Reports

Authors: Elaine Sorensen, Liliana Sousa, Simon Schaner The Urban Institute Prepared for: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

By: Kendall Swenson

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This report examines the employment patterns and income progression of single mothers and their families for two years after they exit poverty. The study found that 30 percent of single mothers were poor but then left poverty. Work effort was high among single mothers who left poverty: on average they worked for three-quarters of the subsequent two years following their poverty exit.

Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)Contract: 233-02-0086; Task Order 23

This report synthesizes current research on the relationship between marital status and healthy behaviors, health status and longevity, mental health and substance use, health care access and utilization, and intergenerational health effects. It focuses on relevant U.S. studies that carefully address selection and causality and were published in peer-reviewed journals since 1990.

Contents Introduction Methods Results Conclusion Introduction In response to the problem of chronic homelessness, the U.S.

By: Alvin S. Mares, Ph.D., M.S.W. (1, 2, 3) Greg A. Greenberg, Ph.D. (1, 2) Robert A. Rosenheck, M.D. (1, 2, 4, 5)

TRIM3 Simulations of Full-Year Uninsured Children and their Eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP[1] Technical Report By: Kenneth Finegold and Linda Giannarelli June, 2007

Contents Key Themes and Findings Perspectives on Fatherhood and Family Functioning Perspectives on the PFF Program Experience Perspectives on Child Support Perspectives on Employment H

Contents Program Design Recruiting and Enrolling Participants PFF Program Services Implementation Challenges Lessons from the PFF Demonstration  

By: Karin Martinson, John Trutko, Demetra Smith Nightingale, Pamela A. Holcomb, and Burt S. Barnow The Urban Institute(*)

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report examines the empirical evidence about the degree to which advance directives and advance care planning have met their intended goals.

This study had three specific aims: (1) To prepare nationally-representative estimates of drug spending in long-term care (LTC) facilities; (2) To compare drug use and spending for beneficiaries in LTC facilities versus beneficiaries in the community; and (3) To examine medication use and spending by short-stay skilled nursing home facility residents who transition into LTC facilities.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Literature Review on Advance Directives Anne Wilkinson, Ph.D., Neil Wenger, M.D., M.P.H., and Lisa R. Shugarman, Ph.D. RAND Corporation June 2007 PDF Version (89 PDF pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This paper describes the relationship between the type of insurance coverage a person has in one period and the likelihood of becoming uninsured in the next.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services May 14, 2007 PDF Version (16 PDF pages)

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This is the second in a series of reports based on longitudinal information collected from a sample of 1400 individuals with long-term care (LTC) insurance, who notified their insurance company that they are receiving or intend to receive paid services for which they will file or have filed a claim under their LTC policy.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services May 2007 PDF Version (36 PDF pages)

This ASPE research brief suggests that for most men, fatherhood is restricted to marriage. A significant fraction of men, however, have complex fertility patterns including un-married births, but also mixtures of marital, cohabiting, and single births. A man's pattern of births is related to a wide range of social and economic circumstances.

ASPE RESEARCH BRIEFMarital and Unmarried Births to Men Complex Patterns of Fatherhood Evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2002 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

This report describes the most common problems that maltreated infants and toddlers experience and highlights the benefits of early interventions for this population. In so doing, child welfare personnel and policymakers who are responsible for assessing, referring, and advocating for maltreated children can make more informed decisions. The report is divided into two parts.

Authors: Crystal Wiggins, Emily Fenichel, and Tammy Mann ZERO TO THREE

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Standardizing the MDS with LOINC® and Vocabulary Matches

Contents Focal Programs for This Report Evaluation Design Impacts on Behavior Impacts on Knowledge of Risks Associated with Teen Sex Impacts on Perceptions of Pregnancy and STD Prevention S

This report presents the behavioral impact findings of four Title V, Section 510 abstinence education programs on teens' sexual abstinence, their risks of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, and other behavioral outcomes.

By: Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Ken Fortson, Lisa Quay, Justin Wheeler, and Melissa Clark Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Project Director: Christopher Trenholm Contract No.: HHS 100-98-0010 MPR Reference No.: 8549-110

Contents Introduction Literature Review Prevalence Contributing Factors Consequences of Obesity Intervention Research

This report contains the following major sections: Methods. This section briefly describes how the information contained in this report was obtained and compiled. HCBS for People with I&DD.

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Prepared by: Peggy Halpern, Ph.D.  

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Gauging the Use of HCBS Supports Waivers for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Final Project Report

By: Andrew Burwick and Gretchen Kirby Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) Submitted to: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation

Contents Strategic Action Plan Framework Each year, approximately one percent of the U.S. population, some 2-3 million individuals, experiences a night of homelessness that puts them in contact with a homeless assistance provider, and at least 800,000 people are homeless in the United States on any given night.

A Report on Three Consumer Focus Group Meetings Convened in October, 2005 by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation By: Susan Kanaan Suzie Burke-Bebee Helga E. Rippen U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed the Strategic Action Plan on Homelessness to outline a set of goals and strategies that will guide the Department's activities related to homelessness over the next several years.

Report from the Secretarys Work Group on Ending Chronic Homelessness