Low Income

Streamlining human services programs’ eligibility

Opportunities under the Affordable Care Act for Human Services Programs to Modernize Eligibility Systems and Expedite Eligibility Determination. Streamlining human services programs’ eligibility determinations by accessing data from health programs

Once the ACA’s insurance affordability programs are fully phased in, Medicaid will be the country’s most widely-used need-based program—particularly in states that expand eligibility. If all states did so, the number of people eligible for help would be up to 60 percent higher for Medicaid than for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr

Insights on take-up from behavioral economics

Using Behavioral Economics to Inform the Integration of Human Services and Health Programs under the Affordable Care Act . Insights on take-up from behavioral economics

Neoclassical economics assumes that people have rational, fairly consistent preferences over time. Each person seeks to maximize his or her overall well-being by obtaining, understanding, and rationally acting upon available information. In contrast, behavioral economics focuses on human limitations, empirically testing the ways in which human beh

Using Behavioral Economics to Inform the Integration of Human Services and Health Programs under the Affordable Care Act . Introduction

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act or ACA) seeks to reduce the size of the nation’s uninsured population through policies aimed at improving the accessibility and affordability of health insurance coverage.

1. Structure I: Providers, Linkages, Continuum of

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. 1. Structure I: Providers, Linkages, Continuum of Care

Most of the current information on the structure of the health system is oriented toward the counting of the individual types of resources (like providers, facilities or health plans) that make up the structure. In contrast, our project showed that there is a need for information that would allow one to interpret the adequacy or change in these re

Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers An Analysis of the Welfare Caseload. Introduction

Between 1994 and 1999, the welfare caseload fell by almost 50 percent. In other words, about two million fewer families were receiving welfare in 1999 than five years earlier. To some observers, this trend is evidence that welfare reform has been a success. To others, it raises a host of new questions and concerns and suggests that the 1996 law

Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers An Analysis of the Welfare Caseload. Findings

Long-term welfare leavers face fewer barriers to employment than long-term stayers and generally fare better economically. People who cycle on and off the welfare rolls look more similar to leavers than to stayers.

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities

This report summarizes the insights and conclusions drawn from a project to asses unmet needs for supply-side information on the health system. The project focused on identifying how information needs associated with a changing health care system are perceived by providers, insurers, purchasers, consumers, and government at various levels. The proj

infoneed.pdf
PDF

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. What Efforts Encouraged Completion of Postsecondary Education Among Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Cash Assistance and Other Low-Income Populations?

The purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Child Care and Development Fund Research Synthesis Project was to inform research planning and support evidence-based decision making related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Child Care and Development Fund programs. This study sought information concerning efforts to

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. Does Length and Type of Past Work Experience Correlate to Future Employment and Earnings Outcomes for Single Low Income Mothers?

This study tracked the progress of single mothers in the labor market over time. The study integrated household characteristics data from the Current Population Survey with administrative longitudinal employment and earnings records from the US Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program, to study the individual earnin

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. What is the State of the Research on Career Pathways Programs and How Does It Inform an Evaluation Design to Assess Implementation, System Change, and Outcomes of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants Program?

The Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) Implementation, Systems and Outcome Project provided recommendations for the design of an evaluation to assess implementation, system change, and outcomes across the twenty seven HPOG sites focused on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families recipients and other low-income individuals. The project devel

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. What is the Overlap Between the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Supplemental Security Income programs; To What Extent Do the Two Programs Interact and Coordinate; and How Does TANF Serve Clients With Disabilities?

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families – Supplemental Security Income (TANF-SSI) Disability Transition Project is an effort to explore the relationship between the two programs. Both these safety net programs serve low-income populations, including many people with disabilities. Yet they are administered by different agencies, involve diff

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. What Unique Challenges to Health and Well-Being Are Faced by Children Who Live With Neither Parent?

Research literature on children who live apart from their parents, and gaps in knowledge regarding this vulnerable population was summarized. Typical families consist of one or two parents, and a child, and any siblings. Parents' interactions with the child are a primary driver of the child's development. Yet nearly 3 million (4 percent) of Ameri

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. What are the Evidence-Based Strategies for Reliably Defining Subgroups of Low-Income Men at the Outset of Fatherhood Evaluations?

This study reviewed the evidence base for selecting and measuring specific psychosocial indicators at baseline as a way to reliably define subgroups of low income men for fatherhood program evaluations and suggested directions for continued research on this topic.

Performance Improvement 2011-2012. How Many and Which Households Received Assistance with Heating Costs Through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program in FY 2007?

Program staff analyzed caseload and fiscal data for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY 2007. OCS provided block grant funds to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations, and U.S. Insular Areas. The funds assist low income households primarily in meeting their immediate home energy n

Performance Improvement 2011-2012. What Are the Characteristics of Children Adopted from Foster Care; What Motivates Their Families to Adopt Them; and How Do They Fare?

Researchers prepared the first of a two-part analysis presenting information on children adopted from foster care in the United States and their families. The analysis used data from the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents and the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health.

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.

PerformanceImprovement2011-2012.pdf
PDF

Performance Improvement 2010. Strengthen Research and Evaluation Methods and Accountability

Survey instruments were developed to collect data from Loan Repayment Program applicants and recipients to determine how the program affected the recruitment and retention of health professionals in research careers. The National Institutes of Health's Extramural Loan Repayment Programs were created to help recruit and retain doctoral-level hea

Performance Improvement 2010. Address Complex Marriage and Family Ties

This ASPE-funded study conducted by the National Opinion Research Center and Child Trends used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort, to examine how parent marital quality and parent-adolescent relationships in married couple families influence a range of adolescent and youth well-being outcomes. The study findings support the

Performance Improvement 2010. Promote Lifelong Healthy Behaviors

One grantee member of a five grantee consortium that designs and tests approaches to support the mental health of infants, toddlers, and their families within ACF supported Early Head Start programs successfully reduced maternal depression in new Latina immigrants. The grantee succeeded in a population in which recognition of depressive symptom

Performance Improvement 2010

This report, Performance Improvement 2010, the 16th annual report in this series, describes the findings from 113 studies completed during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. The study summaries and the publicly available database from which they are drawn are to be found at http://aspe.hhs.gov/pic/performance.

PerformanceImprovement2010.pdf
PDF

Content by Keyword: Low Income