Title IV- E Prevention Services Clearinghouse was established by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in accordance with the Family First Prevention Services Act to rate programs and services as well-supported, supported, promising, or does not currently meet criteria. The goal of the Clearinghouse is to conduct an objective and transparent review of research on programs and services intended to provide enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements.

US Department of Health and Human Services Guardianship Brief which contains information the program’s implementation including GAP program utilization, similarity to Adoption Assistance expansion efforts, cost of the program, barriers to the program’s use and its impact on other permanency options (2018).

The Handbook describes the Prevention Services Clearinghouse’s:

1. procedures for identifying programs and services and associated research studies for review or re-review;
2. standards for assessing the design, execution, and findings of research studies and for rating programs and services; and
3. definitions of key terms.

Information from the government agency that administers the National Family Caregiver Support Program. 

This report explores the complexity of households in which grandparents and grandchildren live together. It uses data from the 2010 Census, the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

• See updated data in their 2021 report.