonresident Parents: What Have We Learned and What's Next?

Breakout

Strategies for Using Social Capital in Human Services Programs to Increase Economic Mobility

Closing Remarks and Plenary

Linking Evidence to Practice: OPRE Launches the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse