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The Research Forum has been committed to encouraging rigorous study of issues and interventions affecting low-income families. To accomplish this goal, Forum staff members produced a variety of other publications.
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Jun 2004
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Depression, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence: Little is Known About Co-Occurrence and Combined Effects on Low-Income Families
Sharmila Lawrence, Michelle Chau, Mary Clare Lennon
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Jun 2003
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Policy Into Action: Implementation Research and Welfare Reform
Edited by Mary Clare Lennon and Thomas Corbett. The Research Forum and the Institute for Research on Poverty released a volume on welfare reform implementation issues. Published by the Urban Institute Press. Click here for more information.
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Dec 2002
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Domestic Violence and Welfare Policy: Research Findings That Can Inform Policies on Marriage and Child Well-Being
Sharmila Lawrence. This report examines research on: 1) prevalence and correlates of domestic violence among women on welfare; 2) effects of domestic violence on child well-being; and 3) marriage and domestic violence. It also assesses the implications for welfare policy and future research. Read the full report or the executive summary.
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Aug 2002
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Welfare Research Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future, 2002 Edition
Barbara B. Blum and Jennifer Farnsworth Francis. This report is designed to examine what has been learned since the 1996 passage of PRWORA, including existing research findings, reauthorization activities, and future research needs.
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Oct 2001
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Policies Affecting New York City's Low-Income Families
Hugh O'Neill, Kathryn Garcia, Virginie Amerlynck, and Barbara B. Blum. This paper highlights major policy challenges that New York City's next mayor will face concerning the city's millions of low-income families. Challenges include, for example, the the New York City welfare recipients who could have thier welfare benefits terminated this December due to federal time limits; and the increasing number of child-only cases This report suggests important steps that the city, New York State, and the federal government can each take to meet these challenges and help more low-income families to meet their needs through work.
Full Text, Executive Summary.
Read the report on the NCCP web site. See also Recent Changes in New York Welfare and Work, Child Care, and Child Welfare.
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Aug 2001
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Welfare Research Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future, 2001 Edition
Barbara B. Blum and Jennifer Farnsworth Francis.
This is the third in a series of working papers designed to examine what has been learned since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, which is effective until fiscal year 2002. The paper discusses key issues related to existing and emerging findings, research methodology, and PRWORA reauthorization.
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Mar 2001
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Depression and Low-Income Women: Challenges for TANF and Welfare-to-Work Policies and Programs
Mary Clare Lennon, Juliana Blome, and Kevin English.
This report highlights findings from a review of the literature on the prevalence, treatment, and consequences of depression in low-income women, especially the relationship of depression to welfare and employment. Includes consequences for children, access to treatment, screening and assessment, and implications for research and policy. Full report. Executive summary.
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Aug 2000
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Welfare Research Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future, 2000 Edition
Barbara B. Blum, Jennifer Farnsworth, Mary Clare Lennon, and Ellen Winn.
This is the second in a series of three working papers designed to examine what has been learned since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, which is effective until fiscal year 2002. The paper discusses key issues related to existing and emerging findings, research methodology, and PRWORA reauthorization.
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Aug 1999
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Welfare Research Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future, 1999 Edition
Barbara B. Blum and Ellen C. Berrey.
In recognition of the three-year passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), August 22, 1996, the Research Forum has produced a paper providing an overview of the growing body of welfare-reform related research and examining the most prominent issues within the welfare reform field. Executive summary.
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Nov 1998
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Program, Research, and Policy Implications of Evaluations of Teenage Parent Programs
Mary Clare Lennon, J. Lawrence Aber, and Barbara B. Blum.
This paper describes some of the important program, research, and policy lessons from three large-scale teen parent program evaluations -- the New Chance Demonstration, the Learning Earning, and and Parenting (LEAP) Program, and the Teenage Parent Demonstration (TPD) Program. After a brief comparison of the program requirements and the targeted populations, the important long-term impacts of the programs, both overall and within subgroups are highlighted. The paper also addresses the implications of these results for the design of programs to serve disadvantaged teenage mothers and their implications for the design and conduct of research. Finally, a number of implications for future policy are raised. Tables. References.
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Mar 1998
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What Will We Know and When Will We Know It: Testimony for the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives
Barbara B. Blum.
In March 1998, Barbara B. Blum, the Research Forum director, testified before Congress about recent findings from welfare research, the current status of the research field, and areas in need of further research. (Please note that information in the testimony about available research projects and reports is only as current as March 1998. This information has since been updated and can be accessed through the Research Database.
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