This article examines the availability of child care in outpatient substance abuse treatment facilities and whether certain facility characteristics were associated with child care availability. Using data from the 2008 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, 6.5 percent of...

Managed care plans—pressured by a variety of marketplace forces that have been intensifying over the past two years—are making important shifts in their overall business strategy. For example, they are moving to offer less restrictive managed care products and product features that...

In 2007, the state of Minnesota considered establishing a Health Insurance Exchange to serve small groups and individuals, facilitating access to coverage, choice among insurance products, portability of coverage, and affordability. Mathematica studied the coverage, cost, and fiscal impacts of a...

The Social Security Administration established the TTW program to put disability beneficiaries on the road to economic self-sufficiency by improving access to and quality of services that will help them work. This interim report looks at the program during its first two years of operation to...

Presentation for the International Blaise User Conference, Gatieau, Quebec, Canada.

Describes promising strategies for building community collaborations and partnerships, as well as preliminary themes that may be helpful for programs, communities, and policymakers interested in developing, implementing, and supporting child care partnerships. Focusing on Early Head Start, the...

Notes that over half of the households receiving food stamps in 2001 contained children, 28 percent contained people with disabilities, and 20 percent contained elderly individuals. The average monthly benefit was $163 per household, and almost half of all food stamp households were located in...

In his presidential address before the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) fall research conference in early November, Mathematica CEO Paul Decker explored the nexus between policymaking, public management, and evidence-based research.