Additional Evidence on an EITC for Singles
OPRE, in partnership with MDRC, recently published a new report about Paycheck Plus, a test of an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) expansion for low-income workers without dependent children in Atlanta, Georgia. EITC, one of the federal government’s largest antipoverty programs.
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How Can Pre-Registering Your Study Promote Research Transparency?
For OPRE, transparency is very important. It’s one of ACF’s five research principles of rigor, relevance, transparency, independence, and ethics. Here are some of the activities we already do to work towards greater transparency.
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Pre-Registering Studies – What Is It, How Do You Do It, and Why?
Pre-registration is the practice of deciding your research and analysis plan prior to starting your study and sharing it publicly, like submitting it to a registry.
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Focusing on Coordinated Services
Many social service providers recognize that children and families may face complex, interdependent challenges and that services to address their needs may come from a range of providers.
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What We’re Learning About Improving Family Finances
On April 15, or "Tax Day," many U.S. residents are thinking about their finances (the filing deadline to submit 2021 tax returns or an extension to file and pay tax owed is Monday, April 18, 2022, for most taxpayers).
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Co-Regulation and Connection in Human Services: Developing a Learning Agenda
For over a decade, OPRE has actively engaged program offices across the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to translate research about the impact of early adversity and chronic stress on long-term health and well-being and apply it to human services programs.
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Top 10 OPRE Publications of 2021
As we approach the new year, we invite you to take a look back at our most downloaded publications of 2021.
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How Do I Love My Job? Let Me Count the Ways.
I serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this career civil service position, I direct the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, whose mission is to advise agency leadership on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of programs designed to improve the economic and social well-being of children and families. We fulfill this mission by sponsoring research and evaluation studies through grants and contracts; coordinating performance management across the agency; and working to improve the quality and use of data. ACF’s evaluation policy includes five principles that guide our work: rigor, relevance, transparency, independence and ethics.
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Celebrating Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month
Every April, OPRE celebrates Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month. Whether we are studying Head Start, home visiting, or economic self-sufficiency, mathematics and statistics can help us find answers to the questions we examine across our research portfolio.
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Update: Embracing Learning Opportunities from COVID-19
Learn more about how OPRE and our research partners are working hard to capture information about the pandemic-related experiences of ACF programs and the families they serve.
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