This report investigates provider payment methods in Massachusetts. Payments include fee-for-service, the predominant model; global payments, which pay providers a single fee for all or most required services during a contract period; and pay-for-performance models, which layer quality incentives...

This issue brief focuses on the role of partners and spouses in the decision-making processes of social service clients. Using survey data, direct observation of couple interactions, and physiological measurement, findings suggest that the decisions of individuals receiving public...

Discusses implementation, structure, and operations of WtW grant-funded programs in 11 study sites as they existed in mid-2000. Finds that the grant program has encouraged the development of innovative strategies at the community level, that local programs use a wide variety of tactics to...

This brief describes four grantees and how their different approaches to service delivery may address the needs of fathers, influence their engagement and participation in services, and affect the program content to which they are exposed. The research reported here is part of the evaluation of...