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Erroneous Payments in the NSLP and SBP Volume II Sampling and Data Analysis Appendices: NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study

Michael Ponza, Philip M. Gleason, Eric Grau, John Hall, Lara Hulsey and Quinn Moore

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Arkansas PROMISE Process Analysis Report

Todd Honeycutt, Brittney Gionfriddo, Jacqueline Kauff, Joseph Mastrianni, Nicholas Redel and Adele Rizzuto

Practitioner’s Playbook for Applying Behavioral Insights to Labor Programs

Matthew Darling, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Samia Amin, Irma Perez-Johnson, Greg Chojnacki and Mikia Manley

Exploring Fathering Roles in Low-Income Families: The Influence of Intergenerational Transmission

Jeffrey Shears, Jean Ann Summers, Kimberly Boller and Gina Barclay-McLaughlin

Design of the CMS Medical Home Demonstration

Myles Maxfield, Deborah Peikes, Rachel Shapiro, Hongmai Pham, Ann O'Malley, Sarah Scholle and Phyllis Torda

Implementing a Whole Health Model in a Community Mental Health Center: Impact on Service Utilization and Expenditures

Ellen E. Bouchery, Allison Wishon Siegwarth, Brenda Natzke, Jennifer Lyons, Rachel Miller, Henry T. Ireys, Jonathan D. Brown, Elena Argomaniz and Rochelle Doan

Barriers to Evidence-Based Physician Decision-Making at the Point of Care: A Narrative Literature Review

Kara Contreary, Anna Collins and Eugene C. Rich

Clinical Quality Measurement (Fact Sheet)

Cindy Cullen and Sam Simon

Integrating Care for Dual Eligibles in New York: Issues and Options

James M. Verdier, Jenna Libersky and Jessica Gillooly

The Road to Trans-Inclusive Health Care: Policy Implications and the Critical Role of Social Work

Corinne P. Lewis

Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations Program Snapshot: MyGoals

Kristen Joyce and Sheena McConnell

TANF Caseload Survey: Common Instrument

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Spotlight on Georgia

Grace Anglin and Adam Swinburn

The Medigap Market: Product and Pricing Trends, 1999-2001

Deborah Chollet

The Effects of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth

Julia Alamillo, Lane Ritchie and Robert G. Wood

Families on a Fault Line? The Risk of Poverty When a Child Joins the Home

Marybeth J. Mattingly, Andrew Schaefer and Douglas J. Gagnon

Medicaid Managed Care and Working-Age Beneficiaries with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses

Henry T. Ireys, Craig Thornton and Hunter McKay

Funding Special Education by Capitation: Evidence from State Finance Reforms

Elizabeth Dhuey and Stephen Lipscomb

The Effects of a Principal Professional Development Program Focused on Instructional Leadership (Study Highlights)

Mariesa Herrmann, Melissa Clark, Susanne James-Burdumy, Christina Tuttle, Tim Kautz, Virginia Knechtel, Dallas Dotter, Claire Smither Wulsin and John Deke

Association Between Imposition of a Maintenance of Certification Requirement and Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Hospitalizations and Health Care Costs

Bradley M. Gray, Jonathan L. Vandergrift, Mary M. Johnston, James D. Reschovsky, Lorna A. Lynn, Eric S. Holmboe, Jeffrey S. McCullough and Rebecca S. Lipner

A Mobile Tool for Health Workers: Promising Results in Bihar, India

Evan Borkum, Dana Rotz and Anu Rangarajan

Performance Measurement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Modernization Initiatives: Integrated Report

Laura Castner, Amy Wodarek O'Reilly, Kevin Conway, Maura Bardos and Emily Sama-Miller

A Focused Look at Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants That Have Percentages of English Language Learner Students

Laura Golden, Barbara Harris, Diana Mercado-Garcia, Andrea Boyle, Kerstin Carlson Le Floch and Jennifer O'Day

A Descriptive Analysis of Older Adults in Houston/Harris County, Texas

William Black, Randall Brown, Karen CyBulski and John Hall

Spring 2012 School Administrator Survey

Various Authors

Watching the Clock Tick: Factors Associated with TANF Accumulation

Kristin S. Seefeldt and Sean M. Orzol

What Do We Know About the Link Between Marriage and Health?

