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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, 21st Report to Congress
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This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2019 for most indicators and through 2020 for other indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
Fact Sheet: Approaches for engaging fathers in child support programs
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Child support payments are associated with increased parent-child engagement, which can lead not only to better academic and social outcomes for children but also to better parent-child and parent-parent relationships. Moreover, child support payments lifted nearly three-quarters of a million families out of poverty in 2017.
The Impact of the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recession on Families With Low Incomes
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The COVID-19 crisis has disparately harmed low-income households. Across the United States, systemic inequalities in employment, wage-earning, health, and well-being have been strained for sub-populations facing poverty or near-poverty conditions.
Risk of Economic Hardship Among Older Adults Issue Brief
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Risk of Economic Hardship Among Older Adults ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Richard W. Johnson and Melissa M. Favreault Urban Institute Judith Dey, William Marton, and Lauren Anderson
COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented economic crisis with inequitable effects. In this series of issue briefs, ASPE's Office of Human Services Policy examines inequities in the pandemic's social and economic consequences and highlights the implications for programs that serve vulnerable families and children.
COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity: Unequal Effects on Economic Need and Program Response
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented economic and social impact on Americans, with particularly harsh effects on people in certain race and ethnic groups. Public programs intended to address these needs have also had uneven reach, with many less likely to benefit families of color.
Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2003
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ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2003 April 2005 This Issue Brief is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/05/cc-elig-est03/
Peer Support as a Social Capital Strategy for Programs Serving Individuals Reentering from Incarceration and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence or Human Sex Trafficking
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Many human services programs recognize the power of “social capital,” or the value that arises from relationships. This report offers insight into how programs use peer supports to help build social capital with participants who are reentering the community after incarceration or are survivors of intimate partner violence or sex trafficking.
Extending the EITC to Noncustodial Parents: Potential Impacts and Design Considerations
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Submitted to:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Submitted by: The Urban Institute
Economic Hardship and Medicaid Enrollment in Later Life: Assessing the Impact of Disability, Health, and Marital Status Shocks
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Richard W. Johnson and Melissa M. Favreault
Urban Institute
January 2021
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Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005
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ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation By: ASPE Staff June 2008
Methods and Emerging Strategies to Engage People with Lived Experience
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This brief identifies methods and emerging strategies to engage people with lived experience in federal research, programming, and policymaking. It draws on lessons learned from federal initiatives across a range of human services areas to identify ways that federal staff can meaningfully and effectively engage people with lived experience.
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COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity: Inequities in the Employment Crisis
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented economic crisis with inequitable effects. Overall employment figures mask the disparate impacts on some communities of color, women, and low-wage workers. These groups were more likely to lose jobs, reduce hours worked, or withdraw from the labor market.
Measures of Material Hardship
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Content The Value of Hardship Measures Defining and Measuring Hardship Material Hardship Indexes Measuring Hardship Using the SIPP Unanswered Questions for Future Research
Performance Improvement 2011-2012
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Introduction Section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act authorizes evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded by the Act.
Resources for developing and implementing two-generation approaches
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Home Resources Federal Programs Federal agencies have produced a variety of resources and research related to the development and implementation of two-generat
Extended LTSS Utilization Makes Older Adults More Reliant on Medicaid Issue Brief
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Extended LTSS Utilization Makes Older Adults More Reliant on Medicaid Issue Brief ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Richard W. Johnson and Melissa M. Favreault Urban Institute Judith Dey, William Marton, and Lauren Anderson
Risks that Come with Increasing Earnings for Low-Income Workers Receiving Safety Net Programs: Perspectives of Working Parents
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In focus group discussions with 44 working parents receiving assistance from one or more federal programs, many parents shared the view that increasing earnings involves a number of risks. Participants described the sequence of possible risk events as follows:
Federal Resources on Two-Generation Approaches for Human Services
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Home Resources Federal Programs This web page provides information and resources about developing and implementing two-generation approaches from federal agenc
Health Care Coverage and Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility for Child Support Eligible Children
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This ASPE Research Brief examines the private and public health insurance coverage of children eligible for child support services. The generally low-incomes and unique family structures of children in the child support system may create numerous challenges in obtaining private health insurance coverage. This brief provides estimates of the extent to which uninsured children in the