Contents
Characteristics of the Four Homeless-Serving Programs
Analysis of Measures Derived from Homeless Administrative Data Systems (HADS)
Potential Core Performance Measures For Homeless-Specific Service Programs
Application of Suggested Core Performance Measures To DHHS Mainstream Programs Serving Homeless Individuals
Contents
Background About the Four Cities
Immigrants Access to Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Immigrants Access to Health Services
Safety Net Providers Organizational and Financial Responses
Factors Shaping the Policy Responses
Conclusion
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Three general program models for delivering services to the hard-to-employ were implemented in programs in the study sites.
WtW grantees focus on the most disadvantaged, as specified in congressionally established provisions, but most programs have faced difficulties enrolling eligible individuals.
The Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grants program is one of several major federally funded initiatives to help welfare recipients and other low-income parents move into employment. In 1997, the Balanced Budget Act authorized the U.S. Department of Labor to award $3 billion in WtW grants to states and local organizations. These grants were intended to suppo
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Dan Bloom, Mary Farrell, and Barbara Fink
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Diana Adams-Ciardullo
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In 1997, Congress passed legislation creating the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the first major federally funded health program to be established since Medicare and Medicaid were enacted in 1965. SCHIP, authorized by a new Title XXI in the Social Security Act, was designed to extend health insurance to approximately 40 percent
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tommy G. Thompson, [Former] Secretary
Report from
the Secretary's Work Group
on Ending Chronic Homelessness
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The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program is a means-tested, federally administered income assistance program authorized by title XVI of the Social Security Act. Established in 1972 (Public Law 92-603) and begun in 1974, SSI provides monthly cash payments in accordance with uniform, nationwide eligibility requirements to needy aged, blind and