Heather L. Koball, Emily Moiduddin, Jamila Henderson, Brian Goesling and Melanie Besculides

Reliability of the Deployment Resiliency Assessment

Samuel E. Simon, Kate Stewart, Michelle Kloc, Thomas V. Williams and Margaret C. Wilmoth

The Santa Clara County Healthy Kids Program: Impacts on Children's Medical, Dental, and Vision Care

Christopher Trenholm, Embry M. Howell, Dana Hughes and Sean Orzol

Social Health Maintenance Organizations: Transition into the Medicare+Choice Program

Judith Wooldridge, Randall Brown, Leslie Foster, Sheila Hoag, Carol Irvin. Robert L. Kane, Robert Newcomer, Barbara Schneider and Kenneth D. Smith

Practice Workflows, Reporting Time, and Implementation Experiences Associated with PVRP

Angela Merrill

Parent Partners: Evaluation of a Novel Peer-Support Intervention for the Caregivers of Children Hospitalized for Behavioral Health Conditions

Eric J. Lammers, Joseph S. Zickafoose, G. Greg Peterson, Laura Blue, Kate A. Stewart and Keith Kranker

Using Data-Driven Reflection to Improve Program Quality: New York City's Human Resources Administration Redesigns Its Upfront Assessment Process for Youth and Families Receiving Cash Assistance

Michelle K. Derr, Erin Welch, Angela Ghesquiere, Edith Kealey, Dina Zagari-LiMandri, Lyndsey Richardson, Genesis Reyes, Samantha Palermo, Alexandra Stanczyk, Joseph O’Brien and Brittany Tabora

After-Hours Care and Its Coordination with Primary Care in the U.S

Ann S. O'Malley, Divya Samuel, Amelia M. Bond and Emily Carrier

Study of Teacher Coaching Based on Classroom Videos: Impacts on Student Achievement and Teachers’ Practices

Melissa Clark, Jeffrey Max, Susanne James-Burdumy, Silvia Robles, Moira McCullough, Paul Burkander and Steven Malick

An Evaluation of the Federal Supplemental Compensation Program

Walter Corson, Jean Grossman and Walter Nicholson

Exploring and Overcoming the Challenges Primary Care Practices Face with Care Management of High-Risk Patients in CPC+: A Mixed-Methods Study

Tricia Collins Higgins, Ann O'Malley and Rosalind Keith

Effects of Medicaid Disease Management Programs on Medical Expenditures: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Georgia

Keith Kranker

Predicting Preschooler Obesity at Birth: The Role of Maternal Obesity in Early Pregnancy

Robert C. Whitaker

An Evaluation of Short-Time Compensation Programs

Stuart Kerachsky, Walter Nicholson, Edward Cavin and Alan Hershey

Impacts of Waiting Periods for Home- and Community-Based Services on Consumers and Medicaid Costs in Iowa (Presentation)

Greg Peterson, Randy Brown and Allison Barrett

Integrated Appeal and Grievance Processes for Integrated D-SNPs with “Exclusively Aligned Enrollmentâ€

Ryan Stringer and Alena Tourtellotte

Vermont's Progressive Employment Program: A Preliminary Impact Analysis

David R. Mann, David C. Stapleton and Alice Porter

Work-Related Overpayment and Benefit Suspension Experiences of Federal Disability Beneficiaries

Marisa Shenk and Gina Livermore

Supporting Quality in Home-Based Child Care

Diane Paulsell, Toni Porter and Gretchen Kirby

Estimating the Incidence of Unintended Births and Pregnancies at the Sub-State Level to Inform Program Design

Keith Kranker, Sarah Bardin, So O'Neil and Dara Lee Luca

Human Services for Low-Income and At-Risk LGBT Populations: An Assessment of the Knowledge Base and Research Needs

Andrew Burwick, Gary Gates, Scott Baumgartner and Daniel Friend

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 4 Slides: NSF)

Cynthia Phillips, Rebecca Kruse, Amanda Cash and Dan Finkelstein

Reforming Medicaid: The Experiences of Five Pioneering States with Mandatory Managed Care and Eligibility Expansions

