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The Department of Labor has issued Guidance governing the application of minimum wage and hour laws to welfare recipients who are doing unpaid work as a condition of receiving benefits, with a reminder that requirements of laws affecting workers and the workplace must still be met. It says that in…

 POMS section with detailed instructions for DO staff on how to process DAA cases. DI 90070.050DAA Material DeterminationsTN 2 07-96DI 90070.060DAA ConditionTN 4 01-97DI 90070.900DAA (P.L. 104-121) ExhibitsTN 4 01-97 

Massachusetts' welfare reform waiver request, submitted to the federal government on March 31, 1995. The waiver request was filed to obtain federal approval to implement the state's welfare reform law, St. 1995, c. 5. Also attached is the cover letter for Massachusetts' welfare reform…

The DOH "Manual for Hearing Officers" was never updated from DPW days. The Division of Hearings confirmed that this was still the manual in use as of 2014.

The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights announces investigative guidance, under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that has been provided to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Regional Directors on the procedures and analysis that OCR staff will follow when investigating issues of racial…

Very helpful when handling suspensions and expulsion hearings or other disciplinary matters. (Document still current.)

EEOC's 1990 Policy Statement on the use of criminal records in hiring. The Policy Guidance states that, since there is a disparate impact on job applicants who are African American or Latino/a, criminal records cannot be used as the basis for a hiring decision absent a business necessity.

GN 01050.009 DIB and DIB Auxiliary Paid Out of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund The prefix letter “H” identifies a benefit paid out of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Therefore, the proper claim symbols should be shown as…

SSR is not rescinded but it DOES NOT represent current SSA policy.

KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and a premier source of data on children and families. Each year, the Foundation produces comprehensive reports — including the KIDS COUNT Data Book — that assesses child well-being in the United States. These publications can be found at the…

This book, authored by HUD, does not apply to the public housing or Section 8 voucher programs.

These reports on DCF's caseload are required by DCF's budget, line item 4800-0015, which must be renewed annually.  These reports are still required in the FY 2018 budget. (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FinalBudget). The department is mandated to report the…

These reports on DCF's caseload were required by DCF's FY 2016 budget, line item 4800-1100, (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FY2016/FinalBudget), but this reporting requirement ended after 2016. DCF was required to report monthly, to the Joint Committee on…

The Annual Progress and Services Reports are required by federal law to be filed annually with the Federal Administration for Children and Families.  They contain the following information: Updates on DCF's performance of its responsibilities under:  * Title IV-B, Part…

The Child Welfare Outcomes Report provides information on national performance as well as the performance of individual states in seven outcome categories. In addition to reporting on state performance in these outcome categories, this report also includes findings of analyses conducted across…

Additional Insurance Programs (including Healthy Start)

These are reports that DCF currently publishes on a quarterly basis to provide basic information about its caseload.  The reports include, among other things, number of children in the caseload, number of children in out-of-home placements, and number of children in each type of…

Created in 1981 under M.G.L. Chapter 6 Section 185 the primary mission of the Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD) is to ensure the full and equal participation of all people with disabilities in all aspects of life by working to advance legal rights, maximum opportunities, supportive services,…

DCF's Quarterly Reports contain, but are not limited to, the following information: Consumer counts Consumer demographics and information Age, sex, race, hispanic origin, primary language, location  Service plan goal Continuous time in care Consumers in…

Link to local non-profits housing consumer education centers.

These reports on DCF's caseload are required by DCF's budget, line item 4800-0015 which must be renewed annually.  This reporting requirement remains in the FY 2018 budget.   (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FinalBudget). The department is mandated to submit a report…

This data contains information about the numbers of each type of case filed in Juvenile Court in each fiscal year (including Care & Protection cases, Guardianship cases, and other relevant categories), broken down by county.  The Court has made this data available for FY 2002 through…

This report contains information on Children Awaiting Resolution and Disposition as well as other reports related to Chapter 321 of the Acts of 2008.  That act requires that: The secretary shall publish a monthly report on the status of children awaiting clinically-appropriate behavioral…

On October 1, 1981, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services established the Title XX - Social Services Block Grant, as one of the seven block grant programs authorized by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (P.L. 97-35). The Social Services Block Grant is intended to…

Each year, the Children's Bureau produces the Child Maltreatment report using state statistics on child abuse and neglect that were gathered through the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS). National and state statistics about child maltreatment are derived from the data…

These reports are required by DCF's budget, line item 4800-0015, which must be renewed annually.  This reporting requirement remains in effect in the FY 2018 budget. (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FinalBudget).  The department is mandated to report the following…

These reports are required by DCF's budget, line item 4800-0015, which must be renewed annually.  This requirement still exists in the FY 2018 budget. (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FinalBudget). The department is mandated to report the following information annually no…

These reports on the Family Resource Centers are required by DCF's budget, line item 4000-0051, which must be renewed annually.  This reporting requirement remains in effect in the FY 2018 budget.  (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FinalBudget). The Executive Office of…

The DCF Analysis of Child Fatalities report is an annual compilation of information on the deaths of children whose families had an open case with DCF or whose case closed within the six months prior to the child's death, as well as children whose deaths were reported to DCF pursuant to M.G.L.…

The DCF Child Maltreatment Statistics annual report contains descriptive statistics dealing with reports, screening and investigation decisions, reporting groups, and the characteristics of maltreated children, their mothers, and perpetrators. Separate analyses are presented for each type of…

The Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, usually referred to as "The Partnership" is the managed care organization which manages the mental health and substance abuse services package for MassHealth recipients in the PCC program. The Partnership also contracts with various MCOs…

The Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process is undertaken by the Children's Bureau, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, analyzing seven major child welfare outcomes in the areas of safety, permanency, and wellbeing…