By Anna Fallieras, Mary Jo O'Brien, Susanna Ginsburg, and Amy Westpfahl of the The Lewin Group for Office of Health Policy of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 9, 1997. The Project Officers for ASPE were Cheryl Austein and Caroline Taplin
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Advanced Search1997 Chartbook on Childrens' Insurance Status
PrefaceThis chartbook examines demographic and other characteristics of insured and uninsured children in the U.S. It is based on data from the March 1997 Current Population Survey (CPS) and reflects children’s insurance status during calendar year 1996. For the purposes of this chartbook, the term “children” applies to all U.S. citizens and non-citizen residents under age 18.
Implementing Welfare Reform Requirements for Teenage Parents: Lessons from Experience in Four States
by Robert G. Wood and John Burghardt Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Formal and Informal Kinship Care
By Allen W. Harden of the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago and Rebecca L. Clark and Karen Maguire of The Urban Institute for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 20, 1997.
Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan
Authors: Thomas M. Fraker Lucia A. Nixon Jan L. Losby Carol S. Prindle John F. Else Submitted to: Iowa Department of Human Services Division of Economic Assistance
Efforts by Child Welfare Agencies to Address Domestic Violence: The Experiences of Five Communities
Laudan Y. Aron and Krista K. Olson The Urban Institute March 1997
A National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Despite the recent decline in the teen birth rate, teen pregnancy remains a significant problem in this country. Most teen pregnancies are unintended. Each year, about 200,000 teens aged 17 and younger have children. Their babies are often low birth weight and have disproportionately high infant mortality rates. They are also far more likely to be poor.