Policy & Practice articles from September 2001

Policy & Practice archives from September 2001

Letter from the Executive Director.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... This September marks my 31st year of service in the field of public human services, and I am deeply honored to begin a new chapter in my career as APHSA's executive director. Through the years, I have been privileged to hold leadership...

Inside Story.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... For years, such organizations as Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services, and the Salvation Army have worked with the federal government to provide services to abused and neglected children, the elderly, the unemployed, and individuals...

Applying the Military Model to Improve Child Care in Every State, for Every Child.
September 1, 2001... Just a decade ago, child care in the military was plagued by problems that are all too familiar to civilian families today. After ending the draft and instituting an all-volunteer force in the 1970s, the military experienced significant...

New Mexico An E-Government Solution.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... New Mexico's Child Support Enforcement Division has established paternity for more than 16,000 children in the state. In addition, the division collected more than $52,000,000 in child support owed to families--a 15 percent increase from last...

ALABAMA.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Fine Money Goes Unused The Birmingham News Alabama has $1.4 million in fines levied against nursing homes sitting largely dormant in an account. That is because the state does not have a plan for how to distribute the money, state...

MAINE.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Court Backs Maine Drug Price Curbs The Washington Post A federal appeals court cleared the way for Maine to impose price controls on prescription drugs if pharmaceutical companies refuse to provide a discount for thousands of uninsured...

New York Medicaid To Be Restored for Thousands.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... New York Times New York city and state agreed to pay back the medical expenses and restore health care coverage to thousands of poor families who were wrongly cut from Medicaid when they were dropped from the welfare rolls. Officials began...

WASHINGTON, D.C.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Adoption Funds Headed to D.C. Agencies The Washington Post When Congress put an unexpected $5 million into the city's budget in November 1999 for adoption services, D.C. officials were elated. Because of legislative baffles, however,...

Faith-Based Organizations and Welfare Reform.(Interview)
September 1, 2001... President Bush's proposal for "faith-based" solutions to the nation's social problems has raised questions for many who fear the government's power and resources could be used to break down the wall separating church and state. At the same...

CATS: A Real-Wold Laboratory.
September 1, 2001... You're on deadline--and a child's future is at stake. You may be a social worker dealing with evidence of abuse and neglect in a family. Or you may be a judge about to decide whether to terminate a parent's rights. Or you may be a state...

Local Public-Nonprofit Partnerships: Getting Better Results.
September 1, 2001... Public -- nonprofit partnerships seem ideal for improving human services. Nonprofit organizations can fill service gaps, reduce government costs, and respond better to consumers (Salamon, 1995; Smith and Lipsky, 1993). Public agencies can...

New Approaches to Child Support Arrears.
September 1, 2001... Across the country, unpaid child support debt is a serious problem. In fact, it appears about one-half of all open child support enforcement cases have accrued debt. Understandably, states are concerned about carrying the accrued debt and the...

Activating the Unemployed.(Review)
September 1, 2001... By Neil Gilbert and Rebecca A. Van Voorhis , editors The last decade has witnessed a conspicuous alteration in policies protecting unemployed people in modern welfare states. Social policies are increasingly designed to encourage economic...

Children Who Could Have Been: The Legacy of Child Welfare in Wealthy America.(Review)
September 1, 2001... By William M. Epstein Explores the failure of the public child welfare system in America. The author analyzes in detail the decay of the child welfare system through the case histories of two children who have spent their lives in and out...

Aging, Rights, and Quality of Life: Prospects for Older People with Developmental Disabilities.(Review)
September 1, 2001... By Stanley S. Herr and Germain Weber Presents international research on advances made in human rights and quality assurance in service delivery for older adults with developmental disabilities. With comprehensive research and illuminating...

Who Returns to Work and Why?(Review)
September 1, 2001... By Frank S. Bloch and Rienk Prins Examines a wide range of interventions directed at work incapacity and reintegration that are used currently by social security institutions, health care providers, and employers. Available from...

Into the Promised Land: Issues Facing the Welfare State.(Review)
September 1, 2001... By Asher Ben-Arieh and John Gal Features essays by leading researchers on issues of major importance to all welfare states, alongside a special focus on developments in the Israeli welfare state. By focusing on the politics and making of...

Our Do'ers Profile.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Vera W. Blakes In "Our Do'ers Profile," we highlight some of the hard-working and talented individuals in the public human services field. This issue features Vera Blakes of the Louisiana Department of Social Services in Baton Rouge. She...