Assessing the Implementation of Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Waivers

MSG supported the Food and Nutrition Service’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to build and analyze a database of States’ requests for waivers to the time limits in which participants who are able bodied and without dependents (ABAWD) can receive SNAP benefits in U.S. counties and reservations. MSG also examined the demographic and geographic features of these areas to identify any potential disparities that may exist regarding States’ requests for time limit ABAWD waivers. 

National Center for the Strategic Support of the Preschool Development Grants Birth through Five

The goals of the Preschool Development Grants Birth through Five (PDG B–5) were to improve child health and development, maximize parent engagement and knowledge, prepare children to enter kindergarten ready to succeed, and improve the transition from the early childhood system into the local educational agency.

Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) Grantee Support and Advancement Project

A multifaceted training and technical assistance project supporting the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) and their 110 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) and 8 Tribal TANF Child Welfare nationwide grantees that provide structured programming and wraparound services to individuals, couples, and families to support participants in attaining self-sufficiency and improving outcomes for children. Manhattan Strategy Group (MSG) manages communications, project development, virtual and in-person group events, and individualized technical assistance.