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Children, Youth, & Families

ASPE produces a range of policy research to promote child development, early childhood care and education, child welfare, positive youth development, and child and family well-being. 

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Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues. Summary Report

Content Literature Review Need for Post-Adoption Services PAS Programs in Operation or Development Evaluation of PAS Case Studies of PAS Programs Need for Post-Adoption Services

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

Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models, and Evaluation Issues. Summary Report

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

Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues. Analysis of Secondary Data

The analysis of secondary data explored whether administrative data could be used to better understand the use of adoption subsidies for purchase of services and to describe the disruption, dissolution, and displacement of adoptions.

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

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:

Study of Fathers’ Involvement in Permanency Planning and Child Welfare Casework

Prepared under contract to ASPE, with funding from ACF by: Freya Sonenstein, Karin Malm, and Amy Billing The Urban Institute