Social Services and Youth & Families

Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1977 President Carter, pursuing his policy of appointing liberal public interest advocates to subcabinet posts, named Mike Pertschuk as chairman of the FTC. Pertschuk assumed command of a recently revitalized, aggressive bureaucracy. This...

Controlling AFDC Error Rates (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

Five HEW secretaries, from the late sixties through 1979, struggled to implement "quality control" in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. This quality control aimed to reduce financially and politically costly errors in payments...

Controlling AFDC Error Rates (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

Five HEW secretaries, from the late sixties through 1979, struggled to implement "quality control" in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. This quality control aimed to reduce financially and politically costly errors in payments...

Contracting For Human Services (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

John Calhoun was appointed commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services in 1976. At that point the agency was still in administrative turmoil, as it had switched from state-run training schools to privately-operated treatment...

Contracting For Human Services (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

John Calhoun was appointed commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services in 1976. At that point the agency was still in administrative turmoil, as it had switched from state-run training schools to privately-operated treatment...

Policy Advocacy: The Case of the Family Assistance Program (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

On August 8, 1969, President Nixon announced a plan to revamp the nation's public welfare system by abolishing the 35-year-old AFDC program and replacing it with his Family Assistance Plan, which would guarantee a $1,600 annual income for a...

Policy Advocacy: The Case of the Family Assistance Program (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

On August 8, 1969, President Nixon announced a plan to revamp the nation's public welfare system by abolishing the 35-year-old AFDC program and replacing it with his Family Assistance Plan, which would guarantee a $1,600 annual income for a...

Caspar Weinberger and Welfare Reform

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case examines the process of welfare reform policymaking initiated by Caspar Weinberger after his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in November 1972. An admirer of Ronald Reagan's management of...

Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (B) (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

In his first two years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Youth Services, Jerome Miller initiated a number of reform measures in an effort to provide more humane treatment for the young persons in his department's care, but he became increasingly...

Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

In his first two years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Youth Services, Jerome Miller initiated a number of reform measures in an effort to provide more humane treatment for the young persons in his department's care, but he became increasingly...

Jerome Miller and the Department of Youth Services (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

In his first two years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Youth Services, Jerome Miller initiated a number of reform measures in an effort to provide more humane treatment for the young persons in his department's care, but he became increasingly...

Federal Financial Aid for Postsecondary Education (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 1, 1975

The congressional debate leading up to passage of the Education Amendments of 1972 raised fundamental issues concerning federal policy toward higher education. Should the federal government assist students or institutions? Should aid be...