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Agency Closings and Changes in Medicare Home Health Use: 1996-1999
Implementation of the 1997 Balanced Budget Act's home health provisions dramatically reduced Medicare home health utilization and led to closures of many agencies. This paper examined the potential effects of the agency closings on beneficiary utilization rates. Findings suggest that agency closings, per se, had only a very small impact on changes in utilization rates between 1996 and 1999. [27…
Agency Closings and Changes in Medicare Home Health Use: 1996-1999
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency Closings and Changes in Medicare Home Health Use: 1996-1999 Korbin Liu, Douglas Wissoker, Frank Porell and Brian Overington July 2003 PDF Version (27 PDF pages)
Estimates of the Risk of Long-Term Care: Assisted Living and Nursing Home Facilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Estimates of the Risk of Long-Term Care: Assisted Living and Nursing Home Facilities Timothy A. Waidmann, Senior Research AssociateSeema Thomas, Research Assistant Urban Institute July 8, 2003 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2003/riskest.pdf (28 PDF pages)
Families on TANF in Illinois: Employment Assets and Liabilities
This report utilizes survey and administrative data to examine the personal characteristics and situations, potential challenges for employment, compensating strengths and resources, and employment outcomes of TANF recipients in Illinois. Topics examined include physical and mental health, disability, child care, domestic violence, substance abuse, criminal record, transportation, education and…
Families on TANF in Illinois: Employment Assets and Liabilities
Contents Key Questions and Findings Policy Relevance Future Research Endnote
Families on TANF in Illinois: Employment Assets and Liabilities
Submitted to:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Project Officer: John Tambornino By: Gretchen Kirby, Thomas Fraker, В LaDonna Pavetti, and Martha Kovac Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Project Director: Thomas Fraker
State-Based Initiatives to Improve the Recruitment and Retention of the Paraprofessional Long-Term Care Workforce
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a contract to launch a national initiative designed to improve recruitment and retention of direct care workers in the long-term care field. As part of this initiative, the Institute for the Future of Aging Services and the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute have identified a range of workforce improvement initiatives at the state and sub-…
State-Based Initiatives to Improve the Recruitment and Retention of the Paraprofessional Long-Term Care Workforce
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services State-Based Initiatives to Improve the Recruitment and Retention of the Paraprofessional Long-Term Care Workforce Institute for the Future of Aging Services Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute June 3, 2003 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2003/pltcwf.pdf (42 PDF pages)
State Practices in Medical Child Support Cross-Program Coordination
This study describes policies and practices in Connecticut, Minnesota, and Texas designed to coordinate the child support enforcement program, Medicaid, and SCHIP in order to secure and sustain appropriate health care coverage for child support-eligible children. Based on the findings from site visits to the three states, the report documents both successes in cross-program coordination as well…
Strengthening Head Start: What the Evidence Shows
This paper describes the limited educational progress for children in Head Start and the problems resulting from a fragmented approach to early childhood programs and services. The paper also presents evidence from early childhood research and documents state efforts that have successfully addressed these problems. Finally, the paper explains the President's proposal for Head Start…
The Experiences of Workers Hired Under Consumer Direction in Arkansas
In this paper, the authors use data obtained from the first Cash and Counseling demonstration, Arkansas' IndependentChoices, to assess the experiences of directly hired workers. They describe the types and amount of care that paid workers provide, the training and supervision they receive, their working conditions, and their well-being. They also consider how the worker-consumer relationship…
Lessons from the Implementation of Cash and Counseling in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey
This paper is the first to consider the Cash and Counseling program in all three states. It draws lessons about the structure and policies of a Cash and Counseling program, to provide information useful to other states considering adopting such a program. It draws on the experience of those responsible for the demonstration and evaluation at the Cash and Counseling National Program Office, ASPE,…
Lessons from the Implementation of Cash and Counseling in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Experiences of Workers Hired Under Consumer Direction in Arkansas
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Experiences of Workers Hired Under Consumer Direction in Arkansas Executive Summary
State Practices in Medical Child Support Cross-Program Coordination
State Practices in Medical Child Support Cross-Program Coordination Prepared by : Lynne Fender, Jen Bernstein (The Urban Institute) for :Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of the SecretaryU.S. Department of Health and Human Services June 2003 This report is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/CSE-medsupp03/
Lessons from the Implementation of Cash and Counseling in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Lessons from the Implementation of Cash and Counseling in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey Barbara Phillips, Kevin Mahoney, Lori Simon-Rusinowitz, Jennifer Schore, Sandra Barrett, William Ditto, Tom Reimers and Pamela Doty Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. June 2003 PDF Version
The Experiences of Workers Hired Under Consumer Direction in Arkansas
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Experiences of Workers Hired Under Consumer Direction in Arkansas Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Carlson Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. June 2003 PDF Version
Long-Term Effects of the Minnesota Family Investment Program on Marriage and Divorce Among Two-Parent Families
Prepared by: Lisa A. Gennetian Senior Research Associate MDRC Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Under subcontract to The Lewin Group
Strengthening Head Start: What the Evidence Shows
IntroductionThe period from birth through age 5 is a critical time for children to develop the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive skills they will need to be successful in school and the rest of their lives. Children from poor families, on average, enter school behind children from more privileged families. Targeting preschoolers in low-income families, the Head Start program was created…
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report
Alan White, Ph.D., Barbara Manard, Ph.D., Deborah Deitz, BSN, Terry Moore, MPH, RN, Donna Hurd, MSN, Christine Landino, MSW, MPH, Jennie Harvell, M.Ed. Abt Associates, Inc.