Argues that we do not yet have a menu of program options for helping students at risk of dropping out and suggests a way to identify approaches that program developers can use while efforts to develop a stronger scientific basis for new programs continue.

Presents 18 months of follow-up data on families whose TANF cases closed because of the time limit in early 1998 and early 1999. Finds that nearly all parents worked, mainly at low-paying jobs, but average hours, hourly wages, and total earnings increased over time, with 21 percent reporting...

The role of private health plans in Medicare expanded substantially in 2004 under the Medicare Modernization Act, which builds on plan experience under Medicare+Choice, created in 1997 to offer more managed care choices for beneficiaries and recently renamed Medicare Advantage. Although sponsors...

Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP), funded by First 5 LA, sought to make voluntary, high-quality preschool available to every 4-year-old in Los Angeles County. To achieve high-quality preschools, LAUP provided a number of services, including coaching, to both the center-based and family...

Many of the findings from this analysis of employer responses to the parity law run counter to popular perceptions. Even though many employer organizations are wary of mental health and substance abuse parity, most Vermont employers were satisfied with the parity law overall. Employers did not...

Using data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), this report for the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides a portrait of children entering Head Start for the...

Focuses on trends before and after welfare reform, and through the economic expansion of the 1990s, as well as trends for different subgroups and the eligible population as a whole. Notes that the number of participants fell by 9 million, or 35 percent, from September 1994 to September 1999....