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How to Assess and Address Technical Assistance

How to Assess and Address Technical Assistance Needs: Insights from the Literature and Practice

This brief uses a literature review and interviews with TA providers and recipients to explore strategies for assessing recipients' needs for training and technical assistance (TA).
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Medicare: Opportunities for Market-Based Policies

Medicare: Opportunities for Market-Based Policies

Market-based payment policies such as competitive bidding, reference pricing, centers of excellence and tiered provider networks have been implemented both in Medicare and across the private sector, as described in this report required by Executive Order 13890.
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Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder May Reduce

Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder May Reduce Substantiated Cases of Child Abuse and Neglect

Buprenorphine treatment has been found to be an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Child welfare systems have been partnering with treatment providers to increase access, yet little is known about its role in improving outcomes related to child maltreatment.
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Strengthening the Entry-Level Health Care Work

Strengthening the Entry-Level Health Care Work Force: Finding a Path

This project report provides potential approaches to expand and strengthen the entry-level health care workforce in the United States.
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Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Information

Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Information and Programs Visualization Tool

This visualization tool, Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Information and Programs , is designed to accompany the RAND report titled Strengthening the Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Finding a Path , by Shira H. Fischer, Ryan K. McBain, Laura J. Faherty, Jessica L. Sousa, Vishnupriya Kareddy, Allyson D. Gittens, and Grant R. Martsolf. This
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The Multiethnic Placement Act and Transracial

The Multiethnic Placement Act and Transracial Adoption 25 Years Later

The Multiethnic Placement Act, as amended, enacted in 1994 and known as MEPA (or MEPA/IEP to acknowledge amendments passed in 1996), prohibits child welfare agencies that receive federal funding from delaying or denying foster or adoptive placements because of a child or prospective foster or adoptive parent’s race, color or national origin
  • MEPA Data Brief
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  • MEPA Diligent Recruitment Plans Report
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  • MEPA Graphical Factsheet
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  • MEPA Key Informants Report
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  • MEPA Research Summary
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HHS Initiative to Improve Maternal Health

HHS Initiative to Improve Maternal Health

The Action Plan summarizes the Department’s work to ensure the U.S. is one of the safest countries in the world to give birth, the Surgeon General’s Call to Action outlines strategies and actions for a diverse set of external stakeholders to improve maternal health.
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Postpartum Opioid Prescription Fills, Opioid Use

Postpartum Opioid Prescription Fills, Opioid Use Disorder, and Utilization of Medication-Assisted Treatment among Women with Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Coverage Issue Brief

Postpartum Opioid Prescription Fills, Opioid Use Disorder, and Utilization of Medication-Assisted Treatment among Women with Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Coverage Issue Brief Mir M. Ali, Kristina West, and Emma Nye U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation December 2
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Postpartum Opioid Prescription Fills, Opioid Use

Postpartum Opioid Prescription Fills, Opioid Use Disorder, and Utilization of Medication-Assisted Treatment among Women with Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Coverage Issue Brief

Postpartum Opioid Prescription Fills, Opioid Use Disorder, and Utilization of Medication-Assisted Treatment among Women with Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Coverage Issue Brief Mir M. Ali, Kristina West, and Emma Nye U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation December 2
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National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-

National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, 2020-2025

The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), 2020-2025, presents coordinated, strategic actions that the United States Government will take in the next five years to improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans by changing the course of antibiotic resistance.
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Trauma-Informed Approaches: Connecting Research,

Trauma-Informed Approaches: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice to Build Resilience in Children and Families

Trauma-informed approaches provide a framework for preventing and addressing childhood trauma and building resilience in children and families.
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  • Profiles of Select Trauma-Informed Programs
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  • Research Summary: Review of Trauma-Informed Initiatives at the Systems Level
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  • Advancing Change to Support Trauma-Informed Initiatives and Build Evidence of Impacts
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  • Using Logic Models Grounded in Theory of Change to Support Trauma-Informed Initiatives
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Core Components Approaches to Building Evidence

Core Components Approaches to Building Evidence of Program Effectiveness

Recent focus on evidence-based decision-making has led to multiple federal efforts to determine the evidence behind various programs, particularly those seeking federal funding. This has led to the development of multiple evidence-based registries, most of which are based on “model programs”.
  • Advancing the Use of Core Components of Effective Programs: Suggestions for Researchers Publishing Evaluation Results
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  • Developing Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for Youth Programs: Technical Report on Effectiveness Factors for Interventions th
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Strategies Rural Communities Use to Address

Strategies Rural Communities Use to Address Substance Misuse among Families in the Child Welfare System

This research summary and brief describe nine programs and highlight ways they have addressed challenges to serving child welfare-involved parents with substance use issues, with a particular focus on their applicability to rural communities. These programs offered various types of services, including parent mentoring, case management, home visiti
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  • Research Summary (3 pages)
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Second Report to Congress on Social Risk and

Second Report to Congress on Social Risk and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs

As required by the IMPACT Act, the second Report to Congress examines the effect of individuals’ social risk factors on quality measures, resource use, and other measures under the Medicare program, as well as analyses of the effects of Medicare’s current value-based payment programs on providers serving socially at-risk beneficiaries and simu
  • Social Risk and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs Second Report to Congress - Executive Summary
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  • Social Risk and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs Second Report to Congress
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  • Social Risk and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs Second Report to Congress - Three Page Summary
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  • Social Risk and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs Second Report to Congress - Appendix
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Availability of Treatment for Opioid Use

Availability of Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Areas of High Foster Care Increases

Parental opioid use disorder (OUD) is a risk factor for the maltreatment of children and placement into foster care. Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is an evidence-based treatment for OUD using medications such as methadone and buprenorphine. OAT can help parents enter recovery and reduce the risk of maltreatment, and potentially improve child welfar
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A Compendium of Administrative and Survey Data

A Compendium of Administrative and Survey Data Resources in the Administration for Children and Families

This compendium is an effort to understand and document the data collected by ACF that is or could be used for evidence-building purposes. It includes summaries of twelve major ACF administrative data sources and seven surveys.
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This toolkit offers considerations for planning

IV-E Prevention Toolkit: Assessing population, Service Needs, and Service Coverage

This toolkit aims to help states develop a plan for Title IV-E prevention services, and to assist states in planning a comprehensive array of services to help prevent the need for foster care placement (“prevention services”) by braiding Title IV-E prevention services reimbursement with Medicaid and other funding mechanisms.
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This toolkit offers considerations for planning

IV-E Prevention Toolkit: Understanding Roles of Funding and Decision Points

This toolkit aims to help states develop a plan for Title IV-E prevention services, and to assist states in planning a comprehensive array of services to help prevent the need for foster care placement (“prevention services”) by braiding Title IV-E prevention services reimbursement with Medicaid and other funding mechanisms. This tool, Under
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IV-E Prevention Toolkit: Appendices

IV-E Prevention Toolkit: Appendices

This toolkit aims to help states develop a plan for Title IV-E prevention services, and to assist states in planning a comprehensive array of services to help prevent the need for foster care placement (“prevention services”) by braiding Title IV-E prevention services reimbursement with Medicaid and other funding mechanisms.
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ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT

ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT CAREGIVERS: FINAL REPORT

ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT CAREGIVERS: FINAL REPORT Stipica Mudrazija and Richard W. Johnson Urban Institute January 2020 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (68 PDF pages)

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