Post on 31-Dec-2015
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AcademyHealth 2004 Research Meeting
ASPE Human Services Policy Research Agenda
Ann McCormick
Office of Human Services PolicyASPE/DHHS
Office of Human Services Policy Welfare Poverty Data and technical analysis Children and youth
Human Services PolicyResearch Areas Income & poverty Welfare & work Family formation & healthy marriage Children & youth Indicators & databases Homeless and other special
populations
Human Services Research Priorities Encouraging work and self-sufficiency Promoting healthy marriage and strong families Expanding state flexibility and accountability Removing barriers for faith-based and
community-based organizations Ending chronic homelessness Improving reading and school readiness Preventing teen risk behaviors Protecting children and youth Improving child, youth, and family well-being
Encouraging Work and Self-Sufficiency State studies of the TANF caseload Evaluation of interventions for
substance abusers Impact of children’s health needs on
mothers’ employment Enhanced services for the hard-to-
employ
Ending Chronic Homelessness Access to behavioral and primary
care services Evaluation of collaborative initiative Effectiveness of discharge planning Families and children
Preventing Teen Risk Behaviors Evaluations of abstinence education Maternity group homes State efforts to reduce nonmarital
births
Protecting Children and Youth Domestic violence and child
maltreatment Health care services for children in
foster care Substance abuse in the child welfare
population Statutory rape laws
Improving Child, Youth, and Family Well-Being State practices in medical child
support coordination Health care coverage among child
support-eligible children Paternity establishment
Poverty Measurement Material hardship Poverty research centers
Resources For reports and information on
ongoing work, visit our website http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/index.shtml
For notification of HHS research publications, etc., send e-mail to: listserv@list.nih.gov, type in SUBSCRIBE ASPE-HSP-NEWS-L