Randall Brown, Judith Wooldridge, Sheila Hoag and Lorenzo Moreno

Collaborating with Faith- and Community-Based Organizations: Lessons Learned from 12 Workforce Investment Boards

Diane Paulsell, Jeffrey Max, Michelle Derr and Andrew Burwick

Strategies to Ensure HITECH Supports the Patient-Centered Medical Home

Lorenzo Moreno, Deborah Peikes and Amy Krilla

Average Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs for Medicare+Choice Enrollees Increase 10 Percent in 2003

Marsha Gold and Lori Achman

Factors Contributing to Variations in Physicians' Use of Evidence at The Point of Care: A Conceptual Model

James D. Reschovsky, Eugene C. Rich and Timothy K. Lake

Experiences of Germany and the Netherlands in Serving Transition-Age Youth

Todd Honeycutt and Lorenzo Moreno

Welfare Policy in Transition: Redefining the Social Contract for Poor Citizen Families with Children and for Immigrants

LaDonna Pavetti, Debra Strong and Ruchika Bajaj

An Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Substate Area Extended Benefit Program

John L. Czajka, Sharon K. Long, Walter Nicholson, Susan Allin, Ann Huff and Charles Post

What Can We Learn from County-Level Variation in Child SSI Participation Rates?

Purvi Sevak and Lucie Schmidt

Implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Synthesis of State Evaluations

Margo Rosenbach, Marilyn Ellwood, Carol Irvin, Cheryl Young, Wendy Conroy, Brian Quinn and Megan Kell

Participant and Provider Outcomes Since the Inception of Ticket to Work and the Effects of the 2008 Regulatory Changes

Jody Schimmel, David Stapleton, David R. Mann and Dawn Phelps

National and State Program Participation Ratios for Working-Age People with Disabilities

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Stapleton

Cyclical Fluctuations in Strike Activity

Sheena McConnell

Determining Performance Benchmarks for a Medicaid Value-Based Payment Program (Presentation)

So O'Neil, Ella Douglas-Durham, Jon Collins, Pat Jones and Alicia Cooper

Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program: New Estimates and Prospects for Growth

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Valarie A. Piper

Parental Report of Outdoor Playtime as a Measure of Physical Activity in Preschool-Aged Children

Hilary L. Burdette, Robert C. Whitaker and Stephen R. Daniels

Wastewater Surveillance of Pathogens can Inform Public Health Responses

Megan B. Diamond, Aparna Keshaviah, Ana I. Bento, Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Erin M. Driver, Katherine B. Ensor, Rolf U. Halden, Loren P. Hopkins, Katrin G. Kuhn, Christine L. Moe, Eric C. Rouchka, Ted Smith, Bradley S. Stevenson, Zachary Susswein, Jason R. Vogel, Marlene K. Wolfe, Lauren B. Stadler and Samuel V. Scarpino

Effectiveness of Four Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions

Susanne James-Burdumy, John Deke, Russell Gersten, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Rebecca Newman-Gonchar, Joseph Dimino, Kelly Haymond and Albert Yung-Hsu Liu

Advancing the Self-Sufficiency and Well-Being of At-Risk Youth: A Conceptual Framework (Presentation)

M. Robin Dion

Methodological Approaches to Understanding Causes of Health Disparities

Neal Jeffries, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Ana V. Diez Roux, John W. Creswell, Richard C. Palmer, Steven E. Gregorich, James D. Reschovsky, Barry I. Graubard, Kelvin Choi, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Xinzhi Zhang and Nancy Breen

The Founding of an Urban Charter School: Three Years of Academic Growth and Key School Characteristics

Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Ava Madoff, Scott Richman, Matthew Johnson and Claudia Gentile

Mechanisms of Change in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Angela Fang, Gail Steketee, Aparna Keshaviah, Elizabeth Didie, Katharine A. Phillips and Sabine Wilhelm

Special Report: The Potential of Wastewater Testing for Public Health and Safety

Aparna Keshaviah and Editor

Market Developments Signal Cost Hikes in Greenville

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Jon B. Christianson, Linda R. Brewster, Ashley C. Short, Richard Sorian, Robert E. Hurley, Lawrence D. Brown and Jessica H. May

