Family Relationships

Evaluation Design Options for the Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Program

This report is the final deliverable of a joint project sponsored ASPE/HHS and U.S. Department of Labor to assess the feasibility of conducting a rigorous evaluation of the LTC RAP. This analysis evaluates possible research designs to evaluate the Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Program (LTC RAP) administered by the U.S. Department of Lab

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Feasibility of Expanding Self-Directed Services to People with Serious Mental Illness. 1.1. Background

Early Self-Directed Care Programs

Report to the Congress on Kinship Foster Care. I. Selection, Assessment and Supervision of Relative Caregivers

Child protection investigations are typically precipitated by a crisis in the family. Rapid decisions regarding a child’s safety must be made in the midst of chaotic situations and complex family relationships. The involvement of the child protection agency in a family also adds a new and powerful player that changes family dynamics. Assuring de

5. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND MEDICAID AS OF 2013

Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field. 5. Mental Health Services and Medicaid as of 2013

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Report to the Congress on Kinship Foster Care. Factors Contributing to Increased Use of Public Kinship Care

States’ increasing use of kin as foster parents is largely due to three changes in their child welfare systems. First, the number of non-kin foster parents has not kept pace with the number of children requiring care. Between 1985 and 1990, the number of children in foster care increased by 47 percent, while the number of available foster famili

Report to the Congress on Kinship Foster Care

The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 directed the Secretary of HHS to develop this report to Congress. This report was prepared with the input of the Advisory Panel on Kinship Care which met in October 1998 and January 1999. The report has two parts. Part I reviews the academic and related research literature on kinship care, including what

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Low-Income Men at the Margins Caught at the Intersection of Race, Place, and Poverty. Health

In addition to risks related to education, employment, family, and the criminal justice system, low-income men have poorer health outcomes. Notable disparities in chronic diseases—including diabetes, hypertension, and cancer—as well as physical victimization, violence, and lower life expectancy, may be linked to factors disproportionately affe

Low-Income Men at the Margins Caught at the Intersection of Race, Place, and Poverty. Criminal Justice System

For many low-income men, encounters with the criminal justice system are a common feature of neighborhood life. Men may get stopped or questioned by the police, whether they have been engaged in criminal activity or are just “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Police engagement is much higher in communities where men of color live—commun

Low-Income Men at the Margins Caught at the Intersection of Race, Place, and Poverty

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Homeless Children: Update on Research, Policy, Programs, and Opportunities. References

Alperstein, G., Rappaport, C., & Flanigan, J.M. (1987). Health problems of homeless children in New York City. American Journal of Public Health, 78, 1232-1233. Barrow, S. M. & Laborde, N. D. (2008). Invisible mothers: Parenting by homeless women separated from their children. Gender Issues, 25 , 157–172. Barrow, S. M., & Lawi

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners. Implications for Potential Funders

Successful implementation is a key prerequisite for building program models that can be rigorously tested. Strategies for program development suggested by the MFS-IP evaluation include:

Implications for Program Designers and Curriculum

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners. Implications for Program Designers and Curriculum Developers

Examining successes and failures among the array of program models and curricula implemented by MFS-IP grantees, several lessons emerge for designing future programs in this area:

What Is the Legacy of the MFS-IP Initiative?

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners. What Is the Legacy of the MFS-IP Initiative?

One year after their MFS-IP grants ended, program leaders described a lasting impact of the initiative on their own work, their organizations, and their communities . Many sites attributed the following changes to MFS-IP program implementation:

What Services Should Family Strengthening

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners. What Services Should Family Strengthening Programs Offer—and When?

When asked what they had learned from program implementation, many grantees identified specific components that they wished they had included in their original MFS-IP program designs. These included fathers-only relationship or parenting classes and employment-related supports. Above all, program leaders stressed the importance of job placement

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners. Sustaining an Innovation

Many MFS-IP grantees branched out significantly from their prior work in responding to OFA’s 2006 funding announcement, which deliberately required an innovative service delivery model. Implementing the MFS-IP initiative stretched some grantee agencies beyond their prior focus or service delivery experience. That fact also provided inherent chal

Building Safe Relationships: Addressing Domestic

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners. Building Safe Relationships: Addressing Domestic Violence

The time of incarceration and reentry targeted by MFS-IP programs presents opportunities for justice-involved men and their partners to build better family relationships. Reentry can also be a time of elevated risk, as couples struggle to safely rebuild their relationships after release. Recognizing this possibility, OFA required that each grantee

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners

The Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners Initiative (MFS-IP) represented a groundbreaking effort to recognize and respond to the impact of incarceration on families and the crucial role of family support in reentry success. No one program model was required for

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Performance Improvement 2011-2012. How Does the Quality of Family Relationships and Performance in School of Adopted Children Compare to That of Other Children?

An analysis was conducted, using data from the National Survey of Adoptive Parents and a comparison group drawn from the National Survey of Children's Health. The study examined data on adopted children and all U.S. children on selected indicators of school performance and family relationship quality. Because the population of adopted children

Performance Improvement 2011-2012

This report, Performance Improvement 2011-2012, the 17th in this series, summarizes the key findings from studies completed during the two fiscal-year period ending September 30, 2011.

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Performance Improvement 2010. Appendix - Citations

Report Citations The studies are listed below in order of their Policy Information Center identification (PIC ID) number. The studies have been conducted by or funded through the Department of Health and Human Services by the specific agency or office sponsor. Reports may be obtained at the URL hotlinks provided, or from the Fed

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