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HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human

HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human Services Programs - DHHS

Home Department of Health and Human Services Interagency organizations Administration for Children and Families Children’s Bureau (child welfare program flexibilities, grant resources) Family and Youth Services Bureau (Runaway and Homeless Youth programs)
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HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human

HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human Services Programs - Interagency organizations

Home Department of Health and Human Services Interagency organizations As a member of the following interagency organizations related to human services, HHS would also like to make stakeholders aware of these additional websites with COVID-19 resources. Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs
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HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human

HHS COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Human Services Programs

This site provides key COVID-19-related guidance and information from HHS for human services program providers and stakeholders, particularly state and local government agencies and faith and community-based organizations.
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The Cost of Subsidized Child Care: 2005-2016

The Cost of Subsidized Child Care: 2005-2016

This research brief presents findings using national data from child care subsidy administrative records that states submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The analysis shows that a greater percentage of subsidized care occurred in licensed child care centers in FY 2016 than in FY 2005.
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Child Support

Child Support

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.
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Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across

Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Key Considerations For Policymakers

This brief summarizes the current set of federal performance indicators and provides key policy considerations for policymakers and administrators within federal and state agencies who are interested in building a framework for coordinated performance measurement.
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Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across

Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Actionable Steps For Program Design And Practice

This brief outlines actionable steps that program designers at the federal, state, or local level can take to build or use aligned measures across programs in ways that can improve program management and increase service coordination.
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Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across

Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Local Perspectives

Individuals and families frequently qualify for multiple human services and employment programs that are funded, regulated, and administered by different federal agencies—each with their own eligibility criteria, program requirements, and performance indicators. Although these programs often share similar goals, they differ in the populations se
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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Sixteenth

Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Sixteenth Report to Congress

This report provides welfare indicators through 2014 for most indicators and through 2015 for some indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
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TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and

TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies

This is the ASPE-sponsored web site on Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) \"leavers\", applicants, caseload studies, and other state studies of welfare outcomes. This site has been developed to provide technical assistance to ASPE-funded grantees and other researchers, background on the ASPE-funded grants to states and counties, access
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Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI): An Overview

Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI): An Overview of the Longest-Running Statewide Marriage Initiative in the U.S.

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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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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Microsoft Word version of report (contains raw data for tables)

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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Microsoft Word version of report (contains raw data for tables)

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Are Homeless Families Connected to the Social

Are Homeless Families Connected to the Social Safety Net?

New analysis of data from HUD's Family Options Study of families' experiences in shelter and 20 months later shows that families experiencing homelessness are generally connected to public benefits at similar rates to other families in deep poverty. This non-experimental analysis finds that homeless families receive TANF, publicly funded health i
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Evaluation of the New Jersey Substance Abuse

Evaluation of the New Jersey Substance Abuse Research Demonstration

An Intervention for Welfare Recipients with Substance Abuse Problems
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State Implementation of Major Changes to Welfare

State Implementation of Major Changes to Welfare Policies, 1992 - 1998

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Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska

Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs

From: Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs
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Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. Appendix

Characteristic Alabama Florida Michigan New Jersey APPENDIX TABLE 1 LOGISTIC REGRESSION OF THE PROBABILITY OF MAINTAINING MEDICAID COVERAGE WHEN ADULTS LEAVE AFDC (Adults in HMOs Excluded)   Estimated Odds Ratio a      
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References

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. References

Czajka, John L. “Analysis of Children’s Health Insurance Patterns: Findings from the SIPP.” Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1999. Dubay, Lisa, and Genevieve Kenney. “Effects of Medicaid Expansions on Insurance Coverage of Children.” Future of Children , vol. 6, no. 1, 1996, pp. 152-61. Ellwood, David T., and E. Ka

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