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V. Agency Quality Assurance Policies, Standards

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public. V. Agency Quality Assurance Policies, Standards and Processes for Ensuring the Quality of Information Disseminated to the Public

The quality assurance process begins at the inception of the information development process. Further, IHS reviews the quality (including the objectivity, utility, and integrity) of information before its is disseminated and treats information quality as integral to every step of the development of information, including its creation, collection

III. Types of Information Disseminated by the

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public. III. Types of Information Disseminated by the Agency to the Public

HRSA disseminates a range of information to the public via the HRSA web site, the HRSA Information Center, and the Office of Communications. The HRSA Information Center is a gateway to information about HRSA programs. All information supplied through this center has been cleared through HRSA and ASPA. Through the Information Center, health care pr

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public. V. Agency Quality Assurance Policies, Standards and Processes

At CMS, the quality assurance process begins at the inception of the information development process. Information released by CMS is developed from reliable data sources using accepted methods for data collection and analysis, and is based on thoroughly reviewed analyses and models.

V. Quality Assurance Policies, Standards and

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public. V. Quality Assurance Policies, Standards and Processes for Ensuring the Quality of Information Disseminated to the Public

At ACF, the quality assurance process begins at the inception of the information development process. Further, ACF reviews the quality (including the objectivity, utility, and integrity) of information before it is disseminated and treats information quality as integral to every step of the development of information, including its creation, colle

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Recent Legislative and Regulatory Changes

Title IV and Subtitle A of title VIII of the PRWORA contains major and extensive revisions to the Food Stamp Program, including strong work requirements on able-bodied adults without children, restricted benefits for legal immigrants, and a reduction in maximum benefits. These three provisions, and subsequent amendments, are discussed below; the

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public

This site describes the HHS Information Quality Guidelines as well as the supporting administrative mechanisms to request correction of information covered under the guidelines. The HHS Guidelines were developed in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 106-554 and OMB government-wide requirements directing all federal agencies to issue guidelines

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Introduction

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 specifies that the annual welfare indicators reports shall include analyses of families and individuals receiving assistance under three means-tested benefit programs: the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (replaced with the Temporary Ass

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 1997. Executive Summary

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 (part of Public Law 103-432) directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study the most useful statistics for tracking and predicting dependence on three means-tested cash and nutritional assistance programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Food Stamps, and Supplemental Security Income

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Indicator 9. Rates of Receipt of Means-tested Assistance

Figure IND 9a. Percentage of the Total Population Receiving AFDC/TANF, by Age: 1970-98

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Chapter II . Indicators of Dependence

Following the format of the previous annual reports to Congress, this second chapter presents summary data related to indicators of dependence. These indicators differ from other welfare statistics because of their emphasis on welfare dependence , rather than simple welfare receipt. As discussed in Chapter I, the Advisory Board on Welfare Indicat

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Data Sources

For purposes of this report, the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) has been used the most extensively and is considered the most useful national survey. Its strengths are its longitudinal design, system of monthly accounting, and detail concerning employment, income and participation in federal income-support and related programs.

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Measuring Deprivation

Changes in dependence may or may not be associated with changes in the level of deprivation, depending on the alternative sources of support found by families who might otherwise be dependent on welfare. To assess the social impacts of any change in dependence, changes in the level of poverty or deprivation also must be considered. One way of meas

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Measuring Welfare Dependence

Welfare dependence, like poverty, is a continuum, with variations in degree and in duration. Families may be more or less dependent if larger or smaller shares of their total resources are derived from welfare programs. The amount of time over which a family depends on welfare might also be considered in assessing its degree of dependency.

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Executive Summary

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. This Annual Report on Welfare Indicators, March 2000 is the third of these annual reports. As directed by the Act, the report focuses on benefits under the Aid to Famili

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002. Food Stamp Program

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service, is the largest food assistance program in the country, reaching more poor individuals over the course of a year than any other public assistance program. Unlike many other public assistance programs, the Food Stamp Program has few cate

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 as a grant program to enable states to provide cash welfare payments for needy children who had been deprived of parental support or care because their father or mother is absent from the home, incapacitated, deceased, or unemployed. All 50 states, th

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002. Appendix A: Program Data

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 specifies that the annual welfare indicators reports shall include analyses of families and individuals receiving assistance under three means-tested benefit programs: the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program authorized under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (replaced with the

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002. Indicator 3. Rates of Receipt of Means-tested Assistance

Figure IND 3a. Percentage of the Total Population Receiving AFDC/TANF, by Age: 1970-2000

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002. Chapter II: Indicators of Dependence

Following the format of the previous annual reports to Congress, Chapter II presents summary data related to indicators of dependence. These indicators differ from other welfare statistics because of their emphasis on welfare dependence, rather than simple welfare receipt. As discussed in Chapter I , the Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators sugg

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002. Data Sources

The primary data sources for this report are the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the Panel Study on Income Dynamics (PSID), and administrative data for the AFDC/TANF, Food Stamp, and SSI programs. Beginning with the 2001 report on dependence, there was a shift to using CPS rather than SIPP da

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