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Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States, and Summary, June 2004.  (Posted 10/14/04)

Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections, 2004.  (Posted 10/13/04)

Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections: Companion Volume of Related Papers, 2004.  (Posted 10/13/04)

Overcoming Challenges to Business and Economic Development in Indian Country, August 2004.  (Posted 10/13/04)

A Profile of Families Cycling on and off Welfare, April 2004.  (Posted 10/06/04)

Characteristics of Low-Wage Workers and Their Labor Market Experiences:  Evidence from the Mid- to Late 1990s, April 2004.  (Posted 09/08/04)

HHS Information Quality website, revised substantially.  (Posted 09/01/04)

Core Performance Indicators for Homeless-Serving Programs Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September 2003.  (Posted 08/18/04)

The Use of TANF Work-Oriented Sanctions in Illinois, New Jersey, and South Carolina, Final Report, April 2004.  (Posted 08/06/04)

Research Note: The Long-Term Uninsured, August 2004.  (Posted 08/05/04)

Measures of Material Hardship: Final Report, April 2004.  (Posted 07/29/04)

Private Employers and TANF Recipients, Final Report, May 2004.  (Posted 07/28/04)

Trends in the Well-Being of America’s Children and Youth, 2003 edition.  (Posted 07/19/04)

Indicators of Welfare Dependence, Annual Report to Congress, 2004.  (Posted 07/15/04)

Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through WIA One-Stop Centers:  Report on Highlights of Site Visits, January 2004.  (Posted 3/31/04)

Welfare-to-Work Grants Program:  Enrollee Outcomes One Year After Program Entry.  (Posted 3/24/04)

State Practices in Medical Child Support Cross-Program Coordination.  (Posted 2/26/04)

Welfare-to-Work Grants Programs: Adjusting to Changing Circumstances.  (Posted 2/23/04)

Giving Noncustodial Parents Options:  Employment and Child Support Outcomes of the SHARE Program.  (Posted 2/23/04)

Analysis of the Joint Distribution of Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments.  (Posted 2/17/04)

2004 HHS Poverty Guidelines.  (Posted 2/13/04)

From Prisons to Home:  The Effect of Incarceration on Children, Families, and Low-Income Communities, 2003.  (Posted 12/09/03)

Operating TANF:  Opportunities and Challenges for Tribes and Tribal Consortia, August 2003.  (Posted 10/31/03)

The Long-Term Effects of the Minnesota Family Investment Program on Marriage and Divorce Among Two-Parent Families, June 2003.  (Posted 10/28/03)

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts:  Site Visits Report, May 2003.  (Posted 10/16/03)

Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy, May 2003.  (Posted 9/29/03)

Prevention Makes Common “Cents”,  September 16, 2003.  (Posted 9/17/03)

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts:  Summary Report, May 2003.  (Posted 9/12/03)

Indicators of Welfare Dependence, Annual Report to Congress, 2003.  (Posted 08/21/03)

Effects of Marriage on Family Economic Well-Being web site (A four-paper series with summary).  (Posted 8/4/03)

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts: Findings on Local CPS Practices, April 2003.  (Posted 8/1/03)

Families on TANF in Illinois: Employment Assets and Liabilities, June 2003.  (Posted 7/31/03)

State Innovations in Child Welfare Financing, April 2002.  (Posted 7/28/03)

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts:  Review of State CPS Policy, April 2003.  (Posted 7/22/03)

Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues web site updated with these reports:  (Posted 06/16/03)

Privatization in Practice: Case Studies of Contracting for TANF Case Management, March 2003.  (Posted 06/11/03)

Strengthening Head Start: What the Evidence Shows, June 2003.  (Posted 06/09/03)

The Interactions of Workers and Firms in the Low-Wage Labor Market, December 2002.  (Posted 06/05/03)

Study to Examine UI Eligibility Among Former TANF Recipients: Evidence from New Jersey, November 2002.  (Posted 06/05/03)

Child Support and TANF Interaction: Literature Review, April 2003.  (Posted 05/08/03)

Adoption Dynamics: Comparative Results for Subpopulations, November 2002.  (Posted 05/02/03)

Telephone Survey to Measure Employment Barriers for TANF Caseload, 2003.  (Posted 04/28/03)

State Experience and Perspectives on Reducing Out-of-Wedlock Births, February 2003.  (Posted 04/28/03)

Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies, March 2003.  (Posted 04/21/03)

Studies of Welfare Populations: Data Collection and Research Issues, 2002.  (Posted 04/10/03)

Ending Chronic Homelessness:  Strategies for Action, March 2003.  (Posted 03/10/03)

Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty, September 2002.  (Posted 03/10/03)

Evaluation of Family Preservation and Reunification Programs:  Final Report.  December 2002.  (Posted 03/5/03)

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Interim Evaluation Report.  February 26, 2003 (Posted 02/28/03)

The Application Process for TANF, Food Stamps, Medicaid, and SCHIP:  Issues for Agencies and Applicants, Including Immigrants and Limited English Speakers.  January 2003  (Posted 02/21/03)

Privacy Issues in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment:  Information Sharing Between Providers and Managed Care Organizations.  January 2003.  (Posted 02/20/03)

Welfare Time Limits:  State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families, Executive Summary, 2002.  (Posted 02/03/03)

Health Care Coverage Among Child Support-Eligible Children, December 2002.  (Posted 01/31/03)

Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers:  An Analysis of the Welfare Caseload, November 2002.  (Posted 12/23/02)

State Policies to Promote Marriage, Final Report.  (Posted 12/10/02)

Status of Research on the Outcomes of Welfare Reform, 2002.  (Posted 11/14/02)

Adoption Dynamics: The Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA).  August 2002.  (Posted 10/31/02)

Impacts of a Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Program on Children at School Entry and Beyond:  Findings from the NEWWS Child Outcomes Study, October 2002.  (Posted 10/16/02)

State Innovations Grants. Announcement of award, October 2002.  See also the Press Release.  (Posted 10/04/02)

Poverty Research Centers. Announcement of award, October 2002.  (Posted 10/04/02)

Fathers’ Involvement in Permanency Planning and Child Welfare Casework, August 2002.  (Posted 10/03/02)

Understanding the Costs of the DOL Welfare-to-Work Grants Program, August 2002.  (Posted 09/23/02)

The Implementation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program, August 2002.  (Posted 09/16/02)

Advancing State Child Indicators Initiatives project, May 2002.  (Posted 09/09/02)

The Graying of Medicare's Disabled Population: Implication for a Medicare Drug Benefit, March 28, 2002.  (Posted 09/06/02)

Characteristics of Families Using Title IV-D Services in 1997, May 2002.  (Posted 08/30/02)

Medicaid Buy-In Programs: Lessons Learned From Nine "Early Implementer" States, May 2002.  (Posted 08/27/02)

Policy Frameworks for Designing Medicaid Buy-In Programs and Related State Work Incentive Initiatives, May 2002.  (Posted 08/22/02)

Medicaid Buy-In Programs: Case Studies of Early Implementer States, May 2002.  (Posted 08/21/02)

State Long-Term Care: Recent Developments and Policy Directions, July 26, 2002.  (Posted 07/26/02)

Confronting the New Health Care Crisis: Improving Health Care Quality and Lowering Costs By Fixing Our Medical Liability System, July 24, 2002.  (Posted 07/25/02)

Moving People from Welfare to Work:  Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies, July 2002.  (Posted 07/23/02)

Growth in the Adoption Population, December 2001.  (Posted 07/10/02)

Foster Care Dynamics in Urban and Non-Urban Counties, February 2002.  (Posted 07/10/02)

Issue Papers on Foster Care and Adoption web site.  (Posted 07/10/02)

Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues web site.  (Posted 07/09/02)

Evaluation of the New Jersey Substance Abuse Research Demonstration web site.  (Posted 07/09/02)

Role of Health Insurance in Successful Labor Force Entry and Employment Retention, October 2001.  (Posted 07/02)

Evaluation of Family Preservation and Reunification Programs web site.  (Posted 06/24/02)

Estimating Child Welfare Service Costs: Methods Developed for the Evaluation of Family Preservation and Reunification Programs, June 2002.  (Posted 06/24/02)

Privatization of Welfare Services:  A Review of the Literature, May 2002.  (Posted 05/30/02)

Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care, March 2002.  (Posted 05/17/02)

State Policies to Promote Marriage, Preliminary Report.  (Posted 05/13/02)

Compendium of HHS Technical Assistance Activities Related to the Administration's Community-Integration Initiative, May 6, 2002.  (Posted 05/02)

