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Human Services

Children

• Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) publications by topic:
  • Child Health Early Intervention Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Issues
  • Mother Child Health Issues
  • Childcare Issues
• Profile of Working Families with Children (pdf) - Research Brief 7 (March 2000), based on data from the Washington State Population Survey
• Child Care Rate Study - study of the process used by DSHS to set child care subsidy rates
• ChildStats - Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics web site

Employment and Unemployment

• The Employment Security Department, through the Workforce Explorer, provides analysis and downloadable data files on a variety of topics related to the Washington workforce at the state, county, and ZIP code level.
  • Download page - Current and historical information and data about employment, unemployment, mass layoffs, worker dislocation, unemployment insurance claimants
  • Unemployment Research & Statistics - from the Unemployment Insurance Division
• Similar information at the national and state level is available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Workers' Compensation Injury Data - from the Department of Labor and Industries

Public Assistance

• Going It Alone: Why Eligible Families Choose Not to Receive Public Benefits
• Child Care Subsidies and Arrangements: Why Low-Income Families Leave Working Connections - December 2004
• Washington WorkFirst
  • Washington WorkFirst Performance Measures - general information about Washington's welfare reform program as well as more specific information for different groups who have an interest in WorkFirst, such as employers, staff and program participants
  • WorkFirst Accountability
  • WorkFirst Research page - includes links to WorkFirst studies.
• DSHS Blue Book - This publication presents DSHS client service data at State, Regional And Community Service Office (CSO) levels in the program Areas of Grant Welfare (Including Food Stamps) and Children's Services. Data is presented at the state level for the Administrations of Aging & Adult Services and Medical Assistance.
• Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) research publications by topic:
  • Economic & Poverty Issues |  Employment Outcomes
• Forecasts (Caseload Forecast Council):
  • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
  • General Assistance
  • Medical Assistance
    • Categorically Needy Adults & Children
    • Aged, Blind & Disabled
    • Other

Long-Term Care

• Caseload Forecast Council forecasts:
  • Long-Term Care: Nursing Homes
  • Long-Term Care: Home & Community Services
• Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) publications by topic:
  • Aging & Disability Issues

Poverty

• Comparing Standards of Economic Distress
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines
• Poverty Topics
  Links to how the Census Bureau measures poverty; poverty thresholds; Census historical poverty tables: 1959-1989; poverty areas statistical brief; recent poverty measurement research; Health and Human Services poverty guidelines; Current Population Survey (CPS) poverty reports; Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) poverty reports; and more.
• How to Determine Persons in Poverty for Specific Age Groups (Excel®) - from the Census 2000 Poverty Profile 7
• Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) research publications by topic:
  • Economic & Poverty Issues

State agencies that maintain related data:

• Department of Social and Health Services
  • Budget Office
  • Internal Budget Office
  • Office of Research & Data Analysis
• Department of Health
• Employment Security Department
• Department of Labor and Industries
• Caseload Forecast Council

Last modified: July 13, 2007
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov