Laudan Y. Aron and Krista K. Olson The Urban Institute March 1997
Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)
The Office of Human Services Policy (HSP) strives to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families and break down silos across government. It does so by providing timely, actionable, cross-cutting policy analysis and research, and by leading cross-government coordination to address urgent human services challenges. The office works closely with federal, state, local, and private sector partners on issues including economic mobility and employment, child poverty and well-being, child welfare, family strengthening and fatherhood, early childhood education, youth development, community initiatives, child support, recidivism, and homelessness.
HSP advises the ASPE and other HHS leadership on human services policy matters. It leads and actively participates in interagency initiatives to align federal programming; conducts policy analysis and other research on human services and related issues; shares findings with and provides technical assistance to a diverse range of stakeholders; and coordinates development of HHS’s human services legislative proposals. HSP serves as a liaison with other agencies on broad economic matters and is the Department’s lead on poverty measurement.
The Office of Human Services Policy has three divisions:
- The Division of Children and Youth Policy focuses on policies related to the well-being of children and youth, including early childhood education and child welfare, and leads the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council and the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs.
- The Division of Family and Community Policy covers policies to strengthen low-income families and communities and address barriers to economic mobility. The division leads the Interagency Council on Economic Mobility.
- The Division of Data and Technical Analysis provides data analytic capacity for policy development through data collection activities, secondary data analysis, modeling, and cost analyses. The Division also issues annual updates to the poverty guidelines and reports to Congress on indicators of welfare dependence.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy: Miranda Lynch-Smith
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy: Jennifer Burnszynski
Reports
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A How-to Guide Work First How to Implement an Employment-Focused Approach to Welfare Reform Amy Brown Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment for Parents and Welfare Recepients: Outcomes, Costs and Benefits
Final report
Prepared under Contract HHS-100-95-0036
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
A National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Despite the recent decline in the teen birth rate, teen pregnancy remains a significant problem in this country. Most teen pregnancies are unintended. Each year, about 200,000 teens aged 17 and younger have children. Their babies are often low birth weight and have disproportionately high infant mortality rates. They are also far more likely to be poor.
Approaches to Evaluating Welfare Reform: Lessons from Five State Demonstrations
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence in Six Communities: Beyond the Justice System
by Sandra J. Clark, Martha R. Burt, Margaret M. Schulte and Karen Maguire of the Urban Institute for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, October, 1996.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343
Core Dataset Project: Child Welfare Service Histories
By Robert Goerge, John Van Voorhis, Lisa Sanfilippo, and Allen Harden Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago April 8, 1996