Authors in this paper, published in the Health Affairs journal, provide estimates of the rates across States for participating children as well as uninsured eligible children. Nationally, 7.3 million were uninsured on any given day in 2008, and…

As a strategy to provide asset-based training for caseworkers and serve New Mexico's growing population of individuals with substance abuse barriers, New Mexico Works requested a substance abuse case management training, with a focus on…

This journal article from the journal Psychiatric Services describes a study that identified Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) recipients who use mental health services, compared them with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients,…

From the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, this report provides findings from the implementation evaluation of Head Start programs that participated in the "I Am Moving, I Am Learning"…

This study sought to examine the effect of prenatal poverty on the birth weight of infants (as birth weight can be a predictor for a range of outcomes for children) and subsequently, the effect that work-based welfare assistance, such as the EITC…

This study assessed the relationship between the stage of breast cancer diagnosis and the area-level poverty in which the women lived when mammography screening was offered at no cost (author abstract). The conclusions showed that women who had more…

This document provides the findings from a six-year study conducted in New York City on the ability of substance abusing TANF participants to obtain a job and remain employed. It was found that the overwhelming majority of substance abusing…

This kit is available from The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in a DVD/CD-ROM version via post mail, or sections can be downloaded via the weblink. The kit provides practice principles about integrated…