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Promoting Public Benefits Access Through Web-

Promoting Public Benefits Access Through Web-Based Tools and Outreach: A National Scan of Efforts

By: Jacqueline Kauff, Emily Sama-Miller, and Elizabeth Makowsky Mathematica Policy Research This report provides an overview of benefits access initiatives in every state and of major, privately-developed, benefits access initiatives. Contents Volume I:  Background, Efforts in Brief, and Related Initiatives      PDF format...
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Housing Assistance and Supportive Services in

Housing Assistance and Supportive Services in Memphis

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Evidence Indicates a Range of Challenges for

Evidence Indicates a Range of Challenges for Puerto Rico Health Care System

The 3.5 million Americans living in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico do not have access to a health care system considered standard in the rest of the nation. News reports in recent years describe hospitals laying off employees and closing wings, medical centers suspending or limiting health care services such as operating room hours, and air ambul...
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Health Insurance Coverage for Americans with Pre

Health Insurance Coverage for Americans with Pre Existing Conditions The Impact of the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides a range of nationwide protections for Americans with pre-existing health conditions.  This analysis updates a 2011 analysis of the impact of the ACA’s pre-existing conditions protections.  It confirms that a large fraction of non-elderly Americans have pre-existing health conditions and shows that tens of...
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Advancing Integrated Care: Lessons from Minnesota

Advancing Integrated Care: Lessons from Minnesota

Jhamirah M. Howard and Jennifer Baron Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (8 PDF pages)...
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Advancing Integrated Care: Lessons from Minnesota

Advancing Integrated Care: Lessons from Minnesota

This brief discusses how integrated care has taken shape in the State of Minnesota, highlights findings from a study of beneficiaries in the integrated care program in Minnesota, and discusses how the state is using demonstration authority to further build on this successful model....
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Appendix B: Ways That Government Financially

The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Appendix B: Ways That Government Financially Supports Faith-Based Social Services

Luis Lugo, Director of the Religion Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts, has developed a nine-point scale in describing the variety of ways that the government can support faith-based agencies in organizations in their delivery of social welfare services.  The nine types of government support — ordered from high to low in terms of general pub...
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Appendix A: Types of Programs Included in NSHAPC

The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Appendix A: Types of Programs Included in NSHAPC

NSHAPC covered 16 different types of homeless assistance programs, defined as follows:...
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Appendices

The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Appendices

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APPENDIX C: Data and Methodology for the SIPP

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. APPENDIX C: Data and Methodology for the SIPP Analysis

For this analysis, we pooled the 1996, 2001, and 2004 panels of the SIPP, a nationally representative sample of the non-institutionalized civilian population who are 15 years old and older. SIPP respondents are interviewed once every four months for the duration of the survey panel. During each interview, they provide information about the precedi...
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APPENDIX D: Supplemental Tables for Pre-

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. APPENDIX D: Supplemental Tables for Pre-Application Work Activity and Program Participation of SSDI Applicants and At-Risk Group Members

TABLE D.1 . Employment and Income Characteristics of SSDI Applicants     37-42 Months   Before SSDI Application   31-36 Months   Before SSDI Application   25-30 Months   Before SSDI Application   19-24 Months  ...
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APPENDIX B: Methodology for the Literature

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. APPENDIX B: Methodology for the Literature Searches

In this appendix, we detail the methodology we employed to conduct two targeted literature searches: one on employment programs and outcomes for people with psychiatric disorders and one on employment programs and outcomes for people with other disabilities. The literature search and review process for both searches consisted of five stages: (1) s...
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APPENDIX A: Evidence Tables

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. APPENDIX A: Evidence Tables

TABLE A.1 . Evidence for Improving Employment Outcomes Through SE: Studies Included in Systematic Reviews Systematic Review Source(s) Study Author, Country a Study Design a Intervention (sample size) b...
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Appendices

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. Appendices

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Adolescent Well-Being after Experiencing Family

Adolescent Well-Being after Experiencing Family Homelessness

New analysis of data from HUD's Family Options Study of adolescents’ experiences in shelter with their families and 20 months later shows that most adolescents continued to live with their families, and some continued to experience housing instability or live in overcrowded situations. These adolescents were more likely to have changed schools o...
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State Innovation Grants: Announcement of Award

State Innovation Grants: Announcement of Award for Fiscal Year 2002

Background Summaries of Funded Proposals Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Track 1 Arkansas Department of Human Services South Dakota Department of Human Services Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Track 2 South Carolina Department of Social Services Delaware Health and Social Services Department...
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References

Disease Management and Medicaid Waiver Services for HIV/AIDS Patients. References

Baldwin III, A. L. (1999). Research Report: Financial and Risk Considerations for Successful Disease Management Programs. Seattle, WA: Milliman & Robertson, Inc. Billings, J. & Mijanovich, T. (2007). Improving the Management of Care for High-Cost Medicaid Patients. Health Affairs, 26(6):1643-1655. Bruen, B.K. & Miller, L.M. (2008)....
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APPENDIX B

Disease Management and Medicaid Waiver Services for HIV/AIDS Patients. Appendix B

Reported AIDS Cases in States with Programs Targeted to HIV/AIDS State Reported AIDS Cases Alabama 8,252 California 139,019 Colorado 8,480 Delaware 3,458 District of Columbia 16,962 Florida...
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APPENDIX A

Disease Management and Medicaid Waiver Services for HIV/AIDS Patients. Appendix A

Approved Medicaid Waivers Offering Services Targeted to Individuals with HIV/AIDS...
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Conclusion

Disease Management and Medicaid Waiver Services for HIV/AIDS Patients. Conclusion

To date, there is no broad evidence base to support the assumption that disease management improves health outcomes and can reduce the cost of care for populations with multiple chronic illnesses. Most of the evidence currently available about DM is for diabetes, asthma, congestive health failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease &nda...

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