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Toward Understanding Homelessness:
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The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research |
Author(s): Deborah Dennis, Gretchen Locke, and Jill Khadduri |
Organization(s): Abt Associates, Inc. and Policy Research Associates, Inc. |
The National Symposium on Homelessness Research, co-funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (both ASPE and SAMHSA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in FY 2005, sponsored the development of twelve research papers in an effort to capture the current state of the research related to homelessness. The Symposium event itself, which was held over two days in March of 2007, brought together 200 researchers, policy makers, government officials, service providers, and consumers from across the country to discuss the research papers and directions for future research related to homelessness. This Symposium was a follow-on event to the first National Symposium on Homelessness Research, which took place in 1998 and was also sponsored by HHS and HUD. This volume presents the twelve papers developed and presented at the 2007 Symposium. |
Published: September, 2007 |
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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2007
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Organization(s): ASPE |
The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report to Congress on indicators welfare dependence. The Indicators of Welfare Dependence report is prepared within the Office of Human Services Policy and delivered to Congress each spring. As mandated under the Congressional act, the report addresses the rate of welfare dependency, the degree and duration of welfare recipiency and dependence, and predictors of welfare dependence. Further, analyses of means-tested assistance in the report include benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; the Food Stamp Program, and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. The report also includes risk factors related to economic security, employment, and nonmarital births, as well an appendix with data related to the above programs. |
Published: July, 2007 |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Related to Poverty Guidelines and Poverty
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Organization(s): Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS |
Answers common questions about the poverty guidelines. |
Published: February, 2007 |
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HHS Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement web site
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Organization(s): Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS |
This web site contains the current and past poverty guidelines, which are used to determine eligibility for a number of government programs, as well as research papers, references, and poverty-related information links. |
Published: January, 2007 |
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Green Book
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Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdicition of the Committee on Ways and Means |
Author(s): Committee on Ways and Means |
Organization(s): Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives |
The Green Book is compiled by the staff of the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives from many sources and provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty, and taxation. It has become a standard reference work for those interested in the direction of social policy in the United States. This web site contains links to editions available electronically. |
Published: June, 2003 |
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Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable:
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Meeting Summary |
Author(s): Elise Corwin, Anupa Bir, Pam Joshi, and Bob Lerman |
Organization(s): RTI International and Urban Institute |
This report summarizes a Roundtable Meeting convened by ASPE in February 2008. The Roundtable brought together researchers and practitioners from the marriage education, financial literacy, and asset development fields to begin a dialogue on the relationship between healthy marriages and financial practices. Discussion centered on how to improve programmatic efforts and encourage collaboration between the fields to address long-term family and economic stability. Research needs and collaborative opportunities were also explored. |
Published: July, 2008 |
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Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005
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Author(s): ASPE |
Organization(s): ASPE |
This Issue Brief presents an estimate of the number of children who meet the eligibility requirements for child care assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund. The estimates are produced by the Transfer Income Model (TRIM) developed by the Urban Institute under contract to ASPE. The Brief also provides estimates of the number of children receiving HHS-funded child care subsidies in 2005, and the percentage served, or coverage rate. |
Published: June, 2008 |
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Child Care Arrangements in Urban and Rural Areas
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Author(s): Kendall Swenson |
Organization(s): ASPE |
This paper compares non-parental care arrangements of pre-school age children in urban and rural areas of the United States using data from the 2005 National Household Education Survey (NHES), Early Childhood Program Participation Survey (ECPP). Data from the NHES show that among preschool-age children, those in rural areas are about as likely as those in urban areas to receive care from someone other than their parents on a weekly basis. The NHES data also show that when rural children participate in non-parental care they are more likely than urban children to receive this care from relatives and are less likely to receive care in center programs. Additionally, rural children are in families that, on average, made fewer out-of-pocket contributions toward the cost of their care. |
Published: June, 2008 |
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UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients
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Author(s): Christopher J. O'Leary and Kenneth J. Kline |
Organization(s): W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |
This report analyzes whether former TANF recipients who lose their jobs apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and it describes the role of UI in TANF leavers' well-being and the types of employment deficits that might prevent their access to UI. This study uses newly available data linking information on both TANF and UI receipt to study the extent to which unemployed TANF leavers apply for and receive UI benefits, as well as the reasons they are denied. Analyses also examine how UI receipt relates to TANF cycling, as well as the relationship between TANF and UI caseloads. Data are part of the Administrative Data Research and Evaluation Project (ADARE), a consortium of states funded by the Department of Labor and managed by the University of Baltimore. The report uses longitudinal data from Florida, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas. |
Published: April, 2008 |
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Marriage Measures Guide of State-level Statistics
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Final Report |
Author(s): Brian Goesling, Robert G. Wood, Carol Razafindrakoto, Jamila Henderson |
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research, MPR |
Drawing on data from several sources, the Marriage Measures Guide provides policymakers and program operators with a broad range of state-level statistical information they can use to better assess the characteristics and needs of their state populations, identify high-priority target populations, and make informed decisions about the design and implementation of their healthy marriage programs. The guide is also a general resource for anyone wanting to better understand current marriage patterns by state or region. It is a collection of stand-alone reports for each of the 50 U.S. states, describing marriage, divorce, childbearing, and low-income children by family type. |
Published: March, 2008 |
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