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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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Trends in AFDC and Food Stamp Benefits: 1972-1994

From 1972 to 1994, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits declined in constant dollars almost without interruption from $8,735 for a mother and two children with no earnings to $4,738. Since food stamps are indexed for inflation, AFDC benefits became a significantly smaller share of the combined total of benefits.

Child Care Prices: A Profile of Six Communities

Child Care Prices: A Profile of Six Communities Sandra J. Clark and Sharon K Long The Urban Institute April 1995

Options for Full-Day Services for Children Participating in Head Start

By Lorelei Brush, Ph.D.,Sharon Deich, Kerry Traylor,and Nancy Pindus Pelavin Research Institute and The Urban Institute For the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Department of Health and Human Services

Patterns of Substance Use and Substance-Related Impairment among Participants in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program (AFDC)

PATTERNS OF SUBSTANCE USE AND SUBSTANCE-RELATED IMPAIRMENT AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN THE AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN PROGRAM (AFDC)  

Risk and Reality: The Implications of Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs

RISK AND REALITY: THE IMPLICATIONS OF PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS By Joanne P. Brady, Marc Posner, Cynthia Lang and Michael J. Rosati The Education Development Center, Inc. 1994.

Costs of Mandatory Education and Training Programs for Teenage Parents on Welfare: Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration

Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Rm. 404E, HHH Bldg. 200 Independence Ave., SW

Building Self-Sufficiency Among Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents: Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration

By Rebecca Maynard The Teenage Parent Demonstration (TPD) was a major, large-scale, federal demonstration initiative sponsored by the U.S.

Services For Migrant Children in the Health, Social Services, and Education Systems

Services For Migrant Children in the Health, Social Services, and Education Systems. Nancy M. Pindus, Fran E. O'Reilly, Margaret Schulte, and Lenore Webb The Urban Institute March, 1993

Service Needs and Use of Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents

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Comprehensive Service Integration Programs for At-Risk Youth

COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE INTEGRATION PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH By Martha R. Burt, Gary Resnick and Nancy Matheson The Urban Institute December 7, 1992 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES