Posts Tagged ‘HHS/NIH Grant? to Child Trends to research “RELATIONSHIPS WITH NONRESIDENT FATHERS AND OFFSPRING WELL-BEING DURING THE EARLY….” (Award 1R03HD061633-o1A1 [8-26-2010]’
HHS — Contracts Awarded 8/30/2012 = $156 million. Just for today, August 30, 2012, that is.
Our relationship to “government” needs to be looked at. Particularly, why so many people put up with it and haven’t figured out something better than putting lawyers and judges in charge of the place, as facilitated by a Congress which has plenty of people who used to be lawyers in it, no doubt.
A glance at this post should clarify that, by and large, we don’t know what the US Government (I mean, “federal”) is doing — although who’s helping fund it? Wake the hell up and start looking up some CAFR‘s – -it’s the worlds largest contractor, and there are these other issues about Jurisdiction which keep cropping up also. You cannot SUE this government, really (11th Amendment) unless it consents to. while we had this Constitution, it appears to me that under Bankruptcy (which the US has never been out of, to date, to my awareness) it no longer applies. If it did, and one engaged in commerce with the USA (which it’s almost impossible not to), you just became a contractor (u.S. Citizen = no unalienable rights) and shareholder in that thing in Washington, D.C.
WOMEN IN PARTICULAR should be cautious about citizenship. A woman in our area called police for help “domestic dispute” which ended up in a vigorous chase, the other day, the guy fled. They didn’t know an toddler was in the car. He was killed in a hail of gunfire, after which it was reported that this was actually a woman’s BROTHER, not the perp, and he had been I think helping her get his niece (her child) away from the aggressor. Now, he’s dead. Did I mention, he’s also Hispanic? (Wikipedia informal list of people, mostly men, some during domestic disputes, killed by officers. It’s a very very long list…)
Or you could go to a divorce, and have a judge over the domestic violence court (long-term presiding) and the judge tell your young self, a mother (about 23 yrs old, this one), to “go work it out” and no restraining order. Finally they were in judge’s chambers, and the judge informed the father (a Marine) he would have to pay child support. The young man (age 29) stepped outside the door, walked back in again, and cold-cocked the mother of his kids, knocking her unconscious immediately on the floor, some black eyes, a broken jaw. He was finally tasered into submission, and THEN the judge believed that the guy was dangerous. That apparently didn’t stop him from assigning shared parenting, though (along with jail and $1million bail). THAT is our country (and it was in 2011 Florida: (see comments for links to the story, another blog “AmericanAmnesia”
MOVIN’ ON . . . .
I mentioned FEDMINE.com to an acquaintance the other day, and have on the blog before. Its access is more timely (and probably far more accurate) than what is given the average person who looks things up on some free site which isn’t even proofread, but is designed for public consumption, like, say, “http://TAGGS.hhs.gov”
It think this figure is worth posting, without too much commentary. Per FEDMINE.com, the top agency obtaining contracts today was — hardly surprising — HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
WITHOUT HUMANS THERE WOULD BE NO MONEY TO FUND THESE STUDIES SO WHAT, PRECISELY, ABOUT HUMANS IS SO FASCINATING THAT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, ON A GIVEN DAY, WOULD BE DEDICATED TO A BUREAUCRACY STUDYING THEM?
ALSO, SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SOME ONES SIGNIFICANT (at least that I’m aware of) in this Family Law Field.
If you see I have linked the company name (other links probably not valid) there may be a brief description if you hover the cursor.
| COMPANY NAME | POSTED TODAY 08/30/2012 |
YTD FOR AGENCY | ||
| 049508120 – WESTAT INCORPORATED | $ 230,376 | $ 9,710,743 | ||
| 019121586 – DELOITTE CONSULTING L.L.P. | $ 1,593,527 | $ 32,298,506 | ||
| 072654999 – VANTAGE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES INCORPORATED | $ 511,792 | $ 511,792 | ||
| 091500090 – JOHN SNOW, INCORPORATED (out of all of them, this one actually seems involved in HEALTH. Founded 1978, internationally 106 offices, see “In Memoriam” link) | $ 626,838 | $ 5,654,941 | ||
| 021873740 – HUMAN TECHNOLOGY, INC | $ 511,792 | $ 547,006 | ||
| 009399247 – UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND | $ 85,082 | $ 122,852 | ||
| 623214020 – CONCEPT SYSTEMS INCORPORATED (3796) | $ -4,941 | $ -8,221 | ||
| 947300372 – CLIFTON GUNDERSON LLP | $ -102,382 | $ -102,382 | ||
| 152149191 – MC DONALD WALTER R AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED | $ 0 | $ 2,789,442 | ||
825229318 – MCKINSEY&COMPANY, INC. WASHINGTON D.C.
