12/06/02 - Quanah Crossland
Stamps Named Commissioner for Administration for Native Americans
Quanah Crossland Stamps has been sworn in as commissioner of the Administration
for Native Americans, a federal agency that promotes the goal of social and
economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians,
Native Samoans and other Native American Pacific Islanders.
11/25/02 - HHS Selects 10
Communities for Urban Partnership Initiative
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the selection of 10 major
metropolitan areas that will participate in HHS’ Urban Partnership Initiative
-- a new effort designed to help communities that continue to have relatively
high concentrations of welfare recipients.
10/23/02 - HHS Awards $4
Million to Improve Opportunities for Adoption
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced about $4 million in awards
to 13 organizations to help eliminate barriers to adoption for children with
special needs. The awards are part of the Adoption Opportunities Program.
9/18/02 - ACF Awards $22 Million
to Denver's Adoption Exchange Association to Operate Adoptuskids Website
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), today announced that the Adoption Exchange
Association (AEA) in Denver will run AdoptUSKids, a website created to increase
adoption by linking children in foster care with potential adoptive families
across the country.
7/23/02 - HHS, National Adoption
Center Launch Internet Adoptions
The Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) and the National Adoption
Center today launched a new Web site, called AdoptUSKids, to increase adoption
opportunities for foster care children.
7/2/02 - HHS Awards $200 Million
in Bonus Payments to States for Leadership in "Welfare to Work"
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced $200 million in bonus payments
to states which performed best in helping welfare recipients move toward
employment in fiscal year 2000. Secretary Thompson also announced more than
931,000 welfare recipients new jobs during the fiscal year 2000 performance
year.
6/3/02 - Study Shows Positive
Results from Early Head Start Program
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today released results of a seven-year national
evaluation of the federal Early Head Start program showing that 3-year-old
children completing the program performed better in cognitive and language
development than children not participating in the program.
5/21/02 - No Increase in National
Welfare Caseload, HHS Reports
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced that the number of people
receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
program declined slightly between October 2001 and December 2001, the latest
reporting period in which individual state figures are available.
4/19/02 - Year 2000 Child Abuse and
Neglect Findings Released
The Administration for Children and Families today released national statistics
on child maltreatment for 2000, showing a small one-year increase in confirmed
reports of maltreatment but indicating that instances of child abuse and
neglect remain about 20 percent lower than the peak years of 1993 and 1994.