Other Populations

This report analyzes new data from an experimental module to the 2006 Health and Retirement Study on assistive home features for near-elderly and older adults. In 2006, two-thirds of the population born in 1953 or earlier (ages 52 and older) had one or more assistive home features, about one-third added at least one of these features, and 40% used at least one feature in the last 30 days.

The number of individuals involved in the criminal justice system is at a historic high. There are almost 2.3 million individuals in U.S. jails and prisons and more than 798,000 people on parole.

Prepared for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)Administration for Children and Families/Office of Family Assistance

When Congress reformed the welfare system in 1996, major goals of the legislation were to increase employment and income of needy families and to decrease child poverty. Another major goal was to improve child outcomes through increased parental employment and earnings along with other provisions of welfare reform.

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation By: ASPE Staff June 2008

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Contents Data for Analysis Incidence of Unemployment UI Application UI Eligibility Receipt of UI Benefits Relationship between UI receipt and return to TANF

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Changes in Coverage in the Individual and Group Health Insurance Markets and the Effect of Health Status

Contents Key Findings Youth who age out of foster care continue to experience poor employment outcomes at age 24 Youth who age out of foster care tend to follow one of four employment trajectories as they transition to adulthood Positive outcomes at age 24