This issue brief reviews the experience of Healthy Start programs in setting up case management programs, noting that outreach and advocacy were program strengths. In addition, including community lay workers as part of case management teams was feasible; these workers helped identify and enroll...

Summarizes initial findings from an ongoing five-year evaluation of Ready To Learn, a public broadcasting initiative to help enhance children's readiness for school. Notes that Ready To Learn's outreach to the community is diverse and conducted by experienced professionals. Also suggests that...

Assesses the effects of employment on family well-being for current and former TANF recipients in Iowa who gained employment. Finds that when parents were employed, they reported aggregate improvements in family income, standard of living, parental self-esteem, parenting skills, and how their...

Testimony notes that the Medigap market is not a good source of coverage for prescription drugs, and there are many reasons to expect that it will become much worse. Discusses advantages that Medicare coverage of prescription drugs may offer to policyholders and insurers in the Medigap market.

Provides a statistical profile of Medicare's disabled population, highlighting socioeconomic and health and functional characteristics that policymakers need to consider to better meet this group's needs.

Although children in foster care may suffer physical, emotional, or developmental problems because of prior abuse or neglect, little is known about the adequacy of the health care services they receive. Notes that they have disproportionately high Medicaid expenditures and are more likely to...

Describes the results of an institutional analysis that looked at the effects of the program on the schools and school system. Finds that parents with children in private schools believe these schools are more responsive and committed. Parents of children in both public and private schools are...