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$ 631,181 | $ 9,499,045 | ||
| 154308522 – MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH INC | $ 364,999 | $ 14,398,928 | ||
| 088656512 – IMPAQ INTERNATIONAL LLC(founded 2001 by a couple with govt background, Social Science Research, in MD. He’s economist,she’s History/Educ, he used to work for “Abt”) | $ 415,623 | $ 5,197,316 | ||
| 146014373 – ARSERVICES, LTD | $ 650,102 | $ 650,102 | ||
| 183818145 – CAPITAL CONSULTING CORP | $ 64,557 | $ 961,723 | ||
| 197325277 – LEWIN GROUP, INC., THE**(link is to someone from this group presenting at a 2007 AFCC conference. Since 1970, they are Health and Human Services consultant; you can look it up). | $ 630,811 | $ 4,396,810 | ||
| 127687093 – CHILD TRENDS INC | $ 1,011,927 | $ 1,686,523 | ||
| 072648579 – ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C. {{see below}} | $ 500,000 | $ 13,942,449 | ||
| 622811847 – STRATEGIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS, L.L.C. [woman-owned, Omaha, services Medicare & Medicaid] | $ 3,198,739 | $ 8,861,059 | ||
| 127149784 – HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC | $ 1,281,472 | $ 3,970,432 | ||
| 929125818 – C2C SOLUTIONS INC | $ 6,323,200 | $ 18,091,004 | ||
| 611835203 – TEYA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $ 178,013 | $ 894,928 | ||
| 781844808 – SEAMON CORPORATION | $ 197,200 | $ 885,831 | ||
| 143208069 – FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS SAFETY FOUNDATION, LTD | $ 81,697 | $ 245,090 | ||
| 803935261 – PROFESSIONAL TESTING, INC. | $ 363,302 | $ 361,395 | ||
| 136201493 – CONSUMMATE COMPUTER CONSULTANTS SYSTEMS LLC | $ -56,190 | $ 0 | ||
| 929219772 – CONTRACT SUPPORT SOLUTIONS INC. | $ -32,171 | $ 164,690 | ||
| 175291061 – THE KEVRIC COMPANY INC | $ 100,871 | $ 2,428,892 |
(I will kind of color-code by background color. Obviously I am scanning here; the main point is — how little most of us realize, how large is the US Federal Government. See recent posts on CAFR and USA, Inc. & Bankruptcies, etc. If you are not a “scanner” this post will probably drive you crazy…)
Not starting with the largest one in “the Lewin Group,” but it does run close to the subject matter of this blog — the marriage/fatherhood movement through federal funding:
THE LEWIN GROUP
(FROM USASPENDING.GOV — THEY GOT (FROM ABOUT 2000 forward I think on this database):
Ranked by $$, the largest shows up as about $4+million (in 2005), “Marijuana Cultivation Study.” They seem to have plenty in the $2 and $3 million ranges as well. Fairfax, VA -close to the source, right).
$172,544,874
Lewin Group, Insurer-Owned Consulting Firm, Often Cited in Health Reform Debate
By David S. HilzenrathWashington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely with numbers, and few number-crunchers have shaped the debate as much as the Lewin Group, a consulting firm whose research has been widely cited by opponents of a public insurance option.To Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), the House Republican whip, it is “the nonpartisan Lewin Group.” To Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee, it is an “independent research firm.” To Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), the second-ranking Republican on the pivotal Finance Committee, it is “well known as one of the most nonpartisan groups in the country.”Generally left unsaid amid all the citations is that the Lewin Group is wholly owned by UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest insurers.
An Evaluability Assessment of Responsible Fatherhood Programs
August 1997
DHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretaryf or Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
Analysis of site visits to five newly formed responsible fatherhood programs find a series of steps can be taken to improve their viability and evaluability. Program managers can develop core definitions of what constitutes a responsible fatherhood program; conduct process evaluations to define program objectives, activities and best practices; building basic MIS capacity; and stabilizing and enhancing funding.
(This one combines what looks like an HHS? grant to the Lewin group (97FM0122) with an HHS Contract to . . . . combined with a Ford Foundation Grant headed up by Ronald Mincy, wich name is significant (look it up). Lewin were simply the enablers and to make it look (or be) more scientific and respectable. This being only 1997, it shows just how much intention and planning to completely continue expanding “FATHERHOOD” as a field (regardless of results) was made — and this of course depended on major foundations like FORD working with WELFARE money. FYI, Ford Foundation are not the good guys here in the US …)
This gives me a very squirrely feeling (esp. knowing that by 1998 somehow Congress passed a “fatherhood resolution.”)
