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Giving Noncustodial Parents Options: Employment and Child Support Outcomes of the SHARE Program
By: Irma Perez-Johnson, Jacqueline Kauff, and Alan Hershey Submitted to: Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Project Officer: Alana Landey Submitted by: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Project Director: Alan Hershey
TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Summary of Research on Welfare Outcomes Funded by ASPE
Including Introduction Cross-state Comparisons Findings Employment Rates Earnings Recidivism Medicaid Food Stamps Findings from Other Studies Reports on ASPE-Funded Welfare Outcomes Studies
Core Performance Indicators for Homeless-Serving Programs Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This report explores the feasibility of developing a core set of performance measures across four HHS programs that focus on service delivery to homeless persons. The report also explores the extent to which mainstream service-delivery programs supported by HHS, i.e., those not specifically targeted to homelessness, could generate performance measures on the extent to which homeless persons are…
Prevention Makes Common "Cents"
Expenditures for health care in the United States continue to rise and are estimated to reach $1.66 trillion in 2003. Much of these costs can be attributed to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and asthma. A much smaller amount is spent on preventing these conditions. There is accumulating evidence that much of the…
Core Performance Indicators for Homeless-Serving Programs Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Contents Characteristics of the Four Homeless-Serving Programs Analysis of Measures Derived from Homeless Administrative Data Systems (HADS) Potential Core Performance Measures For Homeless-Specific Service Programs Application of Suggested Core Performance Measures To DHHS Mainstream Programs Serving Homeless Individuals Recent studies suggest that homelessness is a problem that afflicts many…
Changes in Medicare Home Health Agency Supply: 1996-1999
This paper expands upon previous research addressing the question of how supply of Medicare Home Health Agencies (HHAs) changed after implementation of the interim payment system (IPS) in two important ways. First, Medicare HHA claims activity is used together with Medicare certification status from the Online Survey, Certification and Reporting system to determine the Medicare service activity…
Changes in Medicare Home Health Agency Supply: 1996-1999
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Changes in Medicare Home Health Agency Supply: 1996-1999
Frank Porell, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston
Korbin Liu, Ph.D., The Urban Institute
David P. Brungo, M.B.A., Ph.D., Candidate University of Massachusetts, Boston
September 2003
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Core Performance Indicators for Homeless-Serving Programs Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Prepared for:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services Project Officer: Walter Leginski Prepared by: John Trutko Capital Research Corporation Burt Barnow Johns Hopkins University
Prevention Makes Common "Cents"
"Executive SummaryExpenditures for health care in the United States continue to rise and are estimated to reach $1.66 trillion in 2003. Much of these costs can be attributed to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and asthma.
Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Effect of Consumer Direction on Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Impact of Consumer Direction on Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas Leslie Foster, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Lepidus Carlson Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. August 2003 PDF Version
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A Compendium of Intervention and Descriptive Studies Designed to Promote the Health of Caregivers for Older Adults
An important component of the ASPE Health (Promotion and Aging Project is the development of such an inventory of health promotion, disease prevention, and health education activities targeted at informal caregivers for HHS. The specific focus of this report is to highlight some state and local initiatives that have developed promising programs to support, educate, and motivate caregivers of…
Operating TANF: Opportunities and Challenges for Tribes and Tribal Consortia
This report, fromf HHS' congressionally mandated evaluation of DOL's Welfare-to-Work Grants Program, describes the challenges and successes of ten tribal grantees in planning, implementing, and operating tribal TANF, the tribal welfare program with the most participants and the largest budget.
Federal Workforce Development Programs: A New Opportunity for Recruiting and Retaining Direct Care Workers in the Long-Term Care Field
The purpose of this report is to describe five federal workforce development programs and how some long-term care agencies and service providers use them to improve the recruitment and retention of direct care workers. The five programs are: (1) the Workforce Investment Act; (2) the Perkins Act; (3) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; (4) Job Corps; and (5) National Registered…
Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Effect of Consumer Direction on Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas
Cash and Counseling, an innovative model of consumer direction, has been implemented as a three-state demonstration designed to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of allowing Medicaid beneficiaries to assume more responsibility for the supportive services they may need.
Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Effect of Consumer Direction on Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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A Compendium of Intervention and Descriptive Studies Designed to Promote the Health of Caregivers for Older Adults
Donna Rabiner, PhD, Janet O'Keeffe, PhD, and David Brown, MA RTI International
Operating TANF: Opportunities and Challenges for Tribes and Tribal Consortia
Contents Making the Decision to Operate Tribal TANF Developing a Sound TANF Plan Ensuring Smooth Program Implementation and Operations Lessons Learned and Implications
Operating TANF: Opportunities and Challenges for Tribes and Tribal Consortia
By: Walter Hillabrant and Mack B. Rhoades, Jr Support Services International, Inc. Nancy Pindus The Urban Institute Submitted to:Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Project Officer: Alana Landey
Federal Workforce Development Programs: A New Opportunity for Recruiting and Retaining Direct Care Workers in the Long-Term Care Field
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Workforce Development Programs: A New Opportunity for Recruiting and Retaining Direct Care Workers in the Long-Term Care Field Charissa R. Raynor Institute for the Future of Aging Services, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging August 2003 PDF Version
Estimates of the Risk of Long-Term Care: Assisted Living and Nursing Home Facilities
The goal of this report is to identify the individual-level factors associated with nursing home and assisted living entry and determine whether and how they differ. While it is possible to estimate a simple model of entry into these facilities at some point in the observation period, a more useful model would make use of data on elapsed time until such a transition. Such a model makes better use…