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Low-income youth and young adults with disabilities (Y&YAD) face a myriad of unique and challenging obstacles to improving their economic well-being, from experiencing homelessness to involvement with the justice system. They along with their families…

The U.S. Department of Education seeks to better support students who are incarcerated. Its Second Chance Pell (SCP) Experimental Sites Initiative waived the prohibition against offering Pell grants to incarcerated students in federal or state prisons…

SSA administers two of the nation’s largest entitlement programs: Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSA’s Office of Retirement and Disability Policy needs short-term research and evaluation…

Rising income inequality and inflation have left many residents of Alameda, Calif., struggling financially. To demonstrate the effects of unrestricted cash benefits for low-income residents, the city of Alameda launched a pilot to provide select…

To support optimal infant nutrition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeks to improve knowledge of–and skills in–evidence-based maternity care practices among health practitioners. Best practices include breastfeeding, but racial and…

The FBI calls human trafficking the third largest criminal activity in the world. Most attention is on pimps and smuggling rings—the supply side. But recently, law enforcement has attacked demand, trying to shrink the market for prostitution. Anti-demand…

The life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians remains approximately 10 years – a gap Australia aims to eliminate by 2030. In the mid-2000s, the Australian government was grappling with the…

Rising income inequality has left many residents of Alexandria, VA, struggling to make ends meet, including many who are working. To determine how best to support them, the city of Alexandria launched a pilot to provide select residents who earn less…

As affordable housing shrinks and poverty persists—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—California continues to face a complex homelessness crisis. To get a true understanding of the scope and nature of the challenge, the California Legislature passed a…

Since the 1980s, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has tested many new policies and programs to improve work outcomes for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients. These demonstrations covered…