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Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits
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This report examines the employment patterns and income progression of single mothers and their families for two years after they exit poverty. The study found that 30 percent of single mothers were poor but then left poverty. Work effort was high among single mothers who left poverty: on average they worked for three-quarters of the subsequent two years following their poverty exit.
Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits - Research Brief
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This ASPE Research Brief summarizes findings from a project examining the income and employment experiences of single mothers who left poverty. Nearly thirty percent of single mothers who left poverty were able to stay out of poverty during the next two years. These single mothers tended to be older, with older children.
Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits: Acknowledgments and Introduction
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Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)Contract: 233-02-0086; Task Order 23
22nd Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors 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.
A Policy to Provide Child Care Access for All Working Families: Effects on Mothers’ Employment and Caseload
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This brief describes the effects of an alternative policy that would expand child care by providing subsidies for children ages three and younger in working families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
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:
Marginal Tax Rate Series
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Our Marginal Tax Rate research series examines the range of effective marginal tax rates for low-income households and common benefit program “bundles.” We also focus on families receiving child care subsidies (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
Loss of Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Status: Frequency, Contributing Factors and Implications
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Social Risk Factors and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs
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Background: Request from Congress for a Study of Social Risk Factors and Medicare’s Value-based Purchasing Programs
There is growing recognition that social risk factors – such as poverty, minority race and/or ethnicity, social isolation, and limited community resources – play a major role in health, and significant gaps remain in health and in life expectancy based on poverty, race,
Social Risk Factors and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs: Peer Reviewed Publications
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Zuckerman RB, Wu S, Chen LM, Joynt Maddox KE, Sheingold SH, Epstein AM. The Five-Star Skilled Nursing Facility Rating System and Care of Disadvantaged Populations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018.
An Exploratory Study of Barriers and Incentives to Improving Labor Force Participation Among Persons with Significant Disabilities: Final Report
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Transitions in Care and Service Use among Medicare Beneficiaries in Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Issue Brief
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Randall Blair, Jonathan D. Brown, Xiao Barry, and Angela Schmitt Mathematica Policy Research Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (22 PDF pages)
Payment for Medicare Advantage Plans: Policy Issues and Options
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PAYMENT FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS: POLICY ISSUES AND OPTIONS
Office of Health PolicyOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Volume Growth in Medicare. An Investigation of Ten Physicians' Services
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Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) is a target rate of growth in spending for physicians’ services. Payments for physicians’ services are supposed to automatically adjust in response to actual spending falling either above or below the target.
Work, Welfare, and the Burden of Disability: Caring for Special Needs of Children in Poor Families
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Disability, Health Insurance Coverage, and Utilization of Acute Health Services in the United States
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Disability, Health Insurance Coverage, and Utilization of Acute Health Services in the United States Executive Summary
Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy Research: 1992 1996
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Work, Welfare, and the Burden of Disability: Caring for Special Needs of Children in Poor Families
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This paper addresses issues which arise at the juncture of welfare and disability policies. Using preliminary data from a recent survey of current and recent AFDC recipients in California, we find that disabilities and chronic health problems affect the mothers or children in 43% of all households in the AFDC system.
Disability Among Women on AFDC: An Issue Revisited
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services