Income Security/TANF Domain Criteria

The Income Security/TANF projects in Research Forum's database were selected according to the following criteria:

• Multiple sites or large scale single site, with scale adequate to primary questions addressed;
• Reputation and track record of organizations developing and fielding the project; and
• Relevance of domain; populations studied; and program components, policies, and activities evaluated. Program components include but are not limited to:

Child/Family Domain Criteria

The Child/Family projects in Research Forum's database were selected according to the following criteria:

• Multiple sites or large scale single site, with scale adequate to primary questions addressed;
  Reputation and track record of organizations or investigators developing and fielding the project;
• Relevance to the well-being of young (ages 6 and under), low-income children and their families; and
• Relevance of program components, interventions, policies, and activities evaluated. Program components include but are not limited to:
  • Child-related interventions (e.g. home visiting, child care, early childhood educational activities, child development centers)
  • Social/support services (e.g. parent groups/classes, family planning education and services)

Community/Neighborhood Domain Criteria

The Community/Neighborhood projects in Research Forum's database were selected according to the following criteria:

• Projects that survey the effects of changes in policy on community outcomes;
• Projects that very carefully target interventions designed to affect community well-being; and
• Projects that evaluate housing and residential mobility programs

Project Summary Development

To create a reviewed project summary, Research Forum staff review each project using a standardized protocol. These project summaries are subsequently vetted by the project's principal investigators or contact person, then entered into the database.

NOTE: "Reviewed projects" meet the Research Forum's criteria for database inclusion. "Unreviewed projects" are submitted through the former Add-A-Project form. A subset of these projects will be considered for detailed review if they are large scale or multi-site and conducted by organizations with experience relevant to the income security/TANF and/or child/family domain. Visit the caveats page for more information.