Out of necessity or choice, mothers are working outside the home in greater numbers than ever before. In 1996, three out of four mothers with children between 6 and 17 were in the labor force, compared to one in four in 1965. Two-thirds of mothers with children under six now work. Reliable, high-quality child care is critical to these mothers' pro
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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
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Evaluation of Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs
Early Implementation and Operational Lessons
More Lessons to Come
Analysis and Reporting Plans
Effective psychotherapydepends upon an atmosphere of confidence and trust in which the patient is willing to make a frank and complete disclosure of facts, emotions, memories, and fears. Jaffe vs. Redmond, US Supreme Court, 1996
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
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Making the Decision to Operate Tribal TANF
Developing a Sound TANF Plan
Ensuring Smooth Program Implementation and Operations
Lessons Learned and Implications
To assess the social impacts of any change in dependence, changes in the level of poverty should be considered. This chapter focuses on the official poverty rate, the most common poverty measure; additional measures of poverty and need are also included under the Economic Risk Factors found in Chapter III.
Child Support provides critical income to families with children and reduces the likelihood of dependence. These child support risk factors reflect the presence and magnitude of child support payments made by noncustodial parents for families receiving services from the Child Support Enforcement Program.
Figure ECON 8a. Total Non-AFDC and AFD
Trends in the pre- and post-transfer rates of poverty show the anti-poverty effectiveness of social security and the major means-tested assistance program benefits.
Figure ECON 7. Poverty Rate of All Persons in Families with Related Children Under 18 Using Alternative Definition of Income, 1979-1995
he rate of receipt reflects an important aspect of dependence by measuring the extent to which various population subgroups rely on the major means-tested programs.
Figure IND 9a. AFDC Recipients as a Percent of the Population
The quality assurance process begins at the inception of the information development process. Further, IHS reviews the quality (including the objectivity, utility, and integrity) of information before its is disseminated and treats information quality as integral to every step of the development of information, including its creation, collection
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 a