Office of the
	Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation
	HUMAN SERVICES POLICY

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List of Abbreviations

This list includes names and contact information for organizations that have prepared reports for the Office of Human Services Policy (HSP).  The inclusion or exclusion of an organization does not imply endorsement by the government.

ABT

Abt Associates Inc.
55 Wheeler Street
Cambridge MA 02138-1168 USA
www.abtassoc.com

AFDC

Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The welfare reform law, PRWORA, replaced this program with TANF and was enacted 1996.

Food Stamps

Food Stamp Program (FSP).

Lewin

The Lewin Group Inc.
3130 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 800
Falls Church, VA 22042
www.lewin.com

IRP

Institute for Research on Poverty
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1180 Observatory Drive
3412 Social Science Building
Madison WI 53706-1393
www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp

JCPR

Joint Center for Poverty Research
www.jcpr.org

Northwestern University
Institute for Policy Research
2046 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208

University of Chicago
Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
1155 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

MDRC

Manpower Demonstration Research Corp, Inc.
19th Floor
16 East 34 Street
New York, NY 10016-4326
www.mdrc.org

MPR

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
P.O. Box 2393
Princeton, NJ 08543-2393
www.mathematica-mpr.com

NEWWS

National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies

NORC

National Opinion Research Center
University of Chicago Office:
1155 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 256-6000
www.norc.org

PDF

Portable Document Format. A format to display and print documents that closely reproduces the printed version. A free PDF reader/viewer is available on the company's web site, www.adobe.com.

PRWORA

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, H.R. 3734. The welfare reform law that replaced AFDC with TANF.

RAND

The Rand Corp.
1700 Main Street
P.O. Box 2138
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138
www.rand.org

SSI

Supplemental Security Income.

TANF

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

Urban

The Urban Institute
2100 M St, NW
Washington, DC
www.urban.org

Westat

Westat, Inc.
Main Campus
1650 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850
www.westat.org

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Updated:  01/28/04