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Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)

The Office of Human Services Policy (HSP) conducts policy research, analysis, evaluation, and coordination on various issues across the Department, including but not limited to, poverty and measurement, vulnerable populations, early childhood education and child welfare, family strengthening, economic support for families, and youth development. HSP serves as a liaison with other agencies on broad economic matters and is the Department’s lead on poverty research and analysis.

The Division of Children and Youth Policy focuses on policies related to the well-being of children and youth. Projects range from quick-turnaround policy analyses to large-scale experimental studies, and major policy initiatives. Key areas include early childhood, early care and education, home visiting, youth development and risky behaviors, parenting and family support, child welfare and foster care, linkages with physical and mental health, methods for evaluating what works, and strategies for improving research and data in these areas.

The Division of Family and Community Policy focuses on policies affecting various low-income populations. This includes policy development around major initiatives such as homelessness and reentry. It also includes conducting and coordinating analysis, research, and evaluation on the safety net, economic mobility and opportunity, welfare-to-work issues, strengthening families and responsible fatherhood, child support enforcement, and domestic violence. Other key priorities include place-based initiatives, the role of social capital in human services, human trafficking, benefits coordination.

The Division of Data and Technical Analysis focuses on policies and programs concerning low-income and otherwise disadvantaged populations. The Division provides data analytic capacity for policy development through data collection activities, secondary data analysis, modeling, and cost analyses. The Division focuses on cross-cutting human services policy issues such as income, poverty, cash and non-cash supports for low-income families, employment, fertility, and child welfare. The Division also issues annual updates to the poverty guidelines and reports to Congress on indicators of welfare dependence.

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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.

Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy

Contents Site-Specific Analyses Cross-Site Analysis: The Changing Urban Context Cross-Site Analysis: Health Trends and Study Hypotheses Conclusions  

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts: Summary Report

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts: Review of State CPS Policy - Executive Summary

Contents Purpose and Background Summary of Findings Reflections Endnotes

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts. Findings on Local CPS Practices

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Children's Bureau Administration on Children, Youth and Families Administration for Children and Families andOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts: Findings on Local CPS Practices - Executive Summary

Contents Introduction Agency Administration and Staffing Screening and Intake Investigation and Alternative Response Collaboration with Other Agencies Changes in CPS Practice
Literature Review

Child Support and TANF Interaction: Literature Review, April 2003

Child Support and TANF Interaction: Literature Review Prepared for: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Prepared by: The Lewin Group Mary Farrel, Asaph Glosser, and Karen Gardiner under subcontract to Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation April 11, 2003

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts. Review of State CPS Policy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluationand Administration for Children and Families Administration on Children, Youth and Families Children's Bureau