Student Dropouts

Performance Improvement 2009. What Challenges Do Boys Face; How Best Address These Challenges?

This analysis reviewed the literature on the risks and assets that affect boys ages 10 through 18. It pinpointed what strengths make some boys likely to succeed and what risks, or challenges, increased the likelihood that they would struggle. A major goal of the project was to provide information about approaches that helped boys stay on the righ

Performance Improvement 2001. Baltimore City Health Department: Ten Year Evaluation of Coverage and Effect on Student Childbearing and School Dropout

The Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) established a Comprehensive School Health Services Program (CSHSP) in collaboration with the Baltimore City Public Schools. The goal was to create a single comprehensive health model for adolescents attending selected secondary schools. This evaluation describes CSHSP success in engaging students

Performance Improvement 2001

Performance Improvement 2001: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the seventh annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with evaluative information on the Department's programs, policies, and strategies. It contains brief

Performance Improvement 1998. Administration for Children and Families

MISSION: To promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. Evaluation Program

Performance Improvement 1998. LEAP: Final Report on Ohio's Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents--Ohio's Learning,Earning, and Parenting Program

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Performance Improvement 1998. Executive Summary

Performance Improvement 1998 is the third annual report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its evaluation activities. As a report to Congress, it summarizes the findings of HHS evaluations completed in fiscal year (FY) 1997. In that year, HHS agencies produced 155 evaluation reports and supported more than 335

Performance Improvement 1998

Performance Improvement 1998 is the third annual report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its evaluation activities. As a report to Congress, it summarizes the findings of HHS evaluations completed in fiscal year (FY) 1997. In that year, HHS agencies produced 155 evaluation reports and supported more than 335 evaluation

Performance Improvement 1995. Developing Effective Health Communication Strategies for High-Risk Youth Outside of School

Highlights This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of high-risk youth who regularly engage in practices such as tobacco use, substance use, unprotected sex, and violence. High-risk youth were found to be fairly knowledgeable about healthy practices, yet they do not incorporate this awareness into practice. Their willingness to

Performance Improvement 1995

Performance Improvement 1995: Evaluation Activities of the Public Health Service is the first annual report on evaluation activities of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). As a report to Congress, it summarizes the findings of PHS evaluations completed in fiscal year (FY) 1994. In general, the report is intended for three audiences: decisionmake

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Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Executive Summary.

Marriage patterns in the United States have changed substantially in recent decades. People are marrying later in life than they did 40 years ago and young adults today are spending more time unmarried than earlier generations did (Schoen and Standish 2001; Fields 2004). Over this same period, cohabitation and nonmarital childbearing have become i

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Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. ASPE Research Brief.

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Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns

Prepared By: Robert G. Wood, Sarah Avellar, Brian Goesling Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) Project Director: Robert G. Wood Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Project Officer: Jennifer Burnszynski Contract No.: 233-02-0086 MPR Ref

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The Long Term Impact of Adolescent Risky Behaviors and Family Environment

Submitted by: Michael R. Pergamit, Ph.D. Lynn Huang, Ph.D. Julie Lane, Ph.D. National Opinion Research Center (NORC) University of Chicago Submitted to: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Table 4. Defining Risk and Protective Factors.

From: Marital Quality and Outcomes for Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Family Process Literature

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Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design

This report, developed by the Urban Institute and RTI International, examines the characteristics of selected LTC RAPs as part of the effort to determine the feasibility of evaluating the programs. The site descriptions do not constitute full case studies, but they capture key program features relevant to structuring a rigorous evaluation. A final

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Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men

This brief, part of a series on disconnected low-income men, presents selected data on low-income men’s contact with the criminal justice system.

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Families on TANF in South Carolina: Employment Assets and Liabilities

This report presents findings on the characteristics and employment barriers of families receiving TANF benefits in South Carolina's Family Independence (FI) Program. The study included in-depth telephone interviews with 1,120 case heads of families receiving TANF benefits in South Carolina during June 2002, in a research design stratified to incl

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Performance Improvement 2009

This report fulfills a statutory obligation of the Department of Health and Human Services. Section 241 of the Public Health Service Act directs the Secretary to inform Congress annually concerning findings from evaluations conducted by the Department. As required, the report is submitted to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committ

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