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Understanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention
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Contents Research Questions and Methods Key Findings Foster homes are a critical resource within the child welfare system, with more than 260,000 children in non-relative foster care at the end of FY 2001.
UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients
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This report analyzes whether former TANF recipients who lose their jobs apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and it describes the role of UI in TANF leavers' well-being and the types of employment deficits that might prevent their access to UI.
The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS)
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Contents Overview Selected Publications Using Restricted Access and Public Use Data Obtaining Printed Copies of Reports Overview The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) und
Program and Fiscal Design Elements of Child Welfare Privatization Initiatives
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Child Welfare Privatization Initiatives Assessing Their Implications for the Child Welfare Field and for Federal Child Welfare Programs Program and Fiscal Design Elements of Child Welfare Privatization Initiatives Topical Paper #2 December 2007
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheets
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These Fact Sheets offer facts about boys in seven research areas, or domains: victimization and mortality, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, mental health, education, employment, and constructive use of time. Also included are risk and protective factors that influence outcomes for boys in these domains.
More About the Dads: Exploring Associations between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes
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This report is a follow-up to the study What About the Dads, published by ASPE and ACF in 2006. The original study examined child welfare agencies' efforts to identify, locate, and involve nonresident fathers of children in foster care.
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: 2-Year Client Survey Files: Background Information on Selection of the 2-Year Client Survey Sample
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Background Information on Selection of the 2-Year Client Survey Sample Data on participation, degree receipt, job quality, income, transitional benefits, health care coverage, child care, child outcomes, and several other measures used in this report come from the Two-Year Client Survey.
What About the Dads? Child Welfare Agencies' Efforts to Identify, Locate, and Involve Nonresident Fathers
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Most foster children are not living with their fathers at the time they are removed from their homes. Once in foster care, these children may experience even less contact with their nonresident fathers. This study sought to assess typical child welfare practice with respect to nonresident fathers of children in foster care.
Using Vouchers to Deliver Social Services: Considerations Based on the CCDF and TANF Program Experiences
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By: Gretchen Kirby and Andrew Burwick Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) Submitted to:U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation
Private Employers and TANF Recipients
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Despite the TANF program's emphasis on employment, the policies, practices and attitudes of the employers of TANF recipients have received limited attention.
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: 2-Year Client Survey Files: Estimating program impacts with 2-year client survey data
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ESTIMATING PROGRAM IMPACTS WITH 2-YEAR CLIENT SURVEY DATA As with administrative records data, MDRC used OLS regression (PROC REG in SAS) to estimate program effects on survey outcomes. The same covariates were used with each data source to control for differences among research groups in background characteristics.
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: 2-Year Child Outcomes Study (COS) Files: Guide to Using 2-Year Child Outcomes Study
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GUIDE TO USING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL EVALUATION OF WELFARE-TO-WORK STRATEGIES (NEWWS) TWO-YEAR CHILD OUTCOMES STUDY PUBLIC USE FILE This CD-ROM contains a public use analysis file (N2PC1730.TXT) and documentation for research on the two-year experimental impacts on outcomes for children of six welfare-to-work programs.
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: 2-Year Child Outcomes Study (COS) Files: Guide to using the restricted access version of the public use files
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This is the third of three sets of data and documentation from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS) two-year impact analyses. It includes a restricted access analysis file (N2RC1326.TXT) and documentation for research on the two-year experimental impacts on outcomes for children.
Maternity Group Homes Classification and Literature Review
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This report provides an overview of past research and develops a preliminary classification framework for maternity group homes. The report is the first deliverable to come from the Maternity Groups Homes Evaluation Design and Site Selection Task Order, under contract to Mathematica Policy Research.
Developmental Problems of Maltreated Children and Early Intervention Options for Maltreated Children
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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.
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: 2-Year Client Survey Files: Background information on estimating program impacts with survey data
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ESTIMATING PROGRAM IMPACTS WITH 2-YEAR CLIENT SURVEY DATA As with administrative records data, MDRC used OLS regression (PROC REG in SAS) to estimate program effects on survey outcomes. The same covariates were used with each data source to control for differences among research groups in background characteristics.
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: Guide to Public Use Files
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GUIDE TO USING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL EVALUATION OF WELFARE-TO-WORK STRATEGIES (NEWWS) PUBLIC USE FILES I. Introduction This memo briefly describes the 6-CD set of public use analysis files and accompanying documentation from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS).
Interaction of Child Support and TANF: Evidence from Samples of Current and Former Welfare Recipients
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By: Cynthia Miller, MDRC, Mary Farrell, The Lewin Group, Maria Cancian, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Daniel R. Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Prepared for: Jennifer Burnszynski and Linda Mellgren
Efforts by Child Welfare Agencies to Address Domestic Violence: The Experiences of Five Communities
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Laudan Y. Aron and Krista K. Olson The Urban Institute March 1997 The research reported here was prepared under contract with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with additional support from the Office of Community Services and the National Institute of Justice.
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: 2-Year Full Impact Sample Files: Background information on estimating program impacts
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****************************************************************************** HOW MDRC ESTIMATED IMPACTS *****************************************************************************; **** MDRC 2/01 FOR ALL SITES: **** MDRC 2/01: This is the standard list of baseline demographic covariates for the impact regression model: MARSTAT /* SI