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The Changing Insulin Affordability Landscape: Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs and Expanded Access Pathways
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Increases in Head Start Change in Scope Requests from FY21 to FY24 Have Resulted in the Largest Reduction of Funded Slots in the History of Head Start
The total number of Head Start Change in Scope requests increased from 104 in FY21 to 886 in FY24.The majority of Change in Scope requests were for enrollment reductions, with over 19 times as many requests in FY24 as compared to FY21.
Report to Congress, Visualization
Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Twenty-Fifth Report to Congress
The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-432) requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report to Congress on indicators and predictors of “welfare dependence.” That Act requires the report to include three programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (which replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
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Creating Effective Medicaid Data Linkages for Health Outcomes Research
Patients, clinicians, decision makers, and other stakeholders depend on robust, evidence-based information to make informed health care decisions. Linking Medicaid data to other sources enables a deeper understanding of how Medicaid services and interventions influence health outcomes.
Research Brief
The Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP): Use of Guardianship is Growing, but Lags Adoption Assistance and is Unevenly Used Across States
The Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP): Use of Guardianship is Growing, but Lags Adoption Assistance and is Unevenly Used Across States May 2026 Administration for Children and Families & Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Research Brief
Child Welfare Ombudsman Offices Provide System Oversight That Can Lead to Policy and Practice Reforms
This brief provides an overview of child welfare ombudsman offices, describes the landscape of state child welfare ombudsman programs and their common functions, reviews the effectiveness of their oversight, and identifies successes in improving child welfare processes and procedures. Key findings include:
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Advancing an Operational Definition of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Use in Research
Background. Accurately estimating the prevalence of intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) in the United States remains a challenge, with reported rates varying widely (3%-17%) based on the definitions and data sources used.
ASPE Issue Brief
While often similar in design, home visiting models eligible for MIECHV and Title IV-E Prevention Services reflect the different programmatic goals of child and family wellbeing versus foster care prevention.
This brief address the HHS programs that fund evidence-based home visiting models. It provides a high-level comparison of the primary federal funding streams supporting home visiting. Key points are:
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Integrated Care and Health Outcomes for Dual Eligible Individuals
This report examines how integrated care models served full-benefit dually eligible Medicare‑Medicaid beneficiaries in 2021. It compares three types of integrated plans—PACE, FIDE‑SNPs, and D‑SNPs—to standard Medicare Advantage plans, with a focus on hospitalizations, emergency department visits, nursing facility use, home‑ and community‑based services, and mortality.