Reports

This report looks at the changing nature of the caseload by examining the characteristics and circumstances of three groups: people who leave welfare and stay off for at least a year (leavers), people who stay on welfare persistently (stayers), and people who cycle on and off the rolls (cyclers).

By: Anu Rangarajan, Carol Razafindrakoto, and Walter Corson Mathematica Policy Research, Inc Submitted to: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

Submitted by: Deborah Gibbs and Kristin Siebenaler RTI International Richard P. Barth University of North Carolina School of Social Work Contract No. 100-99-0006

Submitted by: Deborah Gibbs and Kristin Siebenaler RTI International(1) Richard P. Barth University of North Carolina School of Social Work Contract No. 100-99-0006

Submitted by: Deborah Gibbs and Kristin Siebenaler RTI International Richard P. Barth University of North Carolina School of Social Work Contract No. 100-99-0006

Submitted by: Deborah Gibbs and Kristin Siebenaler RTI International Richard P. Barth University of North Carolina School of Social Work Contract No. 100-99-0006

This report looks at the changing nature of the caseload by examining the characteristics and circumstances of three groups: people who leave welfare and stay off for at least a year (leavers), people who stay on welfare persistently (stayers), and people who cycle on and off the rolls (cyclers).

Issue Papers on Foster Care and Adoption Adoption Dynamics: Comparative Results for Subpopulations by Fred H. Wulczyn Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago November 2002

Submitted to: Andrew Rock, Task Order ManagerOffice of Planning and EvaluationDepartment of Health and Human Services200 Independence Ave., SW, Suite 447-DWashington, DC  20201

Submitted to: Andrew Rock, Task Order Manager Office of Planning and Evaluation Department of Health and Human Services

  Overview   [For a complete overview, see the Advancing States' Child Indicators Initiatives]

Contents  

Contents Introduction Overview of DSH Funding Policies What Is a Safety Net Hospital? How Should Financial Vulnerability Be Defined? Framework for Analyzing DSH Allocation Policies Hospital Data Set and

This project addressed transition events associated with people entering and exiting poverty using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The study found that poverty entries and exits changed over the past two decades, with an increase in both poverty entries and exits (i.e., "cycling") in the mid 1990s.

The Medicare and Medicaid programs distribute extra payments to hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of indigent patients. The disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment policies differ substantially between the two programs and, under Medicaid, across states as well.

Submitted to:Department of Health and Human ServicesAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Submitted by: Westat Chapin Hall Center for Children James Bell Associates

by: Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline Ratcliffe The Urban Institute Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Contract # HHS-100-99-0003

PrefaceThe Medicare and Medicaid programs distribute extra payments to hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of indigent patients. The disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment policies differ substantially between the two programs and, under Medicaid, across states as well.

I. Project Background and Goals The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) authorized the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. PRWORA stated four broad goals for TANF:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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This report presents research to assist states and counties in studying their current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseloads.

Prepared by: Martha Kovac, Robin Dion, Jason Markesich, and Donna Pavetti Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Contents Three general program models for delivering services to the hard-to-employ were implemented in programs in the study sites. WtW grantees focus on the most disadvantaged, as specified in congressionally established provisions, but most programs have faced difficulties enrolling eligible in

The Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grants program is one of several major federally funded initiatives to help welfare recipients and other low-income parents move into employment. In 1997, the Balanced Budget Act authorized the U.S. Department of Labor to award $3 billion in WtW grants to states and local organizations.

Pamela A. Holcomb and Terri S. Thompson The Urban Institute This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-95-0021 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the Urban Institute.

This paper--which is one of a series of Appendices which will be included in the demonstration's final report-- begins with a description of Wisconsin's Homecoming Project, followed by a summary of the program's results.

The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which changes in medication use account for improvements in functioning among older Americans.

The objective of this report is to summarize the findings from the quantitative and qualitative methods used to answer the key study questions. The report provides a description of the states, agencies, and patients that participated in the study.

This report examines the costs of selected Dept. of Labor Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grantees as part of the HHS evaluation of the WtW program. The main objectives of the WtW cost analysis were to understand the cost structure of these programs and factors that influenced their costs.

The report presents findings from the process and implementation analysis component of the evaluation, and describes the service delivery operations of programs funded with WtW grants in eleven study sites.

by: Irma Perez-Johnson, Debra Strong, and Michelle Van Noy With Contributions by: Charles Nagatoshi Submitted to: Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Project Officer: Alana Landey

By: Demetra Smith Nightingale Nancy Pindus John Trutko (The Urban Institute) With Contributions by Michael Egner

Prepared under contract to ASPE, with funding from ACF by: Freya Sonenstein, Karin Malm, and Amy Billing The Urban Institute

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Contribution of Medication Use to Recent Trends in Old-Age Functioning

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Issue Papers on Foster Care and Adoption Adoption Dynamics: The Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act by Fred H. Wulczyn Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago August, 2002

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  by: Charles J. Lieberman, Vanessa Lindler, and Margaret OBrien-Strain Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Submitted by: The SPHERE Institute

This paper builds on the prior work by replicating and expanding the analysis of material hardship, including the role of help from family and friends.

This paper adds a longitudinal perspective to the analysis of marriage and economic well-being and uses several techniques to control for the selectivity into marriage.

This paper reviews the rich literature on this topic.

This paper examines the types of union formation among families and their relationship to well-being.