Development of Data, Surveys, & Indicators

This research brief, based on the National Survey of Adoptive Parents NSAP) and a comparison group drawn from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), presents data of adopted children and all U.S. children on selected indicators of school performance and family relationship quality.

Presented to: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20201 Presented by:

This literature review explores the constructs of community coalitions, their impacts, and sustainability. It also identifies how researchers, policymakers, and practitioners have defined and measured sustainability for community coalitions. This report is part of a larger study that is funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at the U.S.

This report addresses the process of constructing the sample frame for the National Survey of Residential Care Facilities, how well the final sample frame matches other estimates of the number of residential care facilities (RCFs) and beds/units, final modifications to the sample design, and recommendations for conducting future surveys.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Congressional Report on the Feasibility of Establishing a Uniform National Database on Elder Abuse March 2010 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2010/elderCR.pdf (62 PDF pages)

Adoption USA presents findings from the first nationally representative survey of adoptive parents in the United States. About two percent of U.S. children joined their families through adoption.