Research on Employment Supports for People with Disabilities: Summary of the Focus Group Findings, September 2001.  (Posted 05/02)

The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients:  A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs.  (Posted 04/29/02)

13 Indicators of Quality Child Care:  Research Update.  (Posted 04/24/02)

Evaluation of Abstinence Education Programs Funded Under Title V, Section 510:  Interim Report.  (Posted 04/23/02)

Assessing the Context of Permanency and Reunification in the Foster Care System.  (Posted 03/25/02)

The Evaluation of the Tribal Welfare-to-Work Grants Program:  Initial Implementation Findings.  (Posted 03/12/02)

Final Synthesis Report of Findings from ASPE "Leavers" Grants.  (Posted 03/04/02)

How Are Immigrants Faring?  Preliminary Evidence from Los Angeles and New York City.  (Posted 03/04/02)

Medicare Post-Acute Care: Quality Measurement Final Report, March 2002.  (Posted 03/02)

NEWWS Final Report:  How Effective Are Different Welfare-to-Work Approaches?  Five-Year Adult and Child Impacts for Eleven Programs.  (Posted 02/25/02)

The Economic Rationale for Investing in Children: A Focus on Child Care.  (Posted 01/18/02)

The Long Term Impact of Adolescent Risky Behaviors and Family Environment.  (Posted 01/16/02)

Constrained Innovation in Managing Care for High-Risk Seniors in Medicare + Choice Risk Plans, January 2002.  (Posted 01/02)

Coordination of Care for Persons with Disabilities Enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care: A Conceptual Framework to Guide the Development of Measures, December 2000.  (Posted 01/02)

Low-Income and Low-Skilled Workers' Involvement in Nonstandard Employment.  (Posted 12/20/01)

SCHIP Evaluation Website.  (Posted 12/14/01)

Frontline Long-Term Care Worker Project: Summary of the Technical Expert Panel Meeting on Extrinsic Rewards and Incentives, June 15, 2001.  (Posted 12/01)

Compendium of Current Federal Initiatives in Response to the Olmstead Decision, July 10, 2001.  (Posted 12/01)

Who Will Care for Us? Addressing the Long-Term Care Workforce Crisis, May 2001.  (Posted 12/01)

Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) for Fiscal Year 2003.  (Posted 11/30/01)

How Effective Are Different Welfare-to-Work Approaches?  Five-Year Adult and Child Impacts for Eleven Program.  (Posted 11/07/01)

INDEPENDENT CHOICES: A National Symposium on Consumer-Direction and Self-Determination for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities--conference package, June 2001.  (Posted 11/01)

Private Payers Serving Individuals with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions, January 2001.  (Posted 11/01)

On Their Own Terms:  Supporting Kinship Care Outside of TANF and Foster Care.  (Posted 10/29/01)

New CPS Numbers on the Uninsured.  (Posted 8/3/01)

Evaluating Two Approaches to Case Management:  Implementation, Participation Patterns, Costs, and Three-Year Impacts of the Columbus Welfare-to-Work Program, June 2001.  (Posted 7/31/01)

Assessment of Approaches to Evaluating Telemedicine  Also available in PDF  (Posted July 25, 2001)

Emerging Practices in Medicaid Primary Care Case Management Programs  Also available in PDF.  (Posted July 11, 2001)

HHS Issues First Guidance on the Final Privacy Rule

Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Service: Family Needs, Program Models, and Evaluation Issues:  Literature Review, April 2001.  (Posted 6/12/01)

Status of Research on the Outcomes of Welfare Reform, December 2000.  (Posted 5/24/01)

Caring for Immigrants:  Health Care Safety Nets in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Houston, February 2001.  (Posted 5/9/01)

How Well Have Rural and Small Metropolitan Labor Markets Absorbed Welfare Recipients?, April 2001.  (Posted 5/9/01)

National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts:  Literature Review, March 2001.  (Posted 4/24/01)

Evaluation of Family Preservation and Reunification Programs:  Interim Report, January 2001.  The Executive Summary is also available.  (Posted 2/23/01)

Report on Alternative Outcome Measures: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant, December 2000.  (Posted 2/13/01)

The Impact of Access Regulation on Health Insurance Market Structure October 2000. (Posted 2/1/01)

Markets At Risk — Current and Furture Challenges in a Managed Care Marketplace.  December 2000. (Posted 2/1/01)

