Evaluating Eligibility Rules
Evaluating Eligibility Rules
Holly Regan
HSM/240
February 23, 2014
Terra Harris
Evaluating Eligibility Rules
It is clear that each individual organization has its own eligibility rules or requirements in order for applicants to receive benefits from the programs they offer. “The Cocoon House” is an at-risk homeless teen shelter that is specific to serving youth and young adults 13-17 years of age. There are three main emergency shelters with one out of the three dedicated as an emergency maternity shelter. All three are open 24/7 and each can accommodate up to twenty youths a night. As with most social services, the determining of financial and clinical eligibility is the deciding factor for these at-risk youth benefitting from the programs provided beyond emergency services. The services they provide after eligibility has been established are case management, physical and mental health services, chemical dependency services, legal assistance, school engagement, job readiness and assistance, and finding safe and stable housing.
There are many types of criteria that can be evaluated for a variety of different organizations such as: prior contributions, administrative rule, private contracts, professional discretion, judicial decision, attachment to the workforce, and means testing which are only specific to eligibility rules as there are many forms of benefits and services which are only specific criteria to benefits and services such as stigmatization, target efficiency, trade-offs, cost-effectiveness, substitutability, coerciveness/intrusiveness. Some criteria specific to eligibility rules such as over-/underutilization, overwhelming costs, off-targeting benefits and stigma/alienation are criteria specific benefits which are considered special problems that work against the achievement of a functional policy and programs and definitely work against adequacy, equity, and efficiency.
These special problems are most often created by the presence of the
Holly Regan
HSM/240
February 23, 2014
Terra Harris
Evaluating Eligibility Rules
It is clear that each individual organization has its own eligibility rules or requirements in order for applicants to receive benefits from the programs they offer. “The Cocoon House” is an at-risk homeless teen shelter that is specific to serving youth and young adults 13-17 years of age. There are three main emergency shelters with one out of the three dedicated as an emergency maternity shelter. All three are open 24/7 and each can accommodate up to twenty youths a night. As with most social services, the determining of financial and clinical eligibility is the deciding factor for these at-risk youth benefitting from the programs provided beyond emergency services. The services they provide after eligibility has been established are case management, physical and mental health services, chemical dependency services, legal assistance, school engagement, job readiness and assistance, and finding safe and stable housing.
There are many types of criteria that can be evaluated for a variety of different organizations such as: prior contributions, administrative rule, private contracts, professional discretion, judicial decision, attachment to the workforce, and means testing which are only specific to eligibility rules as there are many forms of benefits and services which are only specific criteria to benefits and services such as stigmatization, target efficiency, trade-offs, cost-effectiveness, substitutability, coerciveness/intrusiveness. Some criteria specific to eligibility rules such as over-/underutilization, overwhelming costs, off-targeting benefits and stigma/alienation are criteria specific benefits which are considered special problems that work against the achievement of a functional policy and programs and definitely work against adequacy, equity, and efficiency.
These special problems are most often created by the presence of the