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Addressing the Complex Needs of Youth: A Call to Action

Released January 2025

This report sheds light on the critical challenges and opportunities agencies face serving youth with complex or high-acuity behavioral needs.

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Courageous Imperatives for Human Services Series

Last Updated January 7, 2025

This series provides recommendations to the incoming administration and Congress to help develop strategies that unlock the potential of human services. Catch up on the latest!

AI-Powered SNAP Modernization: Analysis of Policy Issues Impacting the Use of Artificial Intelligence in SNAP Case Processing

Released November 2024

This publication details the rapidly changing policy landscape surrounding the use of AI in SNAP and explores potential enabling policy actions to support this use.

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Aligned Customer-Centered Ecosystem of Services and Supports (ACCESS)

The ACCESS project is a two-year initiative led by APHSA and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). It aims to surface and align modernization efforts that organizations across the wide health, human services, and labor ecosystem are undertaking in service of promoting truly customer-centered improvements to program design and delivery.

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