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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 Submitted to: Laura Feig Radel U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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 Submitted to: Laura Feig Radel U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Tribal Self-Governance Health Care and Social Services Delivery Effectiveness Evaluation Feasibility Study: Draft Communications Plan
Submitted to: Andrew Rock, Task Order Manager Office of Planning and Evaluation Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave., SW, Suite 447-D Washington, DC 20201 Delivery Order 27
Tribal Self-Governance Health Care and Social Services Delivery Effectiveness Evaluation Feasibility Study: Draft Work Plan
Submitted to: Andrew Rock, Task Order ManagerOffice of Planning and EvaluationDepartment of Health and Human Services200 Independence Ave., SW, Suite 447-DWashington, DC 20201 Delivery Order 27Under Contract No. HHS-100-97-0017
Grants Awarded to Advance States' Child Indicators Initiatives
Overview [For a complete overview, see the Advancing States' Child Indicators Initiatives]
Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty
This project addressed transition events associated with people entering and exiting poverty using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The study found that poverty entries and exits changed over the past two decades, with an increase in both poverty entries and exits (i.e., "cycling") in the mid 1990s.
Analysis of the Joint Distribution of Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments
The Medicare and Medicaid programs distribute extra payments to hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of indigent patients. The disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment policies differ substantially between the two programs and, under Medicaid, across states as well. State-reported information on Medicaid DSH payments to individual hospitals permits for the first time a national…
Analysis of the Joint Distribution of Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments
Contents Introduction Overview of DSH Funding Policies What Is a Safety Net Hospital? How Should Financial Vulnerability Be Defined? Framework for Analyzing DSH Allocation Policies Hospital Data Set and Low-income Patient Variables Joint Distribution of DSH Payments under Current Policies Exploratory Analyses Using National HCUP Data
Analysis of the Joint Distribution of Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments
PrefaceThe Medicare and Medicaid programs distribute extra payments to hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of indigent patients. The disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment policies differ substantially between the two programs and, under Medicaid, across states as well. Nevertheless, the general objectives of each program are the same: to support the hospitals that are crucial to…
Update on the Medical Litigation Crisis: Not the Result of the "Insurance Cycle"
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
State Policies to Promote Marriage
I. Project Background and Goals
The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) authorized the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. PRWORA stated four broad goals for TANF:
Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty
by: Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline Ratcliffe The Urban Institute Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Contract # HHS-100-99-0003 Project Officers: Laura Chadwick and Susan Hauan
Evaluation of Family Preservation and Reunification Programs: Final Report - Volume Two
Submitted to:Department of Health and Human ServicesAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Submitted by: Westat Chapin Hall Center for Children James Bell Associates
Survey Design for TANF Caseload Project: Summary Report and Recommendations
This report presents research to assist states and counties in studying their current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseloads. This research consists of a summary review of existing survey instruments that focus on welfare populations, especially those with sections covering barriers to employability and self-sufficiency, as well as recommendations for specific measures and…
Survey Design for TANF Caseload Project: Summary Report and Recommendations
Prepared by: Martha Kovac, Robin Dion, Jason Markesich, and Donna Pavetti Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationProject Officer: Susan Hauan MPR Reference No.: 8805-003 Contract No.: HHS-100-97-0013