But on ca. page 110 of this report (link is the title) you see a list of “Experts Consulted” (Two are from Child Trends, the others are also significant). Johns Hopkins involved also. The whole thing makes me a little ill, given the impact of this trend on my life, personally, and my (DAUGHTERS’, not son’s) futures! ! ! I made it pink just for “spite,” given the subject matter is the opposite gender…
***II. Purpose of this Report
The increased interest in programs that promote responsible fatherhood and the limited information currently available on the services provided and effectiveness of these programs has generated interest in the systematic evaluation of responsible fatherhood programs. For this reason, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Ford Foundation funded The Lewin Group and Johns Hopkins University to conduct an evaluability assessment of responsible fatherhood programs.
Fatherhood programs and emphasis on male parenting are relatively recent phenomena in the social service sector. Many of the programs currently in place are either very new or, if established, have been experimenting with new interventions or changing the program focus over time to meet the interests and objectives of funders. It is generally the case that fatherhood programs have not adequately documented their performance. This may be because of limited resources, a lack of experience with methods of measuring performance, or simply because the focus of program staff has been on serving fathers rather than proving that methods are effective. While program staff may believe that their activities are helping fathers and resulting in positive impacts on society, others, particularly funders, may be skeptical of evidence of program effectiveness that is limited to anecdotes.
Evaluations of responsible fatherhood programs can serve two important functions:
• provide information to outside agencies and organizations regarding the objectives and the effectiveness of their interventions, which may be used to attract and justify fundingfrom these outside sources; and• provide information to program staff that may be used to modify program design to more efficiently and effectively serve the fathers who use their services.
{{Interesting how “ATTRACT AND JUSTIFY FUNDING” COMES FIRST… AND IT DOESN’T EVEN SAY, HELP THE PROGRAMS REACH THEIR STATED SERVCE, BUT “PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PROGRAM STAFF.”}}
Systematic evaluation of fatherhood program outcomes is crucial to both program design and funding. Conducting rigorous evaluations using standard scientific methods . . .[[will provide continued income for the Lewin Group, the Fatherhood practitioners and organizations, and many other people, not including the children that these program are supposed to help by encouraging and enabling their Daddies to “man up” and support their offspring]]
Some of these groups hang together at times.
the Lewin Group at a 2007 AFCC conference:42. Healthy Marriage Projects: The Influence of Marriage on Child Support Enforcement
The Administration for Children and Families’ top goal in the last few years has been to encourage marriage for unwed low income families through marriage education, community outreach and demonstrations. This panel will discuss the status of Community Healthy Marriage Projects being financed by the Office of Child Support Enforcement, “Building Strong Families” marriage demonstrations being financed by the Administration of Children and Families and the importance of former marriage status or unmarried status on subsequent child support enforcement out- comes.
- Barbara Devaney, Ph.D., Mathematica, Washington, D.C.
- Michael Fishman, Ph.D., Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA
- Hillard Pouncy, Ph.D., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
- Moderator: David Arnaudo, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Washington, D.C. (a.k.a. HHS/OCSE)
(this presentation for sale — only $15.00)
One reason they may be interested to conference at AFCC — AFCC has judges. Some Family Law judges get to mandate parenting education, etc. Dr. Fishman is now with MEF, and his bio shows a close connection to welfare matters, and HHS. I’m sure the personal connections didn’t hurt either. He has a masters in “organizational psychology” which is probably the way to go if you want a government career these days, and an MPA from USC.. Hardly suprising, the new company is also into (among other things) and is in Alexandria, VA.
Marriage and relationship education
State Policies to Promote Marriage
This report inventories state policies directly focused on promoting or supporting marriage. Using secondary data sources, the authors compiled information across states documenting the presence of marriage-related activities in a variety of areas such as campaigns and commissions; divorce laws and procedures; marriage and relationship preparation and education; tax and transfer policies; marriage support and promotion programs.
- State Policies to Promote Marriage, Karen N. Gardiner, Michael E. Fishman, Plamen Nikolov, Asaph Glosser, and Stephanie Laud. With the assistance of Theodora Ooms, September, 2002
I googled “The Lewin Group, AFCC, Fatherhood” but apparently I’m one of the few people catching on to it, per Google anyhow. One association with the Abstinence Group, “WAIT” (Joneen Krauth — plenty on that on this blog too, I actually looked up their corporate records history in Colorado. What a group — associated with NARME, etc. What a racket, too!): This showed up under “pipl.” The site AAHMI is African American Healthy Marriage Initiative which is, by any other name, HHS… Basically… DNR if this was at Hampton Univ. or where.
