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Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data
Background Adoption subsidies are perhaps the single-most powerful tool by which the child welfare system can encourage adoption and support adoptive families. Yet little is known about the factors associated with the receipt and amount of subsidies. Data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) offer an opportunity to examine how states use adoption subsidies to…
Male Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
Contents What are the characteristics of male perpetrators of child maltreatment? What specific patterns of child maltreatment are associated with male perpetrators? What outcomes are associated with male perpetrators of child maltreatment? How does the presence of a mother coperpetrator influence the circumstances surrounding the child maltreatment or the outcomes?
Understanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention
Contents Research Questions and Methods Key Findings Foster homes are a critical resource within the child welfare system, with more than 260,000 children in non-relative foster care at the end of FY 2001. Child welfare agencies are continually challenged to provide adequate numbers of foster homes that are stable, can accommodate sibling groups, and are located in proximity to family members.
Public Assistance Use Among Two-Parent Families: An Analysis of TANF and Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation
Contents Data Sources and Methodological Approach Key Findings Conclusions
Performance Improvement 2005
ForewordThis report, Performance Improvement 2005: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, complies with Section 241(b) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Preventive Health Amendments of 1993.
Male Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
Contents Introduction Previous Research on Male Perpetrators Research on Fathers and Child Well-Being The Objective of This Study Methodology Creation of the Unique Perpetrator Database Limitations to Analyses of These Data Findings What are the charac
Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data
Prepared by: Barbara Dalberth, Deborah Gibbs, and Nancy Berkman RTI International RTI Project Number 07578.006 Prepared for: Laura RadelOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Understanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention
Developed by RTI International under contract to theOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesContract: HHS-100-99-0006, delivery order #5 Project Director: Deborah Gibbs Research Triangle Institute Project Officer: Laura Radel Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Understanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention: Research Brief
Foster homes are a critical resource within the child welfare system, with more than 260,000 children in non-relative foster care at the end of FY2001. Child welfare agencies are continually challenged to provide adequate numbers of foster homes. However, research on foster parent retention is surprisingly slender, with little known about the length of time served by foster parents and the…
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report
The evaluation of the 2001 OPM policy of parity for mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) health care insurance benefits in the FEHB Program was conducted primarily to assess the impact of this policy on utilization and cost. Would increases be within reasonable limits or would the increase to utilization and cost render MH/SA parity unaffordable? Would implementation of MH/SA parity have an…
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report
In January 2001, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the Nation, instituted a mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) parity policy in compliance with an earlier Presidential directive. This policy mandated that MH/SA services would be covered to the same extent as general medical care with respect to benefit design…
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report
Executive Summary BackgroundPresident Bush has often pointed to the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program as a model for health insurance. The FEHB Program is the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the Nation, serving more than 8 million Federal employees, their dependents, and retirees. The U. S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administers the FEHB Program,…
Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements
This report is a compilation of state laws and reporting requirements. It provides an overview of state statutory rape laws and reporting requirements, as well as a summary of laws for each state and the District of Columbia. It is designed to provide useful information to state and federal policymakers who are interested in how state statutes address statutory rape. It also is intended to serve…
Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements
Contents
Background
Criminal Laws
Reporting Requirements
Implications for Program Staff and Policy Makers
Structure of Report
Endnote
Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements
AcknowledgementsWork on this project was funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a contract to The Lewin Group. This report benefited greatly from the oversight and input of Jerry Silverman, the ASPE Project Officer.
Diabetes: A National Plan for Action
Currently, more than 18 million Americans have diabetes and are at risk for related complications like heart disease, stroke, blindness, amputations, and kidney disease. This document provides up-to-date and accurate prevention, detection, and treatment information, and includes simple action steps for individuals, families, health practitioners, policy-makers, government officials, employers,…
Medicaid Costs Under Consumer Direction for Florida Children with Developmental Disabilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Medicaid Costs Under Consumer Direction for Florida Children with Developmental Disabilities
The randomized design of the evaluation of the national Cash and Counseling Demonstration enables researchers to rigorously analyze costs under traditional and consumer-directed approaches. In this report, we use results from Florida's Consumer Directed Care for children to investigate the program's effect on Medicaid waiver costs, other Medicaid costs, and Medicaid service use under consumer-…