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Public Financing of Home and Community Services for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances: Selected State Strategies
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Male Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
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Contents What are the characteristics of male perpetrators of child maltreatment? What specific patterns of child maltreatment are associated with male perpetrators? What outcomes are associated with male perpetrators of child maltreatment? How does th
Public Financing of Home and Community Services for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances: Selected State Strategies
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Strengthening the financing of intensive home and community services for youth with serious emotional disorders (SEDs) brings into play a complex set of policy issues, regulatory constraints, and payment mechanisms. This report presents critical background information on these topics.
The Effects of Cash and Counseling on the Primary Informal Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Child Welfare Casework With Nonresident Fathers of Children in Foster Care
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This ASPE Issue Brief presents findings related to casework practice from a study that sought to determine the extent to which child welfare agencies seek out nonresident fathers of children in foster care and involve them in their children's case management and permanency planning.
Health Care Conditions, Utilization, and Expenditures of Children in Foster Care
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Contents Data and Methods Results Policy Implications Areas for Future Research Limitations of This Study Conclusion Children in foster care are of special interest to po
Male Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: Findings From NCANDS
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The distribution and characteristics of male perpetrators are among the least studied aspects of child maltreatment. Nonetheless, generalizations regarding this group are common. This research used the case-level data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect System (NCANDS) for 2002 to analyze the characteristics of male perpetrators of maltreatment.
Medicaid Costs Under Consumer Direction for Florida Children with Developmental Disabilities
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The randomized design of the evaluation of the national Cash and Counseling Demonstration enables researchers to rigorously analyze costs under traditional and consumer-directed approaches.
Use of TANF Work-Oriented Sanctions in Illinois, New Jersey, and South Carolina
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By: LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr, Gretchen Kirby, Robert G. Wood, and Melissa A. Clark Submitted to:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: Full Sample 2-Year Impact File
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The Full Sample Impact File and documentation include: NOTE: All files are in ASCII. COVRMEMO.TXT Provides an introduction to the data and documentation and offers suggestions on how to use the files. N2RICBK.TXT This file contains the data codebook, a comprehensive description of N2RI1213.TXT.
Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues. Summary Report
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Content Literature Review Need for Post-Adoption Services PAS Programs in Operation or Development Evaluation of PAS Case Studies of PAS Programs Need for Post-Adoption Services
Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues: Case Study
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Contents Need for Post-adoption Services Program Structure and Services Program Development Program Goals and Eligibility Program Structure Services Offered Su
Strengthening Head Start: What the Evidence Shows
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This paper describes the limited educational progress for children in Head Start and the problems resulting from a fragmented approach to early childhood programs and services. The paper also presents evidence from early childhood research and documents state efforts that have successfully addressed these problems.
Alternative Responses to Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
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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.
Rereporting and Recurrence of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
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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).
Study to Examine UI Eligibility Among Former TANF Recipients: Evidence from New Jersey
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By: Anu Rangarajan, Carol Razafindrakoto, and Walter Corson Mathematica Policy Research, Inc Submitted to: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
Developing Integrated Managed Care Systems for Children with Disabilities: The State of the Art
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Blending Perspectives and Building Common Ground: A Report to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Protection
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In a field where difficult decisions are made every day, child welfare workers face particular dilemmas when working with the extremely troubled families whose complex and multiple problems include both substance abuse and child maltreatment. Central to their challenge is that addiction to alcohol and other drugs can be a chronic, relapsing disorder and recovery can be a long term process
How Effective Are Different Welfare-to-Work Approaches? Five-Year Adult and Child Impacts for Eleven Programs
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Contents Findings in Brief Background Program Approaches and Implementation Features Research Designs and Samples Five-Year Effects on Use of Employment-Related Services and Costs
A Woman's Journey Home: The Effect of Incarcerat ion and Reentry on Children, Families and Communities
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Over the past 25 years our knowledge and understanding of women's lives have increased dramatically. The new information has impacted and improved services for women in the fields of health, education, employment, mental health, substance abuse, and trauma treatment.