SWO 5384 & SWO 6343 - Program Evaluation

Nonpartisan analysis for the U.S. Congress

"The government search engine used on thousands of federal websites. Search.gov makes it easier for people to find the information they need from federal websites."

Locate government benefits, programs, and information.

"Find contact information for U.S. federal government departments and agencies including websites, emails, phone numbers, addresses, and more."

Locate government programs that may help pay for food, housing, health care, and other basic living expenses.

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) is an international consortium of academic institutions and research organizations and has a data archive in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 23 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

U.S. Government's Open Data portal

Search interface for accessing and disseminating data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.

"Fast Facts provide users with concise information on a range of educational issues, from early childhood to adult learning. Fast Facts draw from various published sources and are updated as new data become available."

statistics on topics of public health importance

"The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program produces single-year estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. states and counties as well as estimates of school-age children in poverty for all 13,000+ school districts."

from National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/

Behavioral health data

"The Current Population Survey (CPS), sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States."