Building Strong Families: From Concept to Reality

Debra A. Strong, Alan M. Hershey and M. Robin Dion

Improvement Efforts in Rural Schools: Experience of Nine Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants

Linda Rosenberg, Megan Davis Christianson and Megan Hague Angus

Identifying Effective Health Care Services for Adults with Disabilities: Why Study Designs and Outcome Measures Matter

Debra Lipson, Matthew Kehn and Jeffrey Ballou

Do Investments in Local Public Health Infrastructure Improve Community Health? Findings from the National Public Health Performance Standards Program

Glen P. Mays, Megan McHugh, Kyumin Shim, Natalie Perry, Paul Halverson, Dennis Lenaway, Sergey Sotnikov and Ramal Moonesinghe

Applying Advocacy Skills in Tumultuous Times: Adaptive Capacity of Insuring America's Children Grantees (Executive Summary)

Jung Y. Kim, Victoria Peebles and Christopher A. Trenholm

Electronic Health Records and Support for Primary Care Teamwork

Ann S. O'Malley, Kevin Draper, Rebecca Gourevitch, Dori A. Cross and Sarah Hudson Scholle

The Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care

Deborah Peikes, Janice Genevro, Sarah Scholle and Phyllis Torda

The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on Transition WORKS

Thomas Fraker, Alison Black, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Bonnie O'Day, Meghan O'Toole, Anu Rangarajan and Debbie Reed

Societal Costs of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the United States

Dara Lee Luca, Nellie Garlow, Colleen Staatz, Caroline Margiotta and Kara Zivin

Factors Associated with Disparities in Hospital Readmission Rates Among US Adults Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid

David Silvestri, Demetri Goutos, Anouk Lloren, Sheng Zhou, Guohai Zhou, Thalia Farietta, Sana Charania, Jeph Herrin, Alon Peltz, Zhenqiu Lin and Susannah Bernheim

Enticing Dually Eligible Beneficiaries to Enroll in Integrated Care Plans

Debra J. Lipson and Erin Weir Lakhmani

Best Practices in Ensuring Data Quality in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)

Sarah Friese, Kathryn Tout and Gretchen Kirby

Cash and Counseling: An Innovative Model for Consumer Choice

Randall S. Brown

Medicare Beneficiaries and Choice in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, 2000

Marsha Gold, Cheryl Young and Beth Stevens

Measuring Teacher Effectiveness in Memphis

Eric Isenberg

Analysis of Children's Health Insurance Patterns: Findings from the SIPP

John L. Czajka

Dynamics of WIC Program Participation by Infants and Children, 2001 to 2003

Laura Castner, James Mabli and Julie Sykes

Promoting Family Engagement, Stability, and Well-Being Through Youth-Enrichment Grants

Jonathan McCay and Lily Roberts

Selecting and Testing Measures of Self-Regulation Skills Among Low-Income Populations

Tim Kautz and Quinn Moore

Creating Paths to Father Involvement: Lessons from Early Head Start

Andrew Burwick and Jeanne Bellotti

Potential Effects of Program Changes on Food Stamp Program Error Rates

James C. Ohls and Jennifer Schore

Leading the Change: A Comparison of the Principal Supervisor Role in Principal Supervisor Initiative Districts and Other Urban Districts

Ellen B. Goldring, Laura K. Rogers and Melissa A. Clark

A More Diverse Teaching Force May Improve Educational Outcomes for Minority Students (Infographic)

Jeffrey Terziev

Long†Run Labor Market Effects of the Job Corps Program: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Experiment

Peter Z. Schochet

Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2005-2007 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor

Karen E. Cunnyngham, Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm

Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Design Plan Supplement: Interim Outcomes Evaluation

Jenna Libersky, Su Liu, Laura Ruttner, Anna Collins, Jonathan Geller and Carol Irvin

Combination Classes and Educational Achievement (Conference Paper)

Jaime Thomas

Making Effective Use of Postsecondary Data in K-12 Education Settings

Luke Heinkel, Kristin Hallgren, Brian Gill and Megan Shoji