Age, Gender & Gender Identities

Introduction and Overview BackgroundIn its report for the FY 1999 Appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services, the Conference Committee added $5 million to the Policy Research account in the Office of the Secretary and directed in its report that the funding was to study the outcomes of welfare reform:

Out of necessity or choice, mothers are working outside the home in greater numbers than ever before. In 1996, three out of four mothers with children between 6 and 17 were in the labor force, compared to one in four in 1965. Two-thirds of mothers with children under six now work.

by John L. Czajka and Kimball Lewis Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. 600 Maryland Ave., S.W. Suite 550 Washington, DC 20024

May 12, 1999John L. Czajka Submitted to: Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation HHH Building, Room 442E 200 Independence Avenue Washington, DC 20201

  ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PATTERNS:FINDINGS FROM THE SIPP   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILIES USING TITLE IV-D SERVICES IN 1995 By Matthew Lyon May 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Data Source and Methodology Findings

A Report to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Protection Department of Health and Human Services

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

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