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Evaluation of NY Welfare Intervention for Substance-Abusing TANF and General Assistance Recipients (Project)
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Organization(s): National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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This project will provide third-year funding to a comprehensive evaluation of several innovative programs in New York City for welfare recipients (those receiving either TANF or state-funded General Assistance) with substance abuse and mental and physical health barriers to employment. It addresses the Departmental theme of Working Towards Independence. ASPE's funding combined with that of NIAAA and NIDA provides for a longer follow-up period, the collection of more detailed data through in-person interviews, and biological verification of substance abuse outcomes (i.e., drug testing). ASPE's involvement has been important in assuring that the project retains its focus on policy-relevant questions and is framed in terms that are relevant to federal programs. |
Ongoing;
Year Funded: 2003
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Follow-up to the Prison to Home Conference (Project)
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This task order provides logistical support to the government for the development of a research and practice baseline on the effects of incarceration on individuals, their children, families, and communities. Needs of children and families with incarcerated parents will be addressed through continued efforts to strengthen health and human services and criminal justice systems interaction and coordination. This funding also supports HHS' efforts to strengthen cross-program coordination by providing targeted information to program managers about population overlap and program interactions. Finally, ASPE's support will ensure our involvement in the development of a multidiciplinary research agenda around children and families with incarcerated parents. Two separate government efforts will be supported by this logistical contract: The first effort provides support for the Public Health and Housing Work Group of the Council of State Governments' (CSG) Re-entry Policy Council; the second effort supports the development of a research agenda on children and families with incarcerated parents. |
Completed;
Year Funded: 2003
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Indicators of Welfare Dependence (Project)
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Organization(s): ASPE staff.
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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 non-marital births, as well an appendix with data related to the above programs. |
Ongoing;
Year Funded: 2003
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Related Products:
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2007
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- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2006
(Report)
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2005
(Report)
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2004
(Report)
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2003
(Report)
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002
(Report)
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001
(Report)
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000
(Report)
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 1998
(Report)
- Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 1997
(Report)
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Urban Partnership for Welfare Technical Assistance Initiative (Project)
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Organization(s): Caliber
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The Urban Partnership for Welfare Technical Assistance Initiative promotes collaboration among state and local TANF agencies and other entities to increase jobs and services for TANF clients in large urban areas. The goals of the initiative are to: help larger urban welfare programs learn from each other's experiences; build capacity to take greater advantage of available assets and resources; and improve employment and child well-being among the most vulnerable citizens. |
Completed;
Year Funded: 2003
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Support for the NGA Re-Entry Leadership Project (Project)
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Effecting state systems change for prisoner re-entry through strategic planning and implementation is the objective of this project. Under this project the NGA would select a number of states to receive funding and technical assistance around the development and implementation of a strategic plan for prisoner re-entry. Plans would have to include coordination around health and human services issues for the returning prisoners and their children and families. The National Governor's Association has been involved in ASPE's initial efforts to assess the need for better integration of the health and human services and criminal justice systems. NGA served on the technical review group for the From Prison to Home project, participated in the state symposium, and facilitated a breakout session at the conference. These efforts have increased the attention tht NGA wants to give to children and family issues in their re-entry project, and we want to encourage this broader focus. The NGA project will support 5 to 7 states over two years with funding anticipated from a variety of HHS agencies, as well as other federal agencies and private funders. |
Completed;
Year Funded: 2002
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Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ (HtE) Demonstration and Evaluation Project (Project)
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Organization(s): MDRC
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We have contracted with MDRC to conduct the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ (HtE) Demonstration and Evaluation Project, a multi-site, multi-year evaluation of promising programs designed to enhance employment outcomes for current or former Temporary Assistance to Need Family (TANF) recipients and other low-income parents who face serious obstacles to steady work. ASPE/HSP is conducting this study to understand better how we can encourage and replicate programs that are effective in helping families to achieve self-sufficiency. Employment programs for low-income parents with barriers to work will be tested under this large-scale project. The contractor, MDRC (in partnership with the Urban Institute, the Lewin Group, Group Health Cooperative, and United Behavioral Health) is conducting a multi-site, random assignment evaluation examining implementation issues, program designs, net impacts and costs and benefits of selected programs. It will also assess how the programs affect family functioning and child well-being. Program interventions will address a range of potential employment barriers including those having to do with physical health, mental health, human capital, and situational barriers. Some of the programs will focus on two generations, providing employment services to hard-to-employ adults while providing direct services to children or youth. The evaluation includes long-term follow up of the participating families. ASPE, ACF, and the Department of Labor (DOL) are funding this project. |
Ongoing;
Year Funded: 2001
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Evaluation of the New Jersey Substance Abuse Research Demonstration (Project)
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This evaluation is assessing the effectiveness of two contrasting intervention approaches being implemented in New Jersey to treat substance abuse and related problems in welfare recipients. The two interventions are care coordination (a limited triage and referral system) and intensive case management in which more extensive services are provided to encourage entry and retention in substance abuse treatment. The evaluation is using a random assignment design and outcomes are being assessed related to employment and earnings, substance use, and related family issues (such as involvement with child protective services). |
Completed;
Year Funded: 1999
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From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities (Project)
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Organization(s): Urban Institute
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The "From Prison to Home" project had four major components. First, ten papers were commissioned to develop a research and practice baseline about this high-risk, high-services use population. Second, a state symposium was held in November 2001 to gain insight into how states are responding to these issues. Third, a national policy conference was held on January 30-31, 2002 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to discuss the papers and get feedback from policy makers at the federal, state and local level, from practitioners, and from the research community. This invitational conference focused on the identification of research, policy, and program issues at the intersection of health and human services and criminal justice systems. The conference report constitutes the fourth component of the effort. The report synthesized key aspects of the state symposium discussions, conference proceedings, and the research papers developed for it. The From Prison to Home conference sought to highlight the increasing fiscal and social cost associated with not recognizing and addressing the distinct needs of the growing population of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, including higher incidences of future delinquency and maladaptive behaviors for children, fractured families, and unstable communities. Participants from across policy, research, and practice domains pointed to the critical need to coordinate across systems to simultaneously meet human services and criminal justice system goals. Publication of the conference papers and report is intended to encourage continuing discussions about cross-program and multi-disciplinary research and the planning and implementation of service delivery efforts at the federal, state, and local levels. |
Completed;
Year Funded: 1999
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Teenage Parent Demonstration and Evaluation (Project)
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Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research
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The Teenage Parent Demonstration (TPD) was a large-scale, multi-site, multi-year demonstration and evaluation of ways to help teenage parents become self-sufficient and operated in Camden, Newark, and the south side of Chicago between late 1987 and mid 1991. All teens who applied for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) during the demonstration period in these sites and who were randomly assigned to the demonstration program were required to participate in education, job training, or employment-related activities, as appropriate, or be sanctioned until they did participate. The sites paid for or provided child care, transportation, and other services so that such needs were not a barrier to participation in required activities. Each teen was assigned to a case manager who developed a self-sufficiency plan, guided the teen to needed services, and monitored her progress in required activities. The sites provided initial workshops and other services to prepare the teens for later education, training, and employment-related activities. Program costs were modest: averaging $2,200 per year per participant including community-provided services, such as alternative educational services, but not counting the AFDC grant nor the cost of regular high school attendance. |
Completed;
Year Funded: 1985
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