Policy makers use national surveys to paint a picture of the U.S. population along a variety of dimensions. If major surveys are equally successful in capturing income, then, for the same time period, populations and income types, consistently defined income estimates and poverty rates across surveys will be highly similar varying somewhat due to sampling error.
Evaluation
Evaluation and analysis provide essential evidence for HHS to understand how its programs work, for whom, and under what circumstances. HHS builds evidence through evaluation and analysis in order to inform decisions in budget, legislative, regulatory, strategic planning, program, and policy arenas. Given the breadth of work supported by HHS, many evaluations and analyses are conducted each year. These efforts range in scope, scale, design, and methodology, but all aim to understand how the effect of programs and policies and how they can be improved.
Across HHS, evaluation comes in many forms, including:
- Program evaluations using the most rigorous designs appropriate;
- Capacity-building initiatives to improve administrative data collection, accessibility, and use for management;
- Exploratory and preliminary quantitative and qualitative analysis to build evidence;
- Pilots and demonstrations; and
- Statistical analysis of factors related to health and human services programs and policies.
ASPE coordinates the evaluation community by regularly convening the HHS Evaluation & Evidence Policy Council, which builds capacity by sharing best practices and promising new approaches across HHS.
Noteworthy
Reports
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Analysis of the California In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Plus Waiver Demonstration Program
This report documents IHSS Plus Waiver implementation and recipient Medicaid service use in calendar year 2005.
Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005
This Issue Brief presents an estimate of the number of children who meet the eligibility requirements for child care assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund. The estimates are produced by the Transfer Income Model (TRIM) developed by the Urban Institute under contract to ASPE.
A Framework for Evaluating Quality Transparency Initiatives in Health Care
To date a number of private and public sector initiatives have commenced that rely on value-driven principles for the delivery of health care services. Given the variation that may exist across these initiatives it is important to have a good structure for examining and evaluating their implementation and overall effectiveness.
Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties
A primary task for youth in transitioning to adulthood is sustaining employment to be self-sufficient. Studies of former youth who age out of foster care find that they generally experience unstable employment patterns and earn very low incomes between ages 18 and 20. However, less is known about whether these youths' initial patterns of employment instability and low earnings persist.
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Greenbook Initiative Final Evaluation Report
The report is the final report of a cross-site evaluation of six demonstration sites in which child welfare agencies, dependency courts, and domestic violence service agencies collaborated to address the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child maltreatment in families. The six sites were San Jose and San Francisco, California, Lane County, Oregon, El Paso County, Colorado, St.
Performance Measurement in the Hospital Outpatient Setting
Prepared by: Stephanie S. Teleki, Melony e.s. Sorbero, Lee Hilborne, Susan Lovejoy, Lily Bradley, Ateev Mehrotra, Cheryl l. Damberg RAND Corporation This product is part of the RAND Health working paper series. RAND working papers are intended to share researchers’ latest findings and to solicit additional peer review.
Evaluation of Selected Aspects of the National Medicare Education Program: Final Design Report
January 10, 2008 Prepared by: RTI International Lauren McCormack, PhD, MSPH; Nancy Berkman, PhD; Karen Isenberg, MPH; Douglas Rupert, MPH; Jennifer Uhrig, PhD; Derek Brown, PhD; Leslie Greenwald, PhD, MPA