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Older adults, people with disabilities, and those who provide services and supports to these individuals utilize a variety of aging services technologies (ASTs) to achieve and maintain maximum physical function, to live as independently as possible, to study and learn, and to participate in and contribute to society. The potential benefits offered

This report uses interviews with HHS staff, pertinent legislative committees, and children and youth advocacy organizations in order to express how each group would like to change the existing foster care system. Systemic and social factors currently challenging the foster care system are described including: the increase in substantiated child ab

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A Report on Infants and Children with HIV Infection in Foster Care November 14, 1989 PDF Version

This Issue Brief examines the evidence-based research for treating common mental health conditions experienced by victims of human trafficking. This was a topic identified at the National Symposium on the Health Needs of Human Trafficking Victims sponsored by ASPE and held in Washington, DC, September 22-23, 2008. [13 PDF pages]

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services High Service or High Privacy Assisted Living Facilities, Their Residents and Staff: Results from a National Survey Catherine Hawes and Charles D. PhillipsTexas A&M University System Health Science Center Miriam RoseMyers Research Institute November 2000 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/

State newborn screening (NBS) programs for heritable diseases and conditions provide vital health information that enables prevention and early detection of rare genetic conditions. Information management of the screening laboratory test orders and the reporting of laboratory is substantial challenge based on a variety of factors. Advances in he

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Children with Severe Chronic Conditions on Medicaid Brian Burwell, William Crown, Ph.D., and John Drabek, Ph.D. The MEDSTAT Group November 1997 PDF Version (40 PDF pages)

Simi Litval, Ph.D., and Jae Kennedy, M.A. World Institute on Disability Research and Training Center on Public Policy in Independent Living December 1991

Unlicensed care homes provide room, board and some level of services for two or more unrelated individuals, but are not licensed or certified by the state. These homes often serve very vulnerable individuals such as individuals with serious mental illness or other disabilities, or older adults with functional limitations and limited financial reso

The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a contract to launch a national initiative designed to improve recruitment and retention of direct care workers in the long-term care field. As part of this initiative, the Institute for the Future of Aging Services and the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute have identified a range of workforc

The focus of this short analytic report differs in that it attempts to address, at least in an initial fashion, what types of assisted living facilities, among those in our sample, have characteristics that might be appealing to either consumers or policymakers focusing on consumers= needs. These analyses involved comparing the three groups of fac