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Download full textScott, Andrew P.; Jones, Katie; Smole, David P.; Labonte, Marc; Aussenberg, Randy Alison; Lewis, Kevin M.; Billings, Kara Clifford; Lindsay, Bruce R.; Boyle, Conor F.; Lowry, Sean; Colello, Kirsten J.; Lynch, Karen E.; Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.; Marples, Donald J.; Davis, Patricia A.; McCarty, Maggie; Dilger, Robert Jay; Mitchell, Alison; Dortch, Cassandria; Myers, Elizabeth A.; Driessen, Grant A.; Perkins, David W.; Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.; Perl, Libby; Fernandez, Bernadette; Peterman, David Randall; Forsberg, Vanessa C.; Rosso, Ryan J.; Fountain, Joselynn H.; Sherlock, Molly F.; Gravell, Jane G.; Skinner, Rebecca R.; Hahn, Jim; Stoltzfus, Emilie; Halchin, L. Elaine; Tang, Rachel Y.; Hegji, Alexandra; Topoleski, John J.; Isaacs, Katelin P.; Whittaker, Julie M. – Congressional Research Service, 2021
Since March 2020, a number of laws have been enacted to provide relief to people and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. These include the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA; P.L. 116-127) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136), both enacted in March 2020; the Consolidated…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Pandemics
Direct linkBarnes, Mitchell; Bauer, Lauren; Edelberg, Wendy; Estep, Sara; Greenstein, Robert; Macklin, Moriah – Hamilton Project, 2021
This paper examines the U.S. social insurance system, which we define broadly to include both programs supported by dedicated taxes and other federal programs that provide income support, assistance in meeting basic needs, or services to improve economic opportunity. The paper considers the social insurance system as a whole as well as its…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Public Policy, Federal Programs, Economic Opportunities
Crowley, Emily P.; Kaitz, Robert M. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2020
As COVID-19 rapidly changes the economic landscape throughout the country, higher education institutions (HEIs) are facing new, constantly evolving challenges. To address these challenges, federal and state governments are quickly drafting laws and regulations that are impacting colleges and universities, and their employees. This article briefly…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Public Health, Disease Control, Hygiene
Herzenberg, Stephen; Murtaza, Muhammad Maisum; Kovach, Claire – Keystone Research Center, 2021
The United States and Pennsylvania economies are at a pivot point: Will we build forward better or will we build back the same? Will we make things even worse? This report revisits the policy choices that lie ahead. Most of this annual checkup on the Pennsylvania economy, the 26th "State of Working Pennsylvania," presents labor market…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Wages, Unemployment, Labor Market
US Department of Agriculture, 2022
The Agricultural Act of 2014 authorized $200 million for the development, implementation, and evaluation of up to 10 pilot projects to test innovative strategies to increase employment and reduce the need for SNAP among program participants. The 10 States that received grants were California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
Sheldon, James R. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2018
This policy brief describes how State VR agencies are using and can use benefits planning services, as a VR agency-funded service, to help SSDI and SSI beneficiaries address concerns and fears about the potential loss of cash benefits and healthcare benefits (i.e., Medicaid and/or Medicare) as they move into jobs paying substantial wages. The…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Dotter, Dallas; Mabli, James; Carlson, Barbara; Hartnack, Julie; DeCamillis, Mason; Paxton, Nora; Defnet, Amy; Schochet, Peter; Hamilton, Gayle; Freedman, Stephen – US Department of Agriculture, 2022
This technical supplement to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training (E&T) evaluation final reports presents details of the technical approach used for creating analysis variables and estimating impacts of treatment group services on outcomes, including employment, earnings, and SNAP participation. It also…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Program Implementation, Cost Effectiveness, Barriers
Peer reviewedVail, Cynthia O.; Lieberman-Betz, Rebecca G.; McCorkle, Laura S. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of Part C programs and how funding has impacted the quality of services for children and families given ongoing budgetary concerns. Perceptions of State Early Intervention Coordinators (EICs) regarding their state Part C systems were obtained through an online survey. Using survey…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Pena, Christina – Workforce Data Quality Campaign, 2018
Administrative data on employment and earnings, commonly referred to as wage data or wage records, can be used to assess the labor market outcomes of workforce, education, and other programs, providing policymakers, administrators, researchers, and the public with valuable information. However, there is no single readily accessible federal source…
Descriptors: Wages, Employment, Federal Government, Databases
Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 2012
"Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2013" contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, budget overviews organized by agency, and summary tables. The 2013 Budget contains a number of steps to put the country on a fiscally sustainable path. First, this Budget implements the tight…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Budgets, Federal Legislation, Presidents
American Association of University Women, 2020
This is an update to the report "Deeper in Debt: Women and Student Loans." Americans today carry $1.54 trillion in student loan debt. That number has more than doubled over the last decade--increasing at nearly six times the rate of inflation. Women are particularly burdened, holding nearly two-thirds of all outstanding loans--around…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Females, Student Loan Programs, College Students
Haveman, Robert; Heinrich, Carolyn; Smeeding, Timothy – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Since the onset of the Great Recession, the U.S. labor market has been reeling. Public concern has largely focused on the unemployment rate, which rose to double digits and has since been stalled at just over 9 percent. This rate is unacceptably high, and macroeconomic policy efforts have been unsuccessful in bringing it down. The overall…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Labor Market, Economic Climate, Unemployment
Wilson, Michael S.; Brown, James M. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2012
This descriptive qualitative case study investigated the perceptions of dislocated workers offered program services through the Workforce Investment Act's (WIA) Dislocated Worker program in Minnesota. This research focused on recently dislocated workers who lost their jobs through no fault of their own and hence were eligible for unemployment…
Descriptors: Job Training, Career Counseling, Dislocated Workers, Human Resources
Gould-Werth, Alix; Shaefer, H. Luke – National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2012
Unemployment Insurance (UI) is the major social insurance program that protects against lost earnings resulting from involuntary unemployment. Existing literature finds that low-earning unemployed workers experience difficulty accessing UI benefits. The most prominent policy reform designed to increase rates of monetary eligibility, and thus UI…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Insurance, Income, Eligibility
Vaiana, Mary E. – RAND Corporation, 2010
About 15 percent of children in the United States are chronically ill. These children with special health care needs (CSHCN) account for half of all child hospital days nationwide, require many more medical visits than other children, and miss many more days of school. Their parents face special challenges as they struggle to balance work and the…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Special Health Problems, Public Health, Insurance