The Lewin Group is pleased to share these materials developed for the …Joneen Krauth RN, BSN — NEW. Executive Director of The Abstinence and …[ Speakers List – www.aahmi.net ]
“Reference in this web site to any specific commercial product, process, service, manufacturer, organization, or company does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the U.S. Government, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). ACF is not responsible for the contents of any “off-site” web page referenced from this server or from private, third-party, pop-up, or browser-integrated software or applications.”
NOTE: A long while ago, I remember this particular AAHMI and some closely associated nonprofits I was looking up, was one key to understanding just how much the HHS is reaching out with money to set up “mouthpiece” nonprofits or groups (including with key speakers) around the country. I figure HHS at this point is about as criminally-run a US Dept. as HUD is alleged to be, by someone who knows well enough as she used to be near its top.(C.A. Fitts, late 1980/1990s).
[[2016 updated material from LewinGroup.com]]
Viewed at “lewin.com” 4/11/2016 during blog update
(Their “About Us” page, main content):
The Lewin Group is a premier national health care and human services consulting firm. We understand the industry and provide our clients with high-quality products and insightful support.
Why Choose The Lewin Group?
Proven History
We have nearly 50 years’ experience finding answers and solving problems for leading organizations in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.
Objective Viewpoint
The Lewin Group is committed to independence and integrity in our work. We combine professional expertise with extensive knowledge and a rigorous approach to analyzing and solving problems to deliver value to each of our clients and to the larger community as well.
Real-World Experience
Our strategic and analytical services help clients:
- Improve policy and expand knowledge of health care and human services systems
- Enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of health care and human services
- Deal with shifts in health care practice, technology, and regulation
- Optimize performance, quality, coverage, and health outcomes
- Create strategies for institutions, communities, governments, and people to make health care and human services systems more effective
Who We Are
The Lewin Group employs more than 140 consultants drawn from industry, government, academia, and the health professions. Many are national authorities whose strategies for health and human services system improvements come from their personal experience with imperatives for change. The Lewin Group is an Optum company, a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. We’re editorially independent, but through partnerships with Optum, we can tap into a vast body of data and resources. Optum is an analytics, technology, and consulting services firm that enables better decisions throughout the health system.
The Lewin Group provides its clients with the very best expert and impartial health care and human services policy research and consulting services.
OTHER 2016 observations on The Lewin Group: Street address: 3130 Fairview Park Drive #500, Falls Church, VA — is right near “Acentia, a Maximus Company” which is same street address #800. Maximus, we may remember, contractor to manage child support, Medicaid, other health-care related record-keeping, collections & distributions in a number of states (and at least one other country).
(3130 Fairview Dr #800, Falls Church, VA. Viewed 4/11/2016 during blog update)
Acentia, a MAXIMUS Company, is a premier employer who provides software, information technology, and management solutions that produce successful programs of national significance, while consistently demonstrating a partnership of trust and value to our federal customers and the American taxpayer.
[Holistic Data Analytics….]
“Centers of Excellence” (options: Analytics / Cloud / Mobility)
“Acentia offers a holistic approach to Big Data and Analytics. Traditional analytics can tell you what happened and why, but leading organizations are using predictive analytics to understand what could happen and prescriptive analytics to choose the next best action.”…..
ICF INTERNATIONAL, LLC
(SEE LINK in chart above; Wikipedia gives the history. Started in 1969 by a former Tuskeegee Airman as inner city venture capital, but it changed direction, bought and sold various companies and now is like, LARGE).
| Recipient Name | City | State | ZIP Code | County | DUNS Number | Sum of Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I C F, INC | FAIRFAX | VA | 22031-6050 | FAIRFAX | 072648579 | $ 2,477,256 |
| Award Title | Sum of Actions | |||
| 2011 | ACF | I C F, INC | NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY MARRIAGE | $ 1,500,000 |
(NRCSPHM — what did you think it sood for? 🙂 )
(PJ Media — Dr. Phyllis Chesler writes or wrote on there — was kind enough to print my comments here; the 2nd comment mentions ICF).
I profiled this company before, particularly when TAGGS.hhs.gov decided to bastardize its name on the database. It’s in Fairfax VA with background in Defense, Energy and in 1988 it acquired a division of Kaiser (engineering) and got REALLY large. It’s currently #64 of Forbes top 100 companies, is traded on the NYSE, and etc. HHS hired to to do even more (stuff) to promote marriage, whch is the acronym. ON this blog somewhere, no doubt:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/news/press/2011/Grantawards2011.html
| ICF Incorporated, LLC (NRCSPHM) | Fairfax |
VA
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$1,500,000
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