Administration/Implementation

Archived Publications

Jun 2004 Establishing a Web-Based Data Collection System for National School Lunch and National School Breakfast Program Data: Technical Report
May 2004 How Policy Changes Impact Enrollment: A Look at Three Counties
Apr 2004 Child and Family Services Reviews: Better Use of Data and Improved Guidance Could Enhance HHS's Oversight of State Performance
Feb 2004 Integrating TANF and WIA Into a Single Workforce System: An Analysis of Legal Issues
Feb 2004 Providing Comprehensive, Integrated Social Services to Vulnerable Children and Families: Are There Legal Barriers at the Federal Level to Moving Forward?
Jan 2004 Policies and Procedures in Benefit Programs: An Overview of the Opportunities and Challenges Under Current Federal Laws and Regulations
Jan 2004 Aligning Policies and Procedures in Benefit Programs: An Overview of the Opportunities and Challenges Under Current Federal Laws and Regulations
Jan 2004 Online Information About Key Low-Income Benefit Programs
Jan 2004 Supports For Low-Income Families: States Serve a Broad Range of Families through a Complex and Changing System
Jan 2004 Applying Online: Technological Innovation for Income Support Programs in Four States: Pennsylvania, Washington, California, and Georgia
Dec 2003 Child Welfare: States Face Challenges in Developing Information Systems and Reporting Reliable Child Welfare Data
Sep 2003 Outsourcing the Delivery of Human Services
Jul 2003 Feasibility and Accuracy of Record Linkage To Estimate Multiple Program Participation: Volume I, Record Linkage Issues and Results of the Survey of Food Assistance Information Systems
Jun 2003 Policy Into Action: Implementation Research and Welfare Reform (Edited by Mary Clare Lennon and Thomas Corbett. The Research Forum and the Institute for Research on Poverty released a volume on welfare reform implementation issues. Published by the Urban Institute Press. Click here for more information.)
Apr 2003 Making Work Pay: How to Design and Implement Financial Work Supports to Improve Family and Child Well-Being and Reduce Poverty
Mar 2003 The Health of the Human Services Workforce
Dec 2002 Service Delivery Challenges E-Government Can Tackle
Nov 2002 Countywide Evaluation of the Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan: Assessing the Utility of the LTFSS Plan Service Delivery and Planning Framework
Nov 2002 New Systems for Social Programs: First Impressions from Field Research on Local Implementation of Health Care, Food Stamps, and TANF
Oct 2002 Access to Income Supports for Working Families in Chicago
Oct 2002 The Vast Majority of Federally-Eligible Children Did Not Receive Child Care Assistance in FY 2000
Sep 2002 Implementing Welfare Reform across the Nation
Aug 2002 Work and Welfare Reform in New York City During the Giuliani Administration: A Study of Program Implementation
Jul 2002 Implementing Charitable Choice at the State and Local Levels
Jul 2002 Workforce Investment Act: States and Localities Increasingly Coordinate Services for TANF Clients, but Better Information Needed on Effective Approaches
Jun 2002 There's Got to be a Better Way: Information Technology and Human Service Programs
Nov 2001 Means-Tested Programs: Determining Financial Eligibility is Cumbersome and Can Be Simplified
Apr 2000 Inside Michigan Work First Programs
Nov 1999 Options for a National Database to Track Participation in Federal Means-Tested Public Assistance Programs: Report to Congress
Aug 1999 Changing the "Culture" of the Welfare Office: Report from Front-Line Workers
1999 Implementing the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996: A First Look
Aug 1997 Lone Star Image System Evaluation: Final Report
  Accessing TANF Assistance: A Survey of Low-Income Young Mothers in Chicago
  Evaluating Comprehensive State Welfare Reforms: The Wisconsin Works Program
  Extending the Reach of Randomized Social Experiments: New Directions in Evaluations of American Welfare-to-Work and Employment Initiatives
  Learning from Leaders: Welfare Reform Politics and Policy in Five Midwestern States
  The New World of Welfare: An Agenda for Reauthorization and Beyond
  Place, Race and Work: The Dynamics of Welfare Reform in Metropolitan Detroit
  Studies of Welfare Populations: Data Collection and Research Issues
  1998 Survey of Program Dynamics, Food Security Status Files
  Using Market Research to Improve Enrollment of Families Eligible for Medi-Cal and Healthy Families
  Welfare Reform: Challenges in Saving for a "Rainy Day"