Self-Sufficiency of Former Foster Youth in Wisconsin:  Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Wage Data and Public Assistance Data.  December 2000.  (Posted 1/30/01)

TANF "Leavers" and Diversion Studies:  Preliminary Analysis of Racial Differences in Caseload Trends and Leaver Outcomes.  December 2000.  (Posted 1/25/01)

Intensive Case Management Improves Welfare Clients' Rates of Entry and Retention in Substance Abuse Treatment:  Executive Summary.  January 2001.  (Posted 1/24/01)

Specialized Screening Approaches Can Substantially Increase the  Identification of Substance Abuse Problems Among Welfare Recipients:  Executive Summary.  January 2001.  (Posted 1/24/01)

Second Chance Homes: Providing Services for Teenage Parents and Their Children, October 2000 and brochure.  (Posted 1/23/01)

What Impact HIPAA? State Regulation and Private Health Insurance Coverage Among Adults, October 20, 2000.  (Posted 1/10/01)

Health Care Conditions, Utilization, and Expenditures of Children in Foster Care, Sept. 2000.  (Posted 12/12/00)

Technical Review Panel on the Medicare Trustees Reports.  Minutes from the September and October meetings now available (Posted 12/4/00)

21 Million Children's Health:  Our Shared ResponsibilityThe Medical Child Support Working Group's Report to Congress, June 2000.  (Posted 11/27/00)

Community-Level Indicators for Understanding Health and Human Services Issues:  A Compendium of Selected Indicator Systems and Resource Organizations.  (Posted 11/20/00)

The 2000 Green Book.  Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdicition of the Committee on Ways and Means, October 6, 2000 (17th edition)  (Posted 11/20/00)

Archive of AFDC data.  (Posted 11/9/00).

Consumer Protection in Private Insurance:  State Implementation and Enforcement Experience  (Posted 11/1/00)

Final Papers from HHS' Conference on Pharmaceutical Pricing Practices, Utilization, and Costs, August 8th & 9th, 2000  (Posted 10/16/00)

HHS Strategic Plan FY 2001 - 2006  (Posted 9/28/00)

Assessment of Major Federal Data Sets for Analyses of Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander Subgroups and Native Americans:  Extending the Utility of Federal Databases.  May 2000  (Posted 9/15/00)

Assessment of Major Federal Data Sets for Analyses of Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander Subgroups and Native Americans:  Inventory of Selected Existing Federal Databases.  May 2000  (Posted 9/15/00)

National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies:  Evaluating Alternative Welfare-to-Work Approaches:  Two-Year Impacts for Eleven Programs.  Executive Summary.  June 2000  (Posted 9/12/00)

Access and Utilization of New Antidepressant and Antipsychotic Medications  (Posted 8/22/00)

Employer Decision-Making in Health Care Coverage (2 panel meetings)  Meeting held January 14, and March 7, 2000.  (Posted 8/15/00)

An Inventory of Federally Sponsored HIV and HIV-Relevant Databases, June 2000  (Posted 8/15/00)

Human Subject Protection and Financial Conflicts of Interest  Conference announcement and background materials.  (Posted 6/09/00)

PDF formatted document Revised and updated package of application forms, instructions, and required assurances used in applying for grants.  Please use ONLY in response to a specific announcement.  (Posted 04/14/00)

Report to the President on Prescription Drug Coverage, Spending, Utilization, and Prices.  April 2000.  (Posted 04/10/00)

Using National Survey Data to Analyze Children’s Health Insurance Coverage:  An Assessment of Issues  May 21, 1999.  (Posted 3/1/00)

Federal Matching Percentages for FY 2001.  The Federal matching percentages are used to determine the amount of Federal matching funds for State welfare and medical programs.  The Social Security Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to calculate and publish these percentages each year.  (Posted 2/28/00)

Analysis of State Actions Regarding Organ Donor Registries.  January 4, 2000.  (Posted 2/18/00)

Summary of Proceedings of a Seminar on Innovative Health Programs in Enterprise Zones/Enterprise Communities.  October 5, 1999.  (Posted 2/18/00)

Data's Spatial Dimension:  A Symposium on Uses of Spatial Data Analysis and Geographic Information Technologies for Health and Human Services Policy and Planning, December 2, 1999.  (Posted 01/14/99)

The Child Health Insurance Program:  Early Implementation in Six States, July, 1999.  (Posted 1/4/00)

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