Topic: Standards + Guidance
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Toolkit: Moving through the Value Curve Stage
This brief highlights key takeaways from APHSA’s work on young families, starting with an overview of the young families work and its early years, followed by key takeaways and highlights from its final year, ending with opportunities for future work in the young families space.
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WIC Certification and Eligibility Resource and Best Practices Guide
The guide provides best practices for WIC staff on eligibility determination, documentation, and certification processes to improve service delivery.
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Playbook for Replicating Rx Kids
Rx Kids provides unconditional cash support to expectant mothers and infants in Flint, Michigan, using TANF funds and private philanthropy.
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Coordinating SNAP and Nutrition Supports
Coordinating SNAP & Nutrition Supports (CSNS) is a cohort program developed by the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and No Kid Hungry, a national campaign run by Share Our Strength.
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SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) Implementation Toolkit
This toolkit provides guidance and resources for state agencies to effectively implement the USDA’s Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program, which helps low-income families buy food during the summer months when school meals are unavailable.
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FNS Guidance for OBBBA of 2025
This webpage provides state agency resources and policy memos detailing how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) of 2025 affects SNAP implementation.
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Unemployment Insurance Claim Status Playbook
The U.S. Department of Labor provides a playbook to help state workforce agencies enhance communication with unemployment claimants by offering clear, proactive updates on claim statuses, thereby improving claimant satisfaction and reducing call center inquiries.
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Colorado Statewide GenAI Policy
This policy supports the appropriate development, deployment, and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems, products, services, tools, and content within consolidated state agencies in Colorado.
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Revisions to OMB’s Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
The document outlines revisions to OMB's SPD No. 15, which updates the standards for collecting and presenting federal race and ethnicity data, including the integration of race and ethnicity questions, the addition of a MENA category, and requirements for more detailed data collection.
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M-17-06: Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services
A policy directive that establishes standards and guidance for federal executive agencies to manage, secure, and deliver public websites and digital services that are user-centered, accessible, and data-driven.
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Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements: A Guide for States
This guide explains how states can implement new Medicaid work requirements introduced by H.R. 1, focusing on minimizing harm to eligible clients while preparing for compliance by 2027.