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State Policy Levers for Expanding Family-Centered

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

Julie Seibert, PhD, Holly Stockdale, MA, Rose Feinberg, MA, Erin Dobbins, MA, Elysha Theis, BA, and Sarita L. Karon, PhD RTI International Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (55 PDF pages)
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State Policy Levers for Expanding Family-Centered

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

Many women facing opioid addiction are either pregnant or caring for children and face a number of social, structural and economic barrier in accessing treatment. In recent years, clinicians and policymakers have become increasingly interested in supporting substance use treatment approaches that provide comprehensive services to pregnant and pare
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Expanding Access to Family-Centered Medication-

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

Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (5 PDF pages) ABSTRACT This Issue Brief represents the finding of a white paper prepared by RTI under funding from ASPE. The analysis included a programs scan of policy initiatives in 21 states and individual interviews with academics, federal experts, state officials and individual providers.
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Expanding Access to Family-Centered Medication-

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

This Issue Brief represents the finding of a white paper prepared by RTI under funding from ASPE. The analysis included a programs scan of policy initiatives in 21 states and individual interviews with academics, federal experts, state officials and individual providers.
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Selected Publications From This Evaluation

Moving People from Welfare to Work. Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.. Selected Publications From This Evaluation

Moving People from Welfare to Work: Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies . Prepared by Gayle Hamilton, MDRC, 2002. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and U.S. Department of Educatio
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The Early Achievement and Development Gap

The Early Achievement and Development Gap

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Adopted Children with Special Health Care Needs:

Adopted Children with Special Health Care Needs: Characteristics, Health, and Health Care by Adoption Type

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Health Care Coverage and Medicaid/CHIP

Health Care Coverage and Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility for Child Support Eligible Children

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Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families

Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families with Children

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Appendix F: Bibliography

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Appendix F: Bibliography

AcademyHealth (2004). Improving Federal health data for coverage and access policy development needs. Washington, DC. Alperstein, G., Rappaport, C., and Flanigan, J. (1988). Health problems of homeless children in New York City. American Journal of Public Health , 78, 1232-1233. Arrigo, B. (1998). The “modest needs” homeless families. Adm
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E.3 Measuring Household Income and Poverty Sample

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.3 Measuring Household Income and Poverty Sample

As noted in the report, two samples of families from the Fragile Families dataset were selected for re-analysis. An initial sample was limited to families where the mother is 18 years of age or older and has a household income at their Year 1 interview at or below the national poverty threshold based on the year of their interview (1999 through 20
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E.2 Overview of Fragile Families Data Set

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.2 Overview of Fragile Families Data Set

Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study Conducted by Princeton University’s Center for Research on Child Wellbeing and Columbia University’s Social Indicators Survey Center Principal Investigators: Sara McLanahan, Irwin Garfinkel, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Christina Paxson
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E.1 Outcome Tables for Fragile Families Data Set

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.1 Outcome Tables for Fragile Families Data Set

Table E-1. Demographic and background characteristics households at least 50 percent below poverty line   Stably       Significant Group Comparisons Stable At Risk Dbld Housed
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Appendix E: Fragile Families Data Set

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Appendix E: Fragile Families Data Set

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Endnotes

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Endnotes

* Direct all correspondence to: David Reingold, Associate Professor, Indiana University, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, 1315 E. 10 th Street, Rm. 410, Bloomington, Indiana 47405.  Reingold@indiana.edu. Biographical Statements
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References

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. References

Axelson, Leland, J., and Dail, Paula, W. “The Changing Character of Homelessness in the United States,” Family Relations , Vol.37, No.4, 463-469, 1988. Bassuk, Ellen, L. et al.  “Homelessness in Female-Headed Families: Childhood and Adult Risk and Protective Factors,” American Journal of Public Health .  Vol. 87, No. 2, February 1997
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Discussion & Conclusion

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Discussion & Conclusion

Our analytic approach is designed to measure the multiplicity of individual and structural factors that may be associated with increased risk of becoming homeless, while also measuring those characteristics thought to protect families from this unfortunate hardship.  The design of the Fragile Families Study allows us to estimate these effects on
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Families at-Risk of Being Homeless: A

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Families at-Risk of Being Homeless: A Comprehensive Empirical Inquiry

In order to expand our understanding of the current characteristics of homeless families, while comparing the importance of individual and structural factors that represent both proximate and distal risk and protective dimensions, we analyze data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.  This new longitudinal birth-cohort sample of ap
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At Risk Families & Homelessness

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. At Risk Families & Homelessness

This fragmentation in the literature has created a perception that many hypothesized correlates of family homelessness matter equally.   Whether it is domestic violence, drug use, weak labor force attachment, lack of informal social support, high housing costs, climate, the decline in the value of cash welfare benefits, etc., all have some empir
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Theoretical Background

Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Theoretical Background

Typologies are ubiquitous in the social sciences.  They are frequently used to help provide clarity and improve understanding of a given population, situation, or pattern of social organization.  They are not designed to capture all subtle variation in a given context, but function as a heuristic device to provide theoretical clarity to help for

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