This brief, the fourth in a series that presents findings from the Administration on Aging's National Survey of Older Americans Act Program Participants, explores the prevalence of and challenges associated with multiple chronic conditions among program participants.

Notes that families leaving welfare in spring 1999 were doing slightly better financially two years after leaving than they had been one year earlier, but more than half still had income around the poverty line. In addition, some families were experiencing hardships such as hunger and housing...

Summarizes the largest federal study ever conducted of dropout prevention programs, finding three promising models: alternative middle and high schools for those at risk of dropping out, programs aimed at helping older students earn a GED, and whole-school restructuring efforts aimed at dropout...