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Declining Immigrant Applications for Medi-Cal and Welfare Benefits in Los Angeles County
Declining Immigrant Applications for Medi-Cal and Welfare Benefits in Los Angeles County 1 by Wendy Zimmermann Michael Fix July 1998
Ancillary Services to Support Welfare to Work
Authors: Amy Johnson Alicia Meckstroth Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 200 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20201 Project Officer: Richard Silva Submitted by: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. P.O. Box 2393 Princeton, NJ 08543-2393 (609) 799-3535 Project Director: Stuart…
International Evidence on Disability Trends among the Elderly
Are today's elderly healthier than previous generations or does increased longevity come with increased risk of disability and reduced quality of life? In the ongoing search for a definitive answer, this paper provides a comprehensive review of the evidence, both for the United States and internationally. The basic conclusion is that disability rates are falling in most industrialized countries.…
International Evidence on Disability Trends among the Elderly
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
International Evidence on Disability Trends among the Elderly
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services International Evidence on Disability Trends among the Elderly Timothy A. WaidmannThe Urban Institute Kenneth G. MantonDuke University June 18, 1998 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1998/trends.pdf (40 PDF pages)
NRPM: Standard Employer Identifier
[Federal Register: June 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 115)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 32784-32798] [DOCID:fr16jn98-39] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 142 [HCFA-0047-P] RIN 0938-AI59 Health Insurance Reform: National Standard Employer Identifier AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS. ACTION: Proposed rule.
Informal Caregiving: Compassion in Action
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Informal Caregiving: Compassion in Aging June 1998 PDF Version (28 PDF pages) AN INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE FROM: Jeannette TakamuraAssistant Secretary for Aging Bob Williams Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Informal Caregiving: Compassion in Action
This booklet, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is about informal caregiving unpaid care given voluntarily to ill or disabled persons by their families and friends. Informal caregiving by families and friends is the backbone of America's long-term care system. According to recent surveys sponsored by HHS, 52 million of our fellow Americans are informal…
State Assisted Living Policy: 1998
As part of DALTCP's National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly, the National Academy for State Health Policy has been conducting annual surveys of all state licensing and housing finance agencies involved in assisted living, as well as of Medicaid agencies that provide funding for assisted living. This report summarizes the assisted living and board and care policies of each of the…
Aid to Families with Dependent Children The Baseline
Introduction The term “welfare” has long been identified with the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. While the AFDC program was an important component of the safety net for low-income families with children, there was a near universal consensus that the program contained serious flaws. In August 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation…
Building an Employment Focused Welfare System
Building an Employment Focused Welfare System: Work First and Other Work-Oriented Strategies in Five States by Pamela A. Holcomb LaDonna Pavetti Caroline Ratcliffe Susan Riedinger June 1998 This report was prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, by the Urban Institute under…
Building and Sustaining Community Partnerships for Teen Pregnancy Prevention: A Working Paper
Sharon Lovick Edwards Renee Freedman Stern Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc."I. Introduction The National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, begun in January 1997, was formulated in response to a call from the Congress for a strategy to reduce teen pregnancies and to a directive to assure that at least 25 percent of U. S. communities have teen pregnancy prevention programs in place. Toward…
A National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Annual Report 1997-98
IntroductionDespite the recent decline in the teen birth rates, teen pregnancy remains a significant problem in this country. It is a problem that impacts nearly every community. Thus, the responsibility to solve this problem lies with all of us, including families, communities, and young people themselves.
Tracking Welfare Reform: Designing Followup Studies of Recipients Who Leave Welfare
by Evelyn Ganzglass and Susan Golonka of the National Governors' Association; Jack Tweedie of the National Conference of State Legislatures; and Suzanne Fialk of of the American Public Welfare Association
NRPM: Standards for Electronic Transactions
[Federal Register: May 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 88)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 25271-25320] [DOCID:fr07my98-25] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 142 [HCFA-0149-P] RIN 0938-AI58 Health Insurance Reform: Standards for Electronic Transactions AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS. ACTION: Proposed rule.
NRPM: Standard Health Care Provider Identifier
[Federal Register: May 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 88)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 25320-25357] [DOCID:fr07my98-26] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 142 [HCFA-0045-P] RIN 0938-AH99 National Standard Health Care Provider Identifier AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.
Deriving State-Level Estimates from Three National Surveys: A Statistical Assessment and State Tabulations
Lisa Alecxih and John Corea The Lewin Group David Marker Westat, Inc.