1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Opening Remarks & Plenary: One Workforce: A Federal-State Partnership Initiative for Innovation

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

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

Diverse Methods of Coaching: Examples from Across Human Services

Employment and Education during the Transition to Adulthood for Youth Aging out of Foster Care

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

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

Exploring Tools That Address Financial Hardship

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Symposium: What’s the Role of Equity in Evaluation Policy?

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Break

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Emerging Scholars Poster Session – Lightning Round 1

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

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

New Research on Career Pathways: Findings Across Federal Studies

Building the Evidence Base on Youth Employment Approaches

Emerging Research on Sexual Risk Avoidance and Sexual Risk Cessation

Measuring Change in Two-Generation Programs

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

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

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Welcome & Plenary: Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG): Impact Findings and Insights from an HPOG Participant

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Combining Data to Understand TANF Populations and Outcomes: Key Considerations

Emerging Employer-Focused Approaches for Advancing Economic Independence

Promising Practices to Prevent Youth Homelessness

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programming

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

Leveraging Data in Child Support Programs

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

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Week 2 Opening Remarks & Plenary: Response and Recovery During COVID-19: Embracing Learning on Human Services Resiliency

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

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

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Facilitated Networking Roundtables

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Plenary: Implementing the Evidence Act: Experiences and Lessons from the Ground

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Break

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Engaging Fathers across Human Services Agencies

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

Employment Strategies for Populations with Complex Needs

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

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

Measuring What Matters in Self-Sufficiency Programs

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

TANF On-the-Ground: Innovative Practices and Office Culture

Coaching in Practice: Implementation Findings from an Evaluation of Employment Coaching

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

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

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

Making Behavioral Interventions Stick: Moving from Tests to Integration

Food Insecurity and Its Effects on Family Well-Being

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Break

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Emerging Scholars Poster Session – Lightning Round 2

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Lessons from TANF Studies across Cities, Territories, and States

Partnering with and Insights from Employers to Improve Workforce Development

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

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

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

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

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

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Break

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks & Plenary: Linking Evidence to Practice: OPRE's New Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse