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Children's Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC) FY 2024 Report to Congress

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Congress has directed HHS to operate the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC). The CICC is charged with fostering greater coordination and transparency on child policy across federal agencies and examining a broad array of cross-cutting issues affecting child poverty and child well-being.

Case Studies in Supporting Prevention through Human Services Program Integration

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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been working with researchers, human services agency leaders, and persons with lived experience to visualize, describe, and document models of prevention within human services.

Coordinating Integrated Prevention Approaches to Serve the Whole Person

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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been working with researchers, human services agency leaders, and persons with lived experience to visualize, describe, and document models of prevention within human services.

Integrating Services to Strengthen Children, Youth, and Families and Prevent Involvement in the Child Welfare System

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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been working with researchers, human services agency leaders, and persons with lived experience to visualize, describe, and document models of primary prevention within human services.

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.

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: 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.

Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications

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Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications Prepared by: Ronette R. Briefel, Allison Hedley Dodd, Charlotte Cabili and Carol West Suitor

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.

The Role of Health and Human Service Providers in Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Research Brief

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This brief reviews the role of health and human service providers in preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.Related Products:

State Responses to FASD: Effective Strategies and Ongoing Challenges Research Brief

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This brief synthesizes effective state and local level strategies for prevention, identification and intervention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.Related Products:

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Research Briefs

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term used to describe the range of disability that can result from prenatal alcohol exposure. FASD is an important public health and social issue associated with a large burden on society through the healthcare system, mental health and substance abuse system, foster care, criminal justice system, and long-term disability care services.

Childhood Obesity Data Initiative (CODI): Integrated Data for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Project 2.0

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Expand and Diversify Availability of Data for Childhood Obesity Outcomes Research

Child Support

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The Child Support Program, enacted in 1975 as Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act (P.L. 93-647), is one of the largest income support programs in the country, serving more children than the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Social Security combined. It is open to all children living apart from a parent.

Measuring T/TA Effectiveness

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HHS and other federal agencies support a wide range of training and technical assistance (T/TA) initiatives to enhance delivery of programs aimed at reducing poverty, increasing economic mobility, and improving child and family well-being. However, little is known about how to best measure the effectiveness of this T/TA.

Expanding Access to Family-Centered Medication-Assisted Treatment Issue Brief

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State Policy Levers for Expanding Family-Centered Medication-Assisted Treatment

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Association between NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition for Primary Care Practices and Quality of Care for Children with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs

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Donna Rabiner, PhD, Janet O'Keeffe, PhD, and David Brown, MA RTI International

Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy

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By: Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley, and Claudia J. Coulton With Jessica Cigna Submitted to: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services