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Download full textMDRC, 2017
As the first major effort to use a behavioral economics lens to examine human services programs that serve poor and vulnerable families in the United States, the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project demonstrated the value of applying behavioral insights to improve the efficacy of human services programs. The BIAS…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Human Services, Children
Puma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Shapiro, Gary; Broene, Pam; Jenkins, Frank; Fletcher, Philip; Quinn, Liz; Friedman, Janet; Ciarico, Janet; Rohacek, Monica; Adams, Gina; Spier, Elizabeth – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
This Technical Report is designed to provide technical detail to support the analysis and findings presented in the "Head Start Impact Study Final Report" (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, January 2010). Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Head Start Impact Study and its findings. Chapter 2 provides technical information on the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Income Groups, Kindergarten
PDF pending restorationYette, Rebecca; And Others – 1994
This report describes clients who were served by the Washington State Department of Social Health Services (DSHS) from July, 1991, through June, 1992. The 1992 Washington State Legislative District Boundaries were used. The report provides data on the following: (1) how many unduplicated clients from each Legislative District used each division…
Descriptors: Human Services, Program Effectiveness, Social Services, State Agencies
MKGK, Inc., San Francisco, CA. – 1980
This report presents an assessment of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) services delivery to American Samoans residing in California, Hawaii, and American Samoa. The evaluation includes analyses of human services needs, resources, and delivery. The effectiveness of human services delivery was assessed using interviews with Samoan…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Delivery Systems, Human Services, Needs Assessment
Martinson, Karin; Hendra, Richard – MDRC, 2006
This report presents an assessment of the implementation and the two-year impacts of a program in Texas that aimed to promote job placement, employment retention, and advancement among applicants and recipients to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The program in Texas is part of the Employment Retention and Advancement…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Labor Market, Job Placement, Human Services
York, Robert – 1991
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the effectiveness of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program by examining the characteristics of the clients served in 1988, the services they received, and their employment outcomes. The study report was slated to be completed in early 1992. In testimony before Congress, a GAO representative…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Services, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Minnesota Department of Education, 2004
A large and growing body of research supports the critical relationship between early childhood experiences and successful life-long outcomes. Assessing the readiness of children as they enter school is a high priority. This report describes findings from Year Two of the assessment of school readiness with a larger random sample of children…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Recognition (Achievement), Kindergarten, Human Services
Einspruch, Eric; Deck, Dennis; Grover, Jane; Hahn, Karen – 2001
The state of Washington implemented the Readiness to Learn program as part of the state's Family Policy Initiative. The primary goal of the program is to serve as a formal link between education and human services by authorizing grants to local school-linked, community-based consortia to develop and implement strategies that ensure children arrive…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, High Risk Students
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
In this report, the General Accounting Office (GAO) examined how different states are implementing the work requirements and time limits called for by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Data were collected from site visits in 4 states, telephone interviews with TANF officials in 8 additional states, and a survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
