As state and federal agencies strive to meet the growing needs of people with disabilities while using fewer resources, better disability data are needed for monitoring and improving the health, economic status, and overall well-being of this population. A report by staff from the Center for...

Summary for publication WelfaretoWork Transitions for Parents of Infants InDepth Study of Eight Communities

Variation in treatment effects has important implications for education practice—and for facilitating the most efficient use of limited resources—by informing decisions about how best to target interventions and how to improve the design or implementation of interventions....

Examines M+C participation issues from the perspective of eight national firms that account for more than 70 percent of M+C enrollment nationwide. Notes that M+C products generally do not represent a major line of business for most firms, with the exception of Humana and PacifiCare, where M+C...

These tables provide statistics for all analyses in the research report.

Mathematica's evaluation looked at early childhood developing programming, policy development, and investments; (2) efforts to enhance infrastructure to expand and sustain investments in service quality and support parent choice and decision making; and (3) efforts to integrate programs and...

Previous efforts by Congress to expand the role of private plans in Medicare have met with limited success. Although the same fate may befall Medicare Advantage, the political environment has changed, and powerful political interests now support Medicare privatization. Only time will tell...