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This report investigates the availability of data with which to construct a typology of homeless families with the hope that such a typology would foster a better understanding of these families' characteristics, service needs, interactions with human services systems, and the dynamics of their use of emergency shelter and other services and assistance.

This ASPE Research Brief summarizes findings from a project examining the income and employment experiences of single mothers who left poverty. Nearly thirty percent of single mothers who left poverty were able to stay out of poverty during the next two years. These single mothers tended to be older, with older children.

January 10, 2008 Prepared by: RTI International Lauren McCormack, PhD, MSPH; Nancy Berkman, PhD; Karen Isenberg, MPH; Douglas Rupert, MPH; Jennifer Uhrig, PhD; Derek Brown, PhD; Leslie Greenwald, PhD, MPA

This report provides information on several proposed design components fo ran evaluation of the National Medicare Education Program, a program sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to educate and inform beneficiaries about the Medicare program and their choices for coverage.

Contents Research Questions and Methodology Current Use of Vouchers in the CCDF and TANF Programs Key Findings and Implications Areas for Further Exploration  

Contents Methods and Data Sources Portraits of Families Low-income families Low education families Single-headed families Nonwhite or Hispanic families Renter

By: Adam Carasso and Signe-Mary McKernan The Urban Institute