This report describes the design and development of the first MAX Enrollee Master file for 2005 and 2006. This file gives researchers a more effective means of linking Medicaid records over time and across states.

Comprehensive teacher induction provides novice teachers with carefully selected and trained full-time mentors, as well as a curriculum of intensive and structured support. This report presents the first round of results from a large-scale randomized controlled study of the effects of two...

This study identified Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients (that is, welfare recipients) who use mental health services, compared them with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, and estimated the number of TANF recipients who might qualify for SSI.

A new Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) chartbook summarizes the Medicaid program and the MAX data system. Developed for state Medicaid directors, policymakers, researchers, and others interested in the Medicaid program, the chartbook is a research tool and reference guide on Medicaid enrollees...

The 1996 welfare reform laws required parents under the age of 18 to live with their parents or an adult relative and enroll in school to be eligible for benefits. This article examines whether minor mothers were less likely to drop out of school and more likely to live with parents following...

This report, the eighth in Mathematica's Money Follows the Person series, identifies key factors that have contributed to and hindered state efforts to transition Medicaid enrollees to community living and rebalance their long-term care systems. Three crucial program elements are (1) effective...

This article found it is possible to use a variation of the Vanderbilt Therapeutic Alliance Scale (VTAS) to rate parent-provider interactions in pediatric primary care. Measuring therapeutic alliance may be a useful tool in evaluating interventions to improve the delivery of mental health...