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The purpose of the project was to bring together what we know about post adoption services from existing research, what we can learn from the analysis of national and/or multi-state data and visits to existing programs, and to suggest an agenda for future federal research on these issues, particularly as they arise from the Adoption and Safe Famil

Eight states received Responsible Fatherhood demonstration grants or waivers through the Office of Child Support Enforcement to allow them to test comprehensive approaches to encourage more responsible fathering by non-custodial parents. Each state project was different but they all provided a range of needed services such as job search and traini

This project sought to learn about current childcare policy issues and to develop potential research questions to inform the design of a childcare evaluation research initiative. The project was jointly sponsored by the Administration on Children and Families and the Smith Richardson Foundation.  Childcare policy issues have grown over the past d

This project examined the effects on marriage over a 7-year follow-up period for the full sample of two- parent families from the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation’s (MDRC) 2000 evaluation of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP). The study found that a sample of two-parent recipient families assigned to MFIP were 40 percent m

This report focuses on the implementation of welfare reform in Philadelphia County between 1996 and 2000. Pennsylvania substantially changed its welfare system under Welfare Reform, and in Philadelphia, implementation of the law was lenient in some respects. During the first two years on welfare, recipients were asked to conduct an eight-week job

AGENCY ID TITLE G/O OBJECTIVE PROJECT OFFICER ACF-ACYF 8149

GOAL 7: Improve the stability and healthy development of our Nation’s children and youth Objective 7.1 Promote family formation and healthy marriages Objective 7.2 Improve the development and learning readiness of preschool children Objective 7.3 Increase the involvement and financial support of non-custodial parents in the lives of thei

This study examined Federal and state actions to encourage and support partnerships among early care and education programs, and described local early care and education providers’ experiences with partnerships. Locally based early care and education providers such as child care, Head Start, and pre-kindergarten sometimes join forces to improve

This project identified and examined a variety of programs serving low-income, unwed parents, including programs that provided relationship and marriage focused services. The contract produced case study reports documenting examples of lessons that could be learned from operational programs with a focus on strengthening relationships and marriage

The Support Has A Rewarding Effect (SHARE) initiative operated with Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grant support in three counties in the state of Washington. SHARE offered three options to noncustodial parents (NCPs) whose minor, dependent children were receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and who were in arrears on their support oblig

This study examined the reasons why eligible families do not use child care subsidies available to them. Data from focus groups provided qualitative information that was used to develop quantitative indicators to be measured in a telephone survey. The survey was conducted to learn about families’ experiences with the subsidy system and to unders

The Child Support Performance and Incentives Act of 1998 (CSPIA) required HHS to establish a joint HHS/DoL Medical Child Support Working Group to suggest improvements to medical child support enforcement. The Working Group’s report to Congress, released in 2000, includes comprehensive recommendations to shift from the noncustodial parent to the

This document is a manual discussing asthma wellness in schools which outlines best practices and policies for an asthma wellness and education program in the context of a school health program. A healthy student is a student ready to learn. Asthma-friendly schools are those that make the effort to create safe and supportive learning environments

GOAL 7: Improve the stability and healthy development of our Nation’s children and youth Objective 7.1 Promote family formation and healthy marriages

Cross-site Study of the Children of Substance Abusing Parents Initiative

Since 1996, four states have implemented child welfare waiver demonstration projects focusing on the needs of families with substance abuse problems. These waiver demonstration projects allow states to spend federal foster care funds more flexibly in order to improve services and outcomes for children and families. Three states - Delaware, Marylan

Since 1996, seven states have implemented assisted guardianship child welfare waiver demonstration projects: Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon. These projects allow states to spend federal funds normally reserved for foster care and adoption subsidies to provide monthly subsidies to families that assume

13 Indicators of Quality Child Care: Research Update