Improving SNAP Uptake Among Eligible Older Adults: Federal Policy Options to Simplify and Streamline Administrative Processes
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides financial assistance to low-income individuals and families to buy food. The program helps reduce food insecurity and may also improve health and well-being and lower health care costs among older adults. Although many…
Read more » LEAD Center: Putting Workforce & WIOA Policy into Practice
We partner with the Disability Employment Policy and the National Disability Institute to operate the LEAD Center, which helps workforce systems open new avenues to employment and economic advancement for people with disabilities.
Read more » Foundation Diversity: Policy & Practices Toolkit
Developed for The California Endowment (TCE), the toolkit is the product of an assessment of TCE policies and practices. It offers tools and resources in five categories for TCE and other funders to use to advance diversity, equity, and social…
Read more » Tessa is an Associate in the Workforce and Human Services Division at SPR with expertise in workforce grant management, team leadership, project management, and technical assistance and training. Prior to joining SPR, Tessa worked for the State of California where…
Read more » What are states doing with their new workforce data systems?
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI) grants to over 40 states to improve workforce data quality and data systems and support data-informed policy and practice in education and workforce. SPR helped DOL build…
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