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In the Running for Successful Outcomes: Project

In the Running for Successful Outcomes: Project Overview

This research brief summarizes a multi-method study examining the evidence for thresholds in association between children's school readiness and subsequent academic, social and emotional outcomes, both within and across domains. In addition to a literature review, multiple analytical methods were applied to two national data sets to examine these
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What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What

What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Annotated Bibliography

The Annotated Bibliography is the result of a comprehensive review of literature on the strengths and challenges that affect boys ages 10 through 18. It provides evidence-based work that highlights the challenges boys face and investigates what strengths, such as the positive impact that caring adults in families, schools, and communities, can
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Identifying Opportunities to Maximize the Utility

Identifying Opportunities to Maximize the Utility of Genomics Research Data Through Electronic Health Information Exchange

Identifying Opportunities To Maximize the Utility of Genomics Research Data Through Electronic Health Information Exchange Meeting Summary Andrew Dorfmann and Jessica Nadler 10/15/2009
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Building a Joint Relationship with Credit

Foundations for Strong Families 201. Building a Joint Relationship with Credit

This section discusses three financial and three relationship issues that are important to success in finances and in love. From a financial perspective, knowledge of the types of credit, joint vs. separate accounts, and credit scores will help couples build credit together. In turn, financial missteps can be avoided by understanding how to handle
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Foundations for Strong Families 201

Foundations for Strong Families 201

This is the second of two briefs that examine the interplay between education and skills-building programming for lower income individuals and families in the areas of marriage and relationships, financial literacy, and asset development.  It explores how communication, marriage and divorce, money management, credit and debt, children and child s
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What Do Marriage and Family Strengthening

Foundations for Strong Families 101. What Do Marriage and Family Strengthening Programs Do?

Marriage and family-strengthening programs seek to develop participants’ relationship skills (e.g. communication, problem solving) in order to develop and sustain healthy relationships, marriages and families.
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Collaborations in the Field

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Collaborations in the Field

Federal Efforts to Encourage Collaboration: Building Assets, Building Stronger Families  
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Marriage Education

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Marriage Education

Parents’ marital status is a key correlate of child wellbeing. The economic and social benefits of marriage for children’s well-being have been well documented through rigorous scientific research. Some of these benefits are related directly to married families’ higher income, while others are the result of family stability and other social
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APPENDIX B. TABULAR SUMMARY OF SURVEYS

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. Appendix B. Tabular Summary of Surveys

Note to Readers about Appendix B
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APPENDIX A. FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY FEEDBACK ON

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. Appendix A. Federal and State Agency Feedback on Disability Data Needs and Limitations

A. Questions for Federal and State Disability Policy Stakeholders Current and Past Disability Data Needs and Uses What are the disability-related policy/program/research questions that are important to your agency? Does your agency have specific legislative, regulatory, or other needs for disability data? If so, what are they?
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Assessing the Need for a National Disability

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report

This is the final report of a project that assesses the need for developing and fielding another national disability survey data collection effort. It presents the findings from three principal project activities designed to assess whether existing data are sufficient to answer key disability-related research questions identified by the staffs of
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4.2. Program-Level Findings

A Descriptive Analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor's Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs. 4.2. Program-Level Findings

Overall, 121 programs are included in the database and described in this analysis. Almost half (46%) of all programs are for CNAs, about one-fourth are for HSSs (28%), 15% are for DSSs, and only 10% are for HHAs. There are only 35 apprentices in the HHA specialty competencies, too few to warrant further refined analyses of those specialty programs
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3.2. Program-Level Analyses

A Descriptive Analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor's Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs. 3.2. Program-Level Analyses

Program-level analyses describing program characteristics, geographic location, apprenticeship characteristics and training information on source/mode of related instruction are presented in Tables 6-10 and include descriptive results on 121 apprenticeship programs in the RAPIDS database. The sample size for these program-level analyses can be ver
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APPENDIX C. SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR

Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design. Appendix C. Semi-structured Interview Guide for LTC RAP Site Visits

Development of Potential Research Designs to Evaluate the Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Program Site Visit Interview Guide Introduction
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2. BACKGROUND ON THE LONG-TERM CARE

Evaluation Design Options for the Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Program. 2. Background on the Long-term CARE Apprenticeship Program (ltc Rap)

The apprenticeship model is distinguished by its integration of instruction and work; apprentices learn occupational competencies both in formal classroom settings and while working at a job that directly applies and reinforces those competencies. Structuring training in this way provides apprentices with an income during the training and helps as
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Evaluation Design Options for the Long-Term Care

Evaluation Design Options for the Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Program

This report is the final deliverable of a joint project sponsored ASPE/HHS and U.S. Department of Labor to assess the feasibility of conducting a rigorous evaluation of the LTC RAP. This analysis evaluates possible research designs to evaluate the Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Program (LTC RAP) administered by the U.S. Department of Lab
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Program Challenges and Strategies

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan. Program Challenges and Strategies

A service coordinator was an essential component of several of the programs. The literature revealed many challenges to implementing housing with services programs. The good news is that the studies also described many promising strategies that programs have developed to overcome the challenges.
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The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan

This paper reviews the literature on effectiveness on existing models of affordable housing with health or supportive services. The review found a range of program models, including a variety of types of services, and delivery methods (congregate or scattered-site). There were benefits to residents including meeting unmet needs for services, impro
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Burell Center, Springfield, MO

Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report. Burell Center, Springfield, MO

Missouri operates an Administrative Agent System. In this system, mental health services are accessed through 25 service areas, with each service area serving particular counties of the state. Administrative Agents and/or Affiliates (CMHCs) are responsible for providing these services. These designated centers serve as entry/exit points in each ge
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Mental Health Center of Denver, Denver, CO

Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report. Mental Health Center of Denver, Denver, CO

Mental Health Center of Denver is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), community mental health organization providing comprehensive outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment. It is a primary treatment center in Denver and surrounding areas, providing primary health care along with mental health services since its founding in 1989. The Center empl

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