Risk-Taking

Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Youth from Low-Income Families

Youth from low-income families are vulnerable to poor outcomes as adults, as these youth often lack the resources and opportunities found to lead to better outcomes. This fact sheet compares the young adult outcomes and adolescent risk-taking behaviors of youth from low-income families to those from middle-income (201-400 percent of federal povert

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First Year Impacts of the Heritage Keepers Life Skills Education Component

This report is part of the larger evaluation of a select group of Title V, Section 510, abstinence programs. This report examines the short-term impacts of providing a life skills education component to middle and high school youth in Edgefield, South Carolina. All the youth participating in the Life Skills Education Component have also participat

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Teen Risk-Taking: A Statistical Portrait

This booklet provides a statistical portrait of teen participation in 10 of the most prevalent risk behaviors. It focuses on the overall participation in each behavior and in multiple risk-taking. The booklet presents the overall incidence and patterns of teen involvement in the following risk behaviors: regular alcohol use, regular binge drinking

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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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Identifying and Serving LGBTQ Youth: Case Studies of Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Grantees. Urban Peak

URBAN PEAK Mission Urban Peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of experiencing homelessness overcome challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults. Services/Programs

Identifying and Serving LGBTQ Youth: Case Studies of Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Grantees. B. Tailoring Services to LGBTQ RHY

As a group, the agencies we studied offer examples of methods for tailoring a variety of services to make them accessible and potentially effective for LGBTQ youth. We discussed with staff their approaches to providing seven types of services to LGBTQ RHY: (1) street outreach; (2) housing, including emergency shelter and transitional living; (3) d

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

1 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 US 1, 132 S.Ct. 2566, 183 L. Ed. 2d 450 (2012).

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. What is the Current Science on Adolescent Risk-Taking?

Researchers reviewed the science of adolescence within a life course perspective and highlighted the implications of this research for preventing risk behavior. This effort examined scientific work on processes both within individuals and in the environment, including social factors that affect behavior during adolescence.

Performance Improvement 2008. How Best Use National Survey Data to Study Family Formation?

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) hosted a meeting of both marriage and family experts and National Longitudinal Survey of Youth1997 cohort (NLSY97) data experts. The experts discussed major marriage and family research questions, the NLSY97 data that could support such questions, NLSY97 data limits, and ways to overcome the limit

Performance Improvement 2002. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Mission To provide analytical support and advice to the Secretary on policy development and assist the Secretary with the development and coordination of department wide program planning and evaluation activities. Evaluation Program

Performance Improvement 2002

Performance Improvement 2002: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the eighth annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with outcome-oriented evaluation findings for the Department's programs, policies, and strategies. It

Performance Improvement 1996. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Contents Adolescent Time Use, Risky Behavior, and Outcomes: An Analysis of National Data Beginning Too Soon: Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Parenthood Case Management in Service Integration: An Annotated Bibliography Child Support Enforcement Evaluation of Transition To Work Demonstration Projects Using a Natura

Performance Improvement 2013-2014

This report, Performance Improvement 2013-2014, the 18th in this series, summarizes the key findings from studies completed during the two fiscal-year period ending September 30, 2013.

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Valuing Utility Offsets to Regulations Affecting Addictive or Habitual Goods

Acknowledgements This paper was prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), by David Cutler (Harvard University), Amber Jessup (ASPE/HHS), Donald Kenkel (Cornell University), and Martha Starr (U.S. Food and Drug Administration and American University

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Identifying and Serving LGBTQ Youth: Case Studies of Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Grantees

To better understand provider experiences serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) runaway and homeless youth, this study reports on case studies of four local agencies receiving grants from the Administration for Children and Family’s Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program. The purpose of the study was to learn abou

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

This paper examines opportunities to apply findings from behavioral economics and decision-making theory to two specific health/human services program interaction contexts: using targeted enrollment strategies to get SNAP recipients into Medicaid, and encouraging individuals seeking health insurance through state marketplaces to apply for SNAP.

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Performance Improvement 2008

This Performance Improvement series of reports takes its name from the primary goal of carrying out evaluations – to improve the performance of programs meant to serve the greatest needs of the community. Performance Improvement 2008, the latest of these reports, makes available the most recently completed evaluations of the Department of Health

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Performance Improvement 1996

Performance Improvement 1996 is the first in a series of annual reports on evaluation activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As a report to Congress, it summarizes the findings of HHS evaluations completed in fiscal 1995. In that year, HHS agencies produced 148 evaluation reports and supported more than 200 evaluati

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TeenRiskTaking.pdf

FSSrpt.pdf

PerformanceImprovement2014.pdf

addictivegood.pdf

rpt_LGBTQ_RHY.pdf

rpt_BehavioralEconomics.pdf

PerformanceImprovement2008.pdf