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Direct Cash Transfers to Young People

Direct Cash Transfers to Young People

Direct cash transfers help youth bolster housing stability, improve transitions to adulthood, and offset racial and other inequities. This policy toolkit lays out the implications for young people participating in DCT programs.

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Ample evidence supports the value of addressing the economic and material hardship faced by most child welfare-involved families. This brief discusses the current evidence… Read More
Since 2001 the Children’s Bureau in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has conducted periodic reviews of state child welfare systems. These reviews… Read More
Signed into federal law in February 2018, the Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First) contains a major child welfare policy allowing states to… Read More