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The Fiscal Impact of Refugees and Asylees at the Federal, State, and Local Levels from 2005-2019
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Between 1990 and 2022, the United States welcomed over 2.1 million refugees and accepted over 800,000 asylees. While the purpose of granting visas to refugees and asylees is humanitarian, they do impact the United States economically. This analysis estimates the fiscal impact of refugees and asylees on federal, state, and local governments from 2005 to 2019.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Key Considerations for Administrators and Practitioners
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This brief presents considerations for program administrators and other practitioners around increasing the use of primary prevention in human services systems to shift from responding to families after they are in crisis to preventing the crisis before it occurs.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Key Considerations for Policy Designers and Funding Partners
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This brief provides key considerations for policy designers and funding partners—such as federal staff, technical experts, and philanthropic partners—on incorporating primary prevention into human services delivery.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings
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This brief highlights key themes and ideas from a Health and Human Services (HHS) Convening on Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services in August 2022. With a particular focus on prevention of youth and family homelessness, the convening featured the perspectives of academic experts, program administrators, federal colleagues, and people with lived expertise.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Opportunities for People with Lived Experience
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This brief highlights a new way of delivering primary prevention services that promotes equity by relying on the guidance and leadership of people with lived experience. The policy designers and service providers behind prevention services should have lived experience and/or co-create these services with people who do.
Meeting Substance Use and Social Service Needs in Communities of Color
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In this brief, we highlight experiences and practices from substance use treatment providers and their human services partners when serving people of color. We selected providers that focused on serving people of color, and this study was not intended to assess outcomes or effectiveness of any of the practices highlighted.
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.
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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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.
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
All Under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform
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All under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform by Michael Fix Wendy Zimmermann June 1999 This paper was initially presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Introduction
Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs
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Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Trends in Noncitizens' and Citizens' Use of Public Benefits Following Welfare Reform: 1994-97
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Trends in Noncitizens' and Citizens' Use of Public Benefits Following Welfare Reform: 1994-97 by Michael Fix and Jeffrey S. Passel March 1999
Sources of Support for Young Latina Mothers
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SOURCES OF SUPPORT FOR YOUNG LATINA MOTHERS Joan R. Kahn and Rosalind E. Berkowitz The Urban Institute August 16, 1995
Older Adults' Living Expenses and the Adequacy of Income Allowances for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services
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This brief assesses the adequacy of the income allowances granted to older Medicaid HCBS enrollees and their spouses.
Summary of Immigrant Eligibility Restrictions Under Current Law
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Summary of Immigrant Eligibility Restrictions Under Current Law As of 2/25/2009 This document summarizes the immigrant eligibility restrictions under the following laws:
Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs
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ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF(*) Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs[1] April 2009
The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan
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This paper reviews the literature on effectiveness on existing models of affordable housing with health or supportive services. The review found a range of program models, including a variety of types of services, and delivery methods (congregate or scattered-site).