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

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