Helping students formulate career goals and prepare for successful careers continues to be an important educational objective pursued by many high schools. This report examines the challenges faced by a recent cohort of high school students as they sought to define and achieve their goals, the...

Discusses working TANF leavers' access to and participation in programs supporting (1) families' basic needs for items such as food and health insurance; (2) parents' efforts to work, by providing child care, transportation, and income supplements; and (3) workers' efforts to keep their jobs and...

This congressionally mandated analysis of state evaluations provides the first comprehensive picture of the early years of the SCHIP program, using a standardized framework developed to facilitate cross-state comparisons. For all 50 states, the report describes program implementation and...

This two-page brief is based on a study of the Interim Payment System, which temporarily modified the cost reimbursement system used for Medicare home health care while a prospective payment system was developed. Although IPS led to substantial savings to Medicare, it also led to substantial...

This report summarizes state policy choices with regard to TANF sanctions for failure to comply with work requirements, including the structure and stringency of sanctions, their cost, context in which they are applied, and strategies to encourage compliance. In addition, the report reviews the...

Provides a comprehensive profile of the program, including grantees and participants, services provided, and performance objectives and outcomes, using data from 1999-2000. Notes that between 25 and 41 percent of participants receiving an undergraduate degree in 1998-1999 were enrolled in a...