Reports

 

By: NORC at the University of Chicago Abstract

ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Barriers to Immigrants Access to Health and Human Services Programs May 2012 By: Krista M. Pereira, Robert Crosnoe, Karina Fortuny, Juan Manuel Pedroza, Kjersti Ulvestad, Christina Weiland, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Ajay Chaudry, who contributed to this brief while at the Urban Institute

ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Promising Practices for Increasing Immigrants Access to Health and Human Services May 2012

This brief identifies several factors that contribute to lower application and take-up rates among eligible immigrants, including: (1) the complexity of the application process and eligibility rules; (2) related administrative burdens; (3) language, literacy, and cultural barriers; (4) transportation and other logistical challenges; and (5) climates of fear and mistrust. [19 PDF pages]

This brief identifies several promising practices that can help overcome access barriers. A consistent theme is the crucial role played by community-based organizations (CBOs) in effectively addressing barriers related to complicated application processes, and issues of language, literacy, fear, and mistrust.

Guide to HHS Surveys and Data Resources Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This case study describes the inception, development and implementation of the Health and Sustainability Guidelines for Federal Concessions and Vending Operations.

Prepared under Contract from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Purchase Order HHSP233200800278A Judy Ng, PhD Sarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH

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  ASPE ISSUE BRIEF The Affordable Care Act: Coverage Implications and Issues for Immigrant Families April 2012

This brief provides an overview of how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will affect the eligibility of different immigrants, depending on lawful status and length of residence in the U.S.

  ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Interstate Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: National Prevalence Estimates and Selected Characteristics April 2012

  ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Recent Employment Patterns among Parents April 2012

Prepared by: Alvaro Cortes, Ph.D., Lauren Dunton, M.P.P, Meghan Henry, M.A., Howard Rolston, Ph.D., and Jill Khadduri, Ph.D. Contributing Authors: Tom Albanese, Katherine Dahlem, Emily Holt, Ruby Jennings, Jill Spangler, Matt White, and Erin Wilson

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Jonathan D. Brown, Allison Barrett, Henry Ireys, Emily Caffery, and Kerianne Hourihan Mathematica Policy Research April 9, 2012  

Jonathan D. Brown, Allison Barrett, Henry Ireys, Emily Caffery, and Kerianne Hourihan Mathematica Policy Research

Por: Ashley Henderson, Wilma Robinson, y Kenneth Finegold, ASPE

On Friday, November 16, 2012, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) ofthe U.S.

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This report was prepared under contract #HHSP23320100021WI between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and Research Triangle Institute. Additional funding was provided by the HHS Office of Health Policy.

The information provided here is archival and is no longer being updated. For current information, please visit Scientific Integrity at HHS.

  ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Overview of Immigrants Eligibility for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and CHIP March 2012

This brief describes key federal and state immigrant eligibility provisions to help inform policymakers, program administrators and communities serving immigrant families and children. It provides an overview of the variability across states regarding immigrant eligibility for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and CHIP. [12 PDF pages]

ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Young Adults Are Particularly Likely to Gain Stable Health Insurance Coverage as a Result of the Affordable Care Act March 2012 By: Karyn Schwartz and Benjamin D. Sommers, ASPE

By: Alison Cuellar, Adelle Simmons, and Kenneth Finegold, ASPE Abstract

The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions that are expected to significantly improve women's health. The Affordable Care Act improves coverage for important preventive services and maternity care, promotes higher quality care for older women, and ends the gender discrimination that requires women to pay more for the same insurance coverage as men.

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Understanding Participation Rates in Medicaid: Implications for the Affordable Care Act March 2012 By: Ben Sommers, Rick Kronick, Kenneth Finegold, Rosa Po, Karyn Schwartz, and Sherry Glied

This brief describes implementation findings from the evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP).В  It documents approaches to teaching relationship skills among incarcerated and reentering fathers and their families.В  The multi-year implementation and impact evaluation of the MFS

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Under The Affordable Care Act, 105 Million Americans No Longer Face Lifetime Limits on Health Benefits March 2012 By: Thomas D. Musco and Benjamin D. Sommers, ASPE

The Affordable Care Act prohibits health plans from putting a lifetime dollar limit on most benefits received by Americans in any health plan renewing on or after September 23, 2010. While some plans already provided coverage with no limits on lifetime benefits, millions of Americans were previously in health plans that did not.

This Issue Paper describes three subgroups of the people experiencing chronic homelessness, and the services and housing configurations currently supporting them.

This Issue Paper describes the ways that Medicaid is being used now and might be used in the future under provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to serve chronically homeless people. [67 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper describes innovative approaches to establishing SSI eligibility. [33 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper describes three subgroups of the people experiencing chronic homelessness, and the services and housing configurations currently supporting them. [48 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper looks at innovative ways that public housing agencies are supporting housing for formerly homeless people in the communities the researchers visited. [29 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper describes innovative approaches to establishing SSI eligibility. [33 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper describes the ways that Medicaid is being used now and might be used in the future under provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to serve chronically homeless people. [67 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper looks at innovative ways that public housing agencies are supporting housing for formerly homeless people in the communities the researchers visited.