The Case Study component of the study used interviews with state adoption program managers and post adoption services coordinators/providers as well as focus groups with adoptive parents. Site visits to programs in five states — Georgia, Massachusetts, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia — included well-regarded programs that varied in structure and services offered.
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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Advanced SearchAssessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues. Summary Report
Content Literature Review Need for Post-Adoption Services PAS Programs in Operation or Development Evaluation of PAS Case Studies of PAS Programs Need for Post-Adoption Services
Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues: Case Study
Contents Need for Post-adoption Services Program Structure and Services Program Development Program Goals and Eligibility Program Structure Services Offered Su
Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models, and Evaluation Issues. Analysis of Secondary Data
Submitted by: Deborah Gibbs and Kristin Siebenaler RTI International(1) Richard P. Barth University of North Carolina School of Social Work Contract No. 100-99-0006
Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models, and Evaluation Issues. Case Study Report
Submitted by: Deborah Gibbs and Kristin Siebenaler RTI International Richard P. Barth University of North Carolina School of Social Work Contract No. 100-99-0006
Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models, and Evaluation Issues. Evaluation Issues
Submitted by: Deborah Gibbs and Kristin Siebenaler RTI International Richard P. Barth University of North Carolina School of Social Work Contract No. 100-99-0006
Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models, and Evaluation Issues. Summary Report
Submitted by: Deborah Gibbs and Kristin Siebenaler RTI International Richard P. Barth University of North Carolina School of Social Work Contract No. 100-99-0006
Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers An Analysis of the Welfare Caseload
This report looks at the changing nature of the caseload by examining the characteristics and circumstances of three groups: people who leave welfare and stay off for at least a year (leavers), people who stay on welfare persistently (stayers), and people who cycle on and off the rolls (cyclers).