Happy Birthday OPRE!
In the spirit of human development, we can now consider OPRE a full-fledged adult at the age of 29. As an adult, we are solidifying our identity, leveraging our independence, and expanding our relationships with others.
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Applying Bayesian Methods in the Evaluation of Employment Coaching Programs
OPRE’s explores innovative statistical methods and ways they might be applied to generate evidence on human services programs, and we recently released a publication highlighting Bayesian methods and their applications in program evaluation.
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Recruiting and Retaining the Head Start Workforce: Insights from the 2022 Cohort of Secondary Analyses of Head Start and Early Head Start Grant Recipients
The 2022 cohort of Secondary Analyses of Head Start Data grant recipients recently completed their projects. Many of their projects specifically focused on staff turnover, shortages, and compensation.
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Celebrating Financial Capability Month
April is National Financial Capability Month, celebrating the importance of financial education and understanding barriers to financial well-being.
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Women in the Workforce
OPRE is celebrating the women who participate in, staff, and administer human services programs across the country. This month, we highlight women’s roles in those fields and share OPRE’s projects that are helping to build evidence on the human services workforce.
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What Does it Mean to Use Evidence Well?
It is important for policy to be using the most rigorous evidence available, but equally important is how we conceptualize the quality of evidence use.
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Becoming a Public Servant at OPRE: How and Why to Apply for Opportunities to Join our Mission
Are you interested in building evidence to improve the lives of children and families? A career in public service is a deeply rewarding opportunity to serve your country and lend your talents and perspectives to important and influential work benefiting communities across the United States.
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Celebrating Girley Wright and 50 Years of Federal Service
We are so proud to recognize and celebrate Girley Wright’s 50 years of service with the federal government!
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Broadening the Lens of Evidence Use
Reports that evidence isn’t used in policy may be greatly exaggerated. There has been much discussion about a research-to-policy gap, but is it actually a gap or a narrow view endemic in discussions of evidence use?
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Fellows in the Field: Developmental Science and the OPRE Experience
Over the last two decades, SRCD fellows placed in OPRE have supported federal staff in conducting rigorous research and evaluation efforts with the mission to improve the wellbeing of children and families served by the Administration for Children and Families.
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