Monitoring Child and Family Social Program Outcomes: Before and After Welfare Reform in Four States: Data Sources

Data Sources

Source Administrative data
Title Longitudinal database (LDB) with data on quarterly earnings from the state Unemployment Insurance files
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 10% and 1% sample of Californians who are enrolled in Medi-Cal (Medicaid).
Number in sample not reported.
Collected 1987-1995.
Sites California
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes Subjects are constructed to be continuously updates rolling cross-sections with continuos monitoring of families once they get on aid.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS)
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 13 million Medicaid recipients.
Collected 1987-1997.
Sites California
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes UC Berkeley holds various two statewide samples of these data from 1987-1996, as well as a universe extract from 1989-1996.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Research sample longitudinal database (sample LDB)
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 15,000 Medicaid recipients.
Sample of MEDS files (see above).
Data collection schedule not reported.
Sites California
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title County Welfare Administrative Database (CWAD)
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 15,000 AFDC and food stamps recipients.
Collected 12/92-1/97.
Sites California
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Social Service Reporting System (SSRS)
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 658,042 children with child abuse and neglect data.
Collected 1990-1995.
Sites Alameda County, California
Contra Costa County, California
Fresno County, California
Orange County, California
San Diego County, California
Santa Clara County, California
San Mateo County, California
Santa Cruz County, California
Sonoma County, California
Tulare County, California
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes Data form 1996 reports currently being processed.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Foster Care Information System (FCIS)
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 300,000 children who have been in foster care since 1988.
Collected 1988 to present.
Sites California
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Illinois Client Database, Illinois Department of Human Services
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 1 million recipients of food stamps, Medicaid, AFDC, and/or Aid to Aged, Blind, and Disabled (AABD) during any given month.
Collected 2/89 to present.
Sites Illinois
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes Approximately 60,000 DCFS Medicaid eligible children are identified in the data.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Illinois Medicaid Paid Claims, Illinois Department of Human Services
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Payment records for medical services funded by Illinois Department of Human Services.
Collected 1/89-4/96.
Sites Illinois
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Illinois Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS), Case database Pulldown File, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Investigation, child, and caretaker information.
Collected 1981 to present.
Sites Illinois
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Illinois CYCIS Pull, Illinois Department of Child and Family Services
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Information on child welfare cases (number of cases not reported).
Collected 7/76 to present.
Sites Illinois
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Massachusetts Program Automated Calculation and Eligibility System (PACES), Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Recipients of AFDC, food stamps, SSI, emergency assistance, and Medicaid.
Collected 1991 to present.
Sites Massachusetts
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Massachusetts Child Support Enforcement Data, Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Records information of child support recipients and payments.
Collected 1989 to present.
Sites Massachusetts
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.