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Building an Employment Focused Welfare System: Work First and Other Work-Oriented Strategies in Five States
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ASPE
Projects include Work First and other Employment Programs in the following states:
Wisconsin
Oregon
Virginia
Indiana
Massachusetts
Cross-State Study of Time-Limited Welfare
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MDRC
Projects include:
Florida Family Transition Program (FTP) Evaluation
Vermont Welfare Restructuring Project Evaluation
Wisconsin’s Work Not Welfare Program (evaluation discontinued in 1997 after 2 years)
Managing Welfare Reform in Five States: The Challenge of Devolution
Projects included from the following states:
Florida
Mississippi
New York
Washington
Wisconsin
The Next Generation Project: Studying the Effects of Welfare, Antipoverty, and Employment Policies on Children and Families
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MDRC
Projects include:
New Chance Demonstration
National Evaluation of Welfare to Work Strategies (NEWWS)
Canada's Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP)
New Hope Project
Minnesota's Family Investment Program (MFIP)
Florida's Family Transition Program (FTP)
Connecticut's Job First Program
Project on Devolution and Urban Change
Los Angeles Jobs-First GAIN
Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project
Publications include:
How Welfare and Work Policies Affect Adolescents: A Synthesis of Research
(2002)
How Welfare and Work Policies Affect Children: A Synthesis of Research
(2