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Adoption USA. A Chartbook Based on the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents. Appendix tables

Table 1. Number and percentage distribution of children ages 0-17 by adoptive status; number and percentage distribution of adopted children1 ages 0-17 by various characteristics: United States, 2007

Adoption USA. A Chartbook Based on the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents. Post-adoption supports

Post-adoption supports include an array of services and other assistance that families may receive after adopting a child. 35 In this section, we discuss several categories of supports. Supports specific to adoption include meeting with agency staff, child and parent adoption support groups, parent training, and web-based resources. Financial supp

Adoption USA. A Chartbook Based on the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents. Adoption expenses

This section examines adoption expenses and sources of reimbursement for expenses, including filing for the federal adoption tax credit, reimbursement for some or all costs by the adoption agency (for children adopted from foster care only), and employer-provided financial assistance. The federal adoption tax credit was established in 1996 to reim

Frontline Supervisor Survey Report

Peter Kemper, Diane Brannon, Brigitt Heier, Jungyoon Kim, Candy Warner, Joe Vasey and Amy Stott Pennsylvania State University, Center for Health Care and Policy Research September 9, 2008 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/FSSrpt.pdf (69 PDF pages)

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Foundations for Strong Families 101. Existing Collaborative Efforts

Current marriage and financial stability efforts have been developed at the community level by providers who are often located within the same social service agency, focus on the importance of family stability, and have developed referral networks with outside agencies that could be strengthened through dialogue. A number of community-based organi

Foundations for Strong Families 101. Making the Case: Common Ground between the Marriage and Financial Fields

Research suggests that those that have healthy and stable relationships are more likely to have healthy stable finances and vice versa. Stability in one area seems to reinforce stability in the other, and familial and financial stability share a common foundation.

Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically Homeless People. 3.2. System Change

We noted above that, for facilitating application review, it is better to have formal agency commitments to cooperation, rather than just personal relationships between case workers and eligibility technicians, although such relationships can be helpful as well. Not only will formal commitments survive staffing changes, but agencies that have form

Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically Homeless People

This Issue Paper describes innovative approaches to establishing SSI eligibility. [33 PDF pages]

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Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness. 6. Group 3: Eligible for Specialized MENTAL/BEHAVIORAL Health Services Under Medicaid

The condition known as serious mental illness differentiates Group 3 from Groups 1 and 2. SMI usually involves a diagnosis of psychosis or major affective disorder and duration of at least a year, either already experienced or anticipated. Along with these two elements, the condition must create substantial disability , meaning that it si

Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness

This Issue Paper describes three subgroups of the people experiencing chronic homelessness, and the services and housing configurations currently supporting them.

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Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design. Appendix B. Site Summaries

Development Services Incorporated Program Sponsor: Development Services Incorporated Apprenticeship Occupation: Direct Support Specialist (DSS)

Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design. 5.3. Partner Roles and Resources

The LTC RAP sponsors work with an array of partners to provide care and to maintain their apprenticeship programs. The roles these partners play fall into three basic categories: funders, referral sources, and training providers ( Table 8 ). The primary role of the partners is funding training and other LTC RAP expenses. Most sites found these par

Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report. Saint Clare's Behavioral Health, Denville, NJ

St. Clare's Health Systems, an affiliate of Catholic Health Initiatives, operates a community mental health program that sponsors the NAVIGATE site in Denville, NJ. It also operates a hospital and other behavioral health services in the area. St. Clare's is the dominant behavioral health provider in Morris County. It has a staff of approximately 1

Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report. PeaceHealth, Eugene, OR

PeaceHealth Medical Group is a non-profit treatment facility within Eugene, OR. Eugene is the third largest metro area in the state and the largest community served by PeaceHealth. They have operated the only psychiatric inpatient facility in the county for over a decade. Due to financial issues, they started a partnership with Lane County Behavio

Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report

This report presents findings from a study of the implementation of coordinated specialty care services provided to individuals who are experiencing the early stages of schizophrenia as part of the National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH’s) Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) initiative. This NIMH initiative is a test o

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

Early Self-Directed Care Programs

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Non-Elderly Disabled Category 2 Housing Choice Voucher Program: An Implementation and Impact Analysis. B. Impact Analysis: Conclusions and Ideas for Future Research

We found several notable differences between NED2 voucher users and people under age 62 who did not use NED2 vouchers in the five sites with the highest number of voucher users: Voucher users were significantly less likely to be married (9 percent) than people who made transitions to the community without vouchers (25 percent). This finding

Non-Elderly Disabled Category 2 Housing Choice Voucher Program: An Implementation and Impact Analysis. B. NED2 Voucher Users

In this section we present descriptive statistics on 2011 NED2 voucher users, extending our knowledge about them from the process analysis. Using linked survey and administrative data, we describe these individuals and compare them with non-users on a variety of demographic, functional, health, and institutional-related characteristics. 1. Me

Pre-Application Activities of Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants. Earnings and Poverty Rates

Earnings and Poverty Rates

Report to the Congress on Kinship Foster Care. III. Non-financial Assistance for Relative Caregivers

Issue: What information and services do kinship foster families need, and how are these different from the needs of non-kin foster families?

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