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Human Services
ASPE produces a range of policy research, analysis, and evaluation to strengthen human services programs and policies. Topics include well-being, employment and workforce, child welfare, technical assistance, early childhood care and education, and service delivery systems.
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Characteristics of Homebound Older Adults: Potential Barriers to Accessing the COVID-19 Vaccine Issue Brief
April 6, 2021
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KEY POINTS
Report
Social Determinants of Health Data Sharing at the Community Level
This report represents a landscape review of community-level efforts to address SDOH, followed by interviews with participants in three community-level initiatives that have built networks to coordinate clinical and social services.
Persons in Low-Income Households Have Less Access to Internet Services
This factsheet presents estimates of access to internet services for low-income families, as well as differences by demographic characteristics and geography. Key takeaways include:
Risk of COVID-19 Infections, Hospitalization, and Death in Fee-For-Service Medicare
Experience during the first six months of the pandemic shows that the risks of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries contracting COVID-19 and subsequent hospitalization and mortality vary significantly by demographic characteristics, health status, and nursing home residence. There are several factors that indicate significantly elevated risk.
Case Study
Case Study of Father Engagement in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs: ForeverDads
This case study focuses on how a fatherhood program in rural Ohio—ForeverDads—reaches a subpopulation of fathers through partnerships with area substance use disorder treatment programs. Key lessons and considerations include how human services programs can promote father engagement by:
Improving Programs, Policies and Services to Promote Healthy Development in Middle Childhood in Afterschool Settings
This project was a collaborative effort by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Office of Women’s Health (OWH). This work examines how investments by the U.S.
Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Evidence and Policy Approaches
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted stark health disparities among Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations in several areas, including infections, hospitalizations, death rates, and vaccination rates.
Common Principles and Emerging Practices in Social Capital
Social capital – or the value that arises from connections, networks, and relationships – can help human services programs improve participant outcomes. The U.S.
Choosing Platforms for Virtual Human Services Delivery
Interviews with program administrators and frontline workers across a range of human services programs early in the COVID-19 pandemic provided great insight into the tradeoffs and relative advantages of choosing virtual platforms to administer services from.