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Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Enrollee Outcomes One Year After Program Entry
The $3 billion Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grants program established by Congress as part of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 provided funds to over 700 state and local grantees. Congress appropriated funds for FY1998 and FY1999, and grantees were allowed five years to spend their funds.(1) The intent of the grants program, administered at the national level by the U.S.
The Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Enrollee Outcomes One Year After Program Entry
By: Thomas M. Fraker, Dan M. Levy, Robert B. Olsen, Rita A. Stapulonis Submitted to:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Project Officer: Alana Landey
Addressing Liability Issues in Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services (CDPAS): The National Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Selected Other Models
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Addressing Liability Issues in Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services (CDPAS): The National Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Selected Other Models Charles P. Sabatino, J.D., and Sandra L. Hughes, J.D. Commission on Law and Aging, American Bar Association January 2004 PDF Version (188 PDF pages)
Using MSIS Data to Analyze Mental Health Service Use and Expenditures for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Mental Illness in New Jersey in 1999
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Using MSIS Data to Analyze Mental Health Service Use and Expenditures for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Mental Illness in New Jersey in 1999
Henry Ireys and Ann Cherlow
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
January 2004
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Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through WIA One-Stop Centers
ASPE initiated a study of WIA and TANF coordination to understand better and assess the degree to which TANF and WIA programs work together to further their mutual policy goals at a time when both programs were undergoing congressional reauthorization. The report presents information on how WIA participation and services for individuals receiving TANF and other low-income populations may be…
Using MSIS Data to Analyze Mental Health Service Use and Expenditures for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Mental Illness in New Jersey in 1999
In the study described in this report, the authors used the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) files to examine the use and costs of Medicaid services for beneficiaries with mental illness in one state (New Jersey). This report includes an overview of findings on service use and costs for beneficiaries with mental illness compared with services for other Medicaid beneficiaries. It…
Addressing Liability Issues in Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services (CDPAS): The National Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Selected Other Models
This report addresses the liability issues that may arise in government-sponsored consumer-directed personal assistance programs (CDPAS). In analyzing these issues, the report focuses on the programs implemented in Arkansas, Florida and New Jersey as part of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration, but also briefly addresses variations on the liability analysis for two well-established CDPAS…
Consumer and Counselor Experiences in the Arkansas IndependentChoices Program
This report describes the implementation of IndependentChoices by synthesizing information from in-person interviews with program staff, a mail survey of program counselors, and telephone interviews with consumers who had the opportunity to receive the program allowance. It discusses the program's goals and features, how consumers managed their responsibilities under it and made use of its…
Consumer and Counselor Experiences in the Arkansas IndependentChoices Program
Jennifer Schore and Barbara Phillips Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Addressing Liability Issues in Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services (CDPAS): The National Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Selected Other Models
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Consumer and Counselor Experiences in the Arkansas IndependentChoices Program
Jennifer Schore and Barbara Phillips
Market Changes in the Supply and Use of Home Health Services: 1996-1999
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Market Changes in the Supply and Use of Home Health Services: 1996-1999
Past studies by federal agencies examined the impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 policies on beneficiaries and providers. While documenting changes in the supply of home health agencies (HHAs), these studies concluded that agency closings did not cause a shortage of Medicare home health providers and that beneficiaries' access to services were not generally affected. The research for this…
Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through WIA One-Stop Centers
National welfare reform legislation in 1996 created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, which imposed time limits on cash assistance receipt and broadened and strengthened mandates for clients to work or engage in work-related activities. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) rationalized and consolidated multiple employment-related public programs into a unified…
Pharmaceutical Pricing Practices, Utilization and Costs - Meeting Summary
By Kerry Kemp,Health Systems Research, Inc."Summary OverviewOn August 8th and 9th, 2000, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), sponsored a conference at the request of the White House to clarify what is known about pricing practices within the pharmaceutical industry and the distribution chain.
Market Changes in the Supply and Use of Home Health Services: 1996-1999
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Market Changes in the Supply and Use of Home Health Services: 1996-1999 Frank Porell, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston Korbin Liu, Ph.D., The Urban Institute Douglas Wissoker, Ph.D., The Urban Institute David P. Brungo, M.B.A., Ph.D., Candidate University of Massachusetts, Boston January 2004 PDF Version (87 PDF pages)
Performance Improvement 2004
Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services"ForewordThis report, Performance Improvement 2004: 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.
Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through WIA One-Stop Centers
Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through WIA One-Stop Centers Report on Highlights of Site Visits Prepared for:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Prepared by: Alan Werner, Project Director Kendra Lodewick Abt Associates Inc. January 2004
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2004-2009
GOAL 1: Reduce the major threats to the health and well-being of Americans
Objective 1.1
Reduce behavioral and other factors that contribute to the development of chronic diseases
Objective 1.2
Reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies
Objective 1.3
Increase immunization rates among adults and children
Objective 1.…