Reports

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Contents The Rural Context Review of Existing Research on the Three Focal Topics Data Sources Available to Conduct Research on the Focal Topics Implications of Study Findings Enhancing Rural Hu

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence.

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report to Congress on indicators welfare dependence. The Indicators of Welfare Dependence report is prepared within the Office of Human Services Policy and delivered to Congress each spring.

Although adult day care and adult day health care are increasingly promoted as key community-based services for older persons, little is known about their provision, utilization, or outcomes; this is largely due to a paucity of data.

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report SECTION 2. STATE REGULATORY PROFILES

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report SECTION 1. OVERVIEW OF ADULT DAY SERVICES REGULATIONS This section provides a brief overview of states' approaches to regulating ADS providers in key areas and highlights similarities and differences among them.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report supplements information gathered through a review of the literature with stakeholder discussions to describe: (1) the amount, duration and scope of physician (and/or non-physician) visits to nursing homes; (2) the perceived impact of these visits; and (3) policy issues/concerns related to physician practice models in nursing homes.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Carlson Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. August 2005 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-95-0046 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the University of Maryland.

Contents Key Lessons Learned Summary of Findings Relating FBO Characteristics and Behavior to Agency Policies Areas for Further Research he welfare reform law of 1996?the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act?conta

Assessing the well-being of workers hired under consumer direction and addressing their concerns is critical, because the consumer-directed model is sustainable only if workers are satisfied with it.

This paper describes the work that will be undertaken to conform the MDS content with health information technology standards endorsed by the Federal Government through the Consolidated Health Information(CHI) Initiative. [3 PDF pages]

U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

  This Research Brief presents findings from an analysis of child abuse and neglect reports for six states that use both traditional child maltreatment investigations and some other defined action that does not require a specific finding about whether the maltreatment occurred.

  This Research Brief presents key findings from a longitudinal analysis of child abuse reporting data, derived from nine states’ submissions to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) for 1998 - 2002.

Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Carlson

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Making MDS v.3.0 Compliant with CHI Standards: Project Summary Apelon, Inc. August 2005 PDF Version

Most children who are subjects of a report of maltreatment to the State or local child protective services (CPS) agency are involved just once with CPS during their lives. Other children are referred more than once and their referrals result in repeated investigations or assessments (rereporting). Some of these children are found to have been revictimized (recurrence).

This report presents findings from a longitudinal analysis of child abuse reporting data spanning five years, derived from nine states' submissions to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, known as NCANDS.

By: John D. Fluke, Gila R. Shusterman, Dana Hollinshead, and Ying-Ying T. Yuan Walter R. McDonald & Associates

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   How Cash and Counseling Affects Informal Caregivers: Findings from Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey Executive Summary

Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, and Rachel Shapiro Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. July 2005 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-95-0046 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the University of Maryland.

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the New Jersey Personal Preference Program Executive Summary

Child protective services (CPS) agencies face a large volume of reports, increasingly complex cases, and strained resources. Because of their belief that many CPS reports do not require a traditional investigative response, some States have developed practices and policies to differentiate how cases are handled.

This report assesses the appeal of the Cash and Counseling demonstration by: (1) estimating the proportions of eligible beneficiaries that participated and comparing the characteristics of participants and nonparticipants; (2) describing beneficiaries' most common reasons for agreeing or declining to participate; and (3) examining whether the demonstration affected the number of beneficiaries a

The report describes the implementation of Personal Preference by synthesizing information from in-person discussions with program staff, a mail survey of program consultants, telephone interviews with consumers in the treatment group, and program records.

This report describes the effects of Cash and Counseling on the caregivers who were providing the most unpaid assistance to adult beneficiaries when those beneficiaries volunteered to participate in the demonstration and completed a baseline telephone interveiw.

Technology plays a vital role in the lives of older individuals.

Alternative response systems are a new and quickly growing innovation in the child maltreatment field. More defined by what they are not (investigations) than by what they are, States have implemented a range of alternative response models.

By: Gila R. Shusterman, Dana Hollinshead, John D. FLuke, and Ying-Ying T. Yuan Walter R. McDonald & Associates

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the New Jersey Personal Preference Program

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assessing the Appeal of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration in Arkansas, New Jersey and Florida Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, and Rachel Shapiro Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. July 2005 PDF Version (56 PDF pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services How Cash and Counseling Affects Informal Caregivers: Findings from Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey

This report presents findings on the short-term impacts of a select group of Title V Section 510 abstinence programs on measures such as service receipt and intermediate attitudinal outcomes for participants.