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Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)

The Office of Human Services Policy (HSP) strives to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families and break down silos across government. It does so by providing timely, actionable, cross-cutting policy analysis and research, and by leading cross-government coordination to address urgent human services challenges. The office works closely with federal, state, local, and private sector partners on issues including economic mobility and employment, child poverty and well-being, child welfare, family strengthening and fatherhood, early childhood education, youth development, community initiatives, child support, recidivism, and homelessness.

HSP advises the ASPE and other HHS leadership on human services policy matters. It leads and actively participates in interagency initiatives to align federal programming; conducts policy analysis and other research on human services and related issues; shares findings with and provides technical assistance to a diverse range of stakeholders; and coordinates development of HHS’s human services legislative proposals. HSP serves as a liaison with other agencies on broad economic matters and is the Department’s lead on poverty measurement.

The Office of Human Services Policy has three divisions:

  • The Division of Children and Youth Policy focuses on policies related to the well-being of children and youth, including early childhood education and child welfare, and leads the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council and the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs.
  • The Division of Family and Community Policy covers policies to strengthen low-income families and communities and address barriers to economic mobility. The division leads the Interagency Council on Economic Mobility.
  • The Division of Data and Technical Analysis provides data analytic capacity for policy development through data collection activities, secondary data analysis, modeling, and cost analyses. The Division also issues annual updates to the poverty guidelines and reports to Congress on indicators of welfare dependence.

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy: Jennifer Burnszynski

Reports

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National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts: Summary Report

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts

Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy

Contents Site-Specific Analyses Cross-Site Analysis: The Changing Urban Context Cross-Site Analysis: Health Trends and Study Hypotheses Conclusions  
Literature Review

Child Support and TANF Interaction: Literature Review, April 2003

Child Support and TANF Interaction: Literature Review Prepared for: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Prepared by: The Lewin Group Mary Farrel, Asaph Glosser, and Karen Gardiner under subcontract to Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation April 11, 2003

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts. Review of State CPS Policy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluationand Administration for Children and Families Administration on Children, Youth and Families Children's Bureau

Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies

Submitted to: Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Project Officer: Elizabeth Lower-Basch Submitted by:

Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies: Final Literature Review

This report summarizes state policy choices with regard to TANF sanctions for failure to comply with work requirements. In addition, it reviews the existing literature on sanctioning rates, characteristics and circumstances of sanctioned clients, and the impacts of TANF sanctions.

Ending Chronic Homelessness: Strategies for Action

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson, [Former] Secretary Report from the Secretary's Work Group on Ending Chronic Homelessness