Human services
Children
- Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) publications by topic:
- Profile of Working Families with Children - Research Brief 7 (March 2000), based on data from the Washington State Population Survey
- ChildStats - Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics web site
Employment and unemployment
- The Employment Security Department, through the Workforce Explorer, provides analysis and downloadable data files on a variety of topics related to the Washington workforce at the state, county, and ZIP code level.
- Download page - Current and historical information and data about employment, unemployment, mass layoffs, worker dislocation, unemployment insurance claimants
- Unemployment Research & Statistics - from the Unemployment Insurance Division
- Similar information at the national and state level is available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Workers' Compensation Injury Data - from the Department of Labor and Industries
Public assistance
- Washington WorkFirst
- Washington WorkFirst Performance Measures - general information about Washington's welfare reform program as well as more specific information for different groups who have an interest in WorkFirst, such as employers, staff and program participants
- WorkFirst Accountability
- WorkFirst Research page - includes links to WorkFirst studies.
- DSHS Blue Book - This publication presents DSHS client service data at State, Regional And Community Service Office (CSO) levels in the program Areas of Grant Welfare (Including Food Stamps) and Children's Services. Data is presented at the state level for the Administrations of Aging & Adult Services and Medical Assistance.
- Forecasts (Caseload Forecast Council):
Long-term care
- Caseload Forecast Council forecasts:
Poverty
- Comparing Standards of Economic Distress
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines
- Poverty Topics
Links to how the Census Bureau measures poverty; poverty thresholds; Census historical poverty tables: 1959-1989; poverty areas statistical brief; recent poverty measurement research; Health and Human Services poverty guidelines; Current Population Survey (CPS) poverty reports; Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) poverty reports; and more. - How to Determine Persons in Poverty for Specific Age Groups - from the Census 2000 Poverty Profile 7
- Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) research publications by topic:
State agencies that maintain related data:
- Department of Social and Health Services
- Department of Health
- Employment Security Department
- Department of Labor and Industries
- Caseload Forecast Council
return to topLast updated: July 21, 2010
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
