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Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Funding

Description: Federally supported child nutrition programs and related activities ā€” including school meal programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (the WIC program) ā€” reach over 37 million children and almost 2 million lower-income pregnant/postpartum women. In FY2004, anticipated spending on these programs is $16.6 billion, and the FY2004 appropriations law (P.L. 108-199) supports this spending level (although with new appropriations of a lesser amount, some $ā€¦ more
Date: August 3, 2004
Creator: Richardson, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Child Welfare: The Adoption Incentives Program

Description: This report provides background information and a description of the Adoption Incentives program, with references to recent legislative action, sizes of incentive payments earned, and adoption trends.
Date: March 8, 2004
Creator: Swenson, Kendall
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Welfare Reform: Comments from the Public on TANF Reauthorization

Description: This report presents a summary of the comments that were received by HHS in response to the Department's request, and is intended to convey a general sense of the views and opinions expressed. The report begins with an explanation of the methodology used for preparing this summary and a discussion of the categories of groups and individuals who submitted comments.
Date: December 28, 2004
Creator: Burke, Vee; Falk, Gene; Gish, Melinda; Harper, Shannon; Solomon-Fears, Carmen; Spar, Karen et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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How Medicaid Works: Program Basics

Description: Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that has been in existence for over 35 years. It provides primary and acute care as well as long-term care to over 40 million Americans at a cost to federal and state governments of approximately $258.2 billion in FY2002. Of all federally supported social programs, only Medicare comes close to this level of spending, and only Social Security costs more.
Date: February 7, 2004
Creator: Herz, Elicia J.; Hearne, Jean P.; Stone-Axelrad, Julie; Tritz, Karen; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Scott, Christine et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Child Welfare Issues in the 108th Congress

Description: The purpose of this report is to present a number of generally less broad legislative proposals related to child welfare financing have been introduced in the 108th Congress. Additional child welfare-related proposals designed to improve services, promote timely placement of children across state lines, and for other purposes, are described in this report.
Date: September 17, 2004
Creator: Stoltzfus, Emilie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Child Support Enforcement: New Reforms and Potential Issues

Description: P.L. 104-193 (the 1996 welfare reform legislation) made major changes to the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program. Some of the changes include requiring states to increase the percentage of fathers identified, establishing an integrated, automated network linking all states to information about the location and assets of parents, and requiring states to implement more enforcement techniques to obtain collections from debtor parents. Additional legislative changes were made in 1997, 1998, andā€¦ more
Date: January 15, 2004
Creator: Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Child Support Enforcement: New Reforms and Potential Issues

Description: P.L. 104-193 (the 1996 welfare reform law) made major changes to the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program. Some of the changes include requiring states to increase the percentage of fathers identified, establishing an integrated, automated network linking all states to information about the location and assets of parents, and requiring states to implement more enforcement techniques to obtain collections from debtor parents. Additional legislative changes were made in 1997, 1998, and 1999, bā€¦ more
Date: July 14, 2004
Creator: Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Under Medicaid

Description: Medicaid, a means-tested federal/state program that provides health care coverage to certain groups of individuals, requires that states continue Medicaid benefits for certain low-income families who would otherwise lose coverage because of changes in their income. This continuation of benefits is known as transitional medical assistance (TMA). The law permanently requires four months of TMA for families who lose Medicaid eligibility due to increased child or spousal support collections, as welā€¦ more
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Grady, April
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid Reimbursement Policy

Description: This report begins with a summary of basic federal requirements applicable to payments for all services and an overview of major developments in federal Medicaid reimbursement policy over the last 20 years. This overview provides a historical context for current policies and highlights some issues that have been perennial concerns for federal and state policymakers. The next four sections of the report provide a detailed discussion of Medicaid reimbursement for four basic categories of servicesā€¦ more
Date: November 2, 2004
Creator: Merlis, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reducing Teen Pregnancy: Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Programs

Description: Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about Adolescent Family Life (AFL) and Abstinence Education programs in regards to reducing teen pregnancy. Topics include, purpose of the programs, allowable projects, evaluations and research, etc.
Date: October 4, 2004
Creator: Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Education for the Disadvantaged: Overview of ESEA Title 1-A Amendments Under the No Child Left Behind Act

Description: Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) authorizes federal aid to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the education of disadvantaged children. Title I-A grants provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving and other pupils attending schools with relatively high concentrations of pupils from low-income families in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Title I-A is the largest federal elementary and secondary education assistance program, witā€¦ more
Date: October 28, 2004
Creator: Riddle, Wayne C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Education for the Disadvantaged: Overview of ESEA Title 1-A Amendments Under the No Child Left Behind Act

Description: This report provides an overview of aspects of ESEA Title I-A which were substantially amended by the NCLBA; elements of the program which are important but which were not substantially revised by the NCLBA (such as parental involvement requirements) are not discussed in this report. Other current and forthcoming reports will provide more detailed discussions and analyses of selected major aspects of the program, including pupil assessments,2 accountability, and allocation formulas. This reportā€¦ more
Date: April 6, 2004
Creator: Riddle, Wayne C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Supplemental Educational Services for Children from Low-Income Families Under ESEA Title I-A

Description: This report discusses supplemental educational services in the general sense, which include educational activities provided outside of normal school hours that are designed to augment or enhance the educational services provided during regular periods of instruction.
Date: February 24, 2004
Creator: Smole, David P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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