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Public Human Services Directory (ISSN 0163-8297; ISBN 0-910106-29-0) $90, $85 for APHSA members, $100 international. Annual, in August. Reference book, published as the Public Welfare Directory for 58 years, describes public human service programs and agencies in the United States and Canada. Includes where to write and lists contacts for key programs, plus names, titles, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and web sites for key state agencies. Explains how state and federal human service programs are administered, gives details on funding sources, and includes more than 25,000 public human service personnel. Advertising.
Policy & Practice of Public Human Services (formerly Public Welfare) (ISSN 1520-801X) $50/year (U.S.), $65 (international). Single copies: $15 (U.S.), $20 (international); Issues prior to Winter 1996: $4.50. Magazine published quarterly (beginning 1999). Policy & Practice provides timely information and intriguing articles on issues related to health and human services. No other journal gives the same depth of coverage and focus on the issues important to health and human services today. Articles range from commentary by national leaders to practical features by administrators and direct service practitioners. Views from the states, book reviews, regular departments, advertising. Last issue of calendar year includes bound-in index.
Read abstracts of the latest issue (December 1998, Vol. 56, No. 3)
Survey Notes (ISSN 1096-2999) $100, $90 for APHSA members. Nine issues. Subscription includes binder and a copy of State-by-State Welfare Reform Policy Decisions. Reports on the findings of a base-line, comprehensive state welfare reform survey, as well as future surveys. Focuses on specific welfare reform issues, including management, service delivery, and policy decisions; eligibility, work, and benefits; children's issues; food stamps; and population-based groups.
This Week in Washington (ISSN 0743-2437) $110, $100 for APHSA members, $120 international. Available for mail or e-mail subscription only; no single copy sales. Published 50 times per year. Weekly updates on legislative action, federal regulations, personnel changes—everything the human service administrator needs to know from the capital.
W-Memo (ISSN 0163-8300) $85, $75 for APHSA members, $95 international. Published six times a year. Single copies: $12, $10 for APHSA members. Index of the previous year included in last issue of calendar year. Washington Memo, APHSA's bimonthly bulletin, provides in-depth policy analysis on key human service issues.
Read abstracts of the latest issue (November–December 1998, Vol. 10, No. 6)

Affiliate Periodicals

Bridges is the newsletter of the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA), for which APHSA serves as secretariat. Available at no charge to ICAMA members from the Children and Family Services Department. Contact ICAMA at the address above for information.
Directions is a quarterly newsletter of the National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NASMD), an affiliate of APHSA. Includes a message from the affiliate chair, updates on developments on Capitol Hill, and comings and goings of colleagues. Available at no charge to NASMD members from the Health Policy Unit, Government Affairs Department. Contact NASMD at the address above for information.
MMI Bulletin is a monthly publication of the Medicaid Management Institute designed to provide an update of legislative, regulatory, and legal activity that affects Medicaid. Recent publications and upcoming conferences are noted. Available for $90, $80 for APHSA members, and at no charge to members of NASMD from the Health Policy Unit, Government Affairs Department. Contact NASMD at the address above to subscribe.
NAPCWA Network is a quarterly newsletter of the National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators (NAPCWA), an affiliate of APHSA. Reports on NAPCWA activities and provides a forum for information on child welfare legislation and practice at the national, state, and local levels. Available at no charge to NAPCWA members from the Children and Family Services Department. Contact NAPCWA at the address above for information.