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Screening and Assessment in TANF/Welfare to Work:
Ten Important Questions TANF Agencies and Their Partners Should Consider
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March 2001
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on policy development issues, and is responsible for major activities in the areas of legislative and budget development, strategic planning, policy research and evaluation, and economic analysis.
The office develops or reviews issues from the viewpoint of the Secretary, providing a perspective that is broader in scope than the specific focus of the various operating agencies. ASPE also works closely with the HHS operating divisions. It assists these agencies in developing policies, and planning policy research, evaluation and data collection within broad HHS and administration initiatives. ASPE often serves a coordinating role for crosscut-ting policy and administrative activities.
ASPE plans and conducts evaluations and research–both in-house and through support of projects by external researchers–of current and proposed programs and topics of particular interest to the Secretary, the Administration and the Congress.
OFFICE OF DISABILITY, AGING AND LONG-TERM CARE POLICY
The Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) is responsible for the development, coordination, analysis, research and evaluation of HHS policies and programs which support the independence, health and long-term care of persons with disabilities–children, working age adults, and older persons. The office is also responsible for policy coordination and research to promote the economic and social well-being of the elderly.
In particular, the office addresses policies concerning: nursing home and community-based services, informal caregiving, the integration of acute and long-term care, Medicare post-acute services and home care, managed care for people with disabilities, long-term rehabilitation services, children’s disability, and linkages between employment and health policies. These activities are carried out through policy planning, policy and program analysis, regulatory reviews, formulation of legislative proposals, policy research, evaluation and data planning.
This report was prepared under contract HHS-100-99-0003 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy, the Administration for Children and Families, and The Urban Institute. For additional information about this subject, you can visit the DALTCP home page at http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/home.htm or contact the ASPE Project Officer, William P. Marton, at HHS/ASPE/DALTCP, Room 424E, H.H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201. His e-mail address is: wmarton@osaspe.hhs.gov.
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