Summarizes a study of the Seamless Summer Food Waiver, a federal initiative to help school food authorities reach more hungry children in low-income areas during the summer months. Concludes that, on operational grounds alone, the waiver is worth considering as an ongoing policy, since school...

The learning capacity of older adults has direct, practical implications for professionals trying to educate older people and their families about health care services and benefits, especially in Medicare. This issue brief discusses how older people learn and explores research from the field of...

Privatizing welfare services poses significant challenges to state and local agencies. This study of TANF case management privatization in six states looks at issues such as deciding the size and scope of contracts, selecting contractors, promoting competition, ensuring effective and fair...

Provides design and implementation lessons for states thinking about adopting a Cash and Counseling program. The lessons are based on the experiences of the Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey programs. Areas discussed include outreach and enrollment, use of consumer representatives, development...

This report from a series on benefits and premiums in Medicare+Choice plans updates existing analyses of trends from 1999 to reflect 2003 changes. It also looks at the scope of benefits available nationally, geographic variation, benefits and premiums in PPO demonstration plans, and the...