Professor Scott W. Allard is a member of the Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Consortium (FSSRC), a multidisciplinary collaborative of applied social science research scholars and the Family Self-Sufficiency Data Center (FSSDC), with grant funding from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The mission of the FSSRC is to improve the lives of low-income families and children through better policies and practices by integrating research, policy, and practice on family self-sufficiency and stability.

Click here to view a set of research products from the FSSRC.

As part of his work with the FSSRC, Professor Allard co-directs the Family Self-Sufficiency Data Center (FSSDC), whose mission is to support states’ efforts to enhance the use and quality of administrative data available for research related to family self-sufficiency.

Click here to read the FSSDC’s Needs Assessment around the use of administrative data by state health and human service agencies.