Examination of State Diversion Programs and Activities under TANF: Data Sources

Data Sources

Source Secondary data
Title Information about diversion programs/activities from sources such as the National Governors’ Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, Center for Law and Social Policy, and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Information regarding state diversion programs and activities.
Collected October 1997 and February 1998.
Sites All 50 states
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Interview
Title Semi-structured interview
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection State level respondent is likely to involve state welfare reform waiver coordinator and a senior official in the state health or Medicaid department.
Collected October 1997 and February 1998.
Sites All 50 states
Response Rate/Attrition Notes 48 out of 51 states (including ther District of Columbia)
Additional Execution Notes Interview guides will be based on written materials collected about each state from the CBPP survey, and will be tailored to the circumstances of each individual respondent state.
 
Source Interview
Title Semi-structured interviews by telephone and/or in-person
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Welfare administrators, welfare benefits field staff, families participating in diversion, community-based welfare right groups, safety net providers, and community-based providers.
Sampling method not reported (number in sample not reported).
Sites Case study states ( to be selected)
Response Rate/Attrition Notes Not yet available.
Additional Execution Notes Additional follow-up interviews with the state officials who participated in the telephone interviews may be pursued during the site visit or by telephone after the site visits.
 
Source Field Research
Title Site visits
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Visits to case study states.
Site selection will be determined and site visit plans and protocols will be developed during February and March, 1998.Five to seven site visits (4-5 days each) will be scheduled April through September, 1998.
Sites Ohio, Montana, Missouri, Maryland, and Georgia
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Existing databases
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection State and safety net provider databases (number not reported).
Report completed by November 1998.
Sites Not reported.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes Report will discuss the potential for using and combining other data sources 1) to address study questions and 2) for the development of databases to support analyses of the intended or unintended health policy-related consequences of state diversion programs and activities, specifically in terms of changes in Medicaid enrollment rates, and the effects of these changes on safety net providers.