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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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The Evaluation of the Tribal Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Initial Implementation Findings

Walter Hillabrant and Mack B. Rhoades, Jr. Support Services International, Inc. Nancy Pindus and John Trutko The Urban Institute
Research Brief

Male Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: Findings From NCANDS: Research Brief

Male Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS

Contents What are the characteristics of male perpetrators of child maltreatment? What specific patterns of child maltreatment are associated with male perpetrators? What outcomes are associated with male perpetrators of child maltreatment? How does th

Public Assistance Use Among Two-Parent Families: An Analysis of TANF and Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation

Contents   Data Sources and Methodological Approach Key Findings Conclusions  
Research Brief

Understanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention: Research Brief

Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data

Background Adoption subsidies are perhaps the single-most powerful tool by which the child welfare system can encourage adoption and support adoptive families. Yet little is known about the factors associated with the receipt and amount of subsidies.
Research Brief

Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data: Research Brief

Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data

Prepared by: Barbara Dalberth, Deborah Gibbs, and Nancy Berkman RTI International RTI Project Number 07578.006

Understanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention

Contents Research Questions and Methods Key Findings Foster homes are a critical resource within the child welfare system, with more than 260,000 children in non-relative foster care at the end of FY 2001.

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements

Contents Background Criminal Laws Reporting Requirements Implications for Program Staff and Policy Makers Structure of Report