Reports

[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

State Assisted Living Policy: 1998 Executive Summary

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.

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.

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.

Sharon Lovick Edwards Renee Freedman Stern Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc.

Robert L. Mollica, Ed.D. National Academy for State Health Policy

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 Responsi

    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

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

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

[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

[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]

Lisa Alecxih and John Corea

This report assesses the statistical issues involved in the production of state level estimates related to health and welfare issues from three national surveys: the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

Lisa Alecxih and John Corea The Lewin Group David Marker Westat, Inc.

Fred Doolittle Suzanne Lynn Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Education Office of the Under Secretary Office of Vocational and Adult Education

April 1 and 2, 1998 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Contract: HHS-100-97-0012, Delivery Order No.

IntroductionIntroduction  (In PDF format) Section 1: Population, Family, and Neighborhood Child Population CharacteristicsChild Population Characteristics (In PDF format)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Contract: HHS-100-97-0012, Delivery Order No. 7 The Lewin Group, Inc. March 18, 1998

By The Lewin Group ForThe Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Health Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This is the final report for the project, "Role of Home and Community-Based Services in Meeting the Health Care Needs of People with AIDS," conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Role of Home and Community-Based Services in Meeting the Health Care Needs of People with AIDS: Final Report

Contract #100-96-0011 Delivery Order No. 2 Final Report Submitted To:The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of Health Policy U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

TEENAGE PARENT DEMONSTRATION Report on Results of Long-Term Follow-up, Executive Summary Moving into Adulthood: Were the Impacts of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenaged Parents Sustained After the Program

Submitted by: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc P.O. Box 2393 Princeton, NJ 08543-2393 (609) 799-3535 Project Director: Ellen Eliason Kisker

ForewordPerformance Improvement 1998: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesis the third annual report summarizing evaluation efforts by the Department's agencies and offices during the past fiscal year.

This article appeared in the American Rehabilitation (Volume 24, Number 3, pp27-30). [14 PDF pages]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Impact of Female Caregivers' Employment Status on Patterns of Formal and Informal Eldercare

by Kimball Lewis, Marilyn Ellwood, and John L. Czajka Mathematica Policy Research Inc. for the Office of Health Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  

by Leighton Ku and Bethany Kessler of The Urban Institute.

EXAMINING SUBSTITUTION: STATE STRATEGIES TO LIMIT CROWD OUT IN THE ERA OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

By Anna Fallieras, Mary Jo O'Brien, Susanna Ginsburg, and Amy Westpfahl of the The Lewin Group for Office of Health Policy of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 9, 1997. The Project Officers for ASPE were Cheryl Austein and Caroline Taplin

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Executive Summary The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies

This report describes selected trends in the assisted living industry. It is intended to supplement ongoing research being conducted as part of the National Study of Assisted Living.

PrefaceThis chartbook examines demographic and other characteristics of insured and uninsured children in the U.S. It is based on data from the March 1997 Current Population Survey (CPS) and reflects children’s insurance status during calendar year 1996. For the purposes of this chartbook, the term “children” applies to all U.S. citizens and non-citizen residents under age 18.

The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies Evaluating Two Welfare-to-Work Program Approaches: Two-Year Findings on the Labor Force Attachment and Human Capital Development Programs in Three Sites

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Charts from Tabulations by ASPE Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Department of Health and Human Services Prepared by Gene Moyer 202-690-7861 Author: Gene Moyer

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Many children with special health care needs depend on the health and supportive services provided by Medicaid. It is important that policymakers have a sound understanding of these children's patterns of health care use, especially given the shift to managed care.