Development of Data, Surveys, & Indicators

Contents Site-Specific Analyses Cross-Site Analysis: The Changing Urban Context Cross-Site Analysis: Health Trends and Study Hypotheses Conclusions  

  Overview   [For a complete overview, see the Advancing States' Child Indicators Initiatives]

This report presents research to assist states and counties in studying their current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseloads.

Based on the summary report, Survey Design for TANF Caseload Project, Summary Report and Recommendations, that reviews existing survey questions and scales focused on potential barriers to employment among TANF recipients, ASPE finalized this survey instrument, the TANF Caseload Survey, for use in the six state studies.

General Uses of Child Indicator StudiesMairéad Reidy. Ph.D., Senior Research Associate Chapin Hall Center for Children University of Chicago, (773) 256 5174 (phone) reidy-mairead@chmail.spc.uchicago.edu

Contents Overview:  Project Objectives, Operations, and Key Concerns Overview of Technical Assistance to States Key Project Products and Publications Communicating the Results and Lessons Learned from the Child Indicators Project

IntroductionOne of the most dramatic findings to emerge from the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC) is the tremendous growth in the number and variety of homeless assistance programs during the late 1980s and early 1990s.  There is now a virtual “industry” of homeless assistance programs, and initial analyses of NSHAPC data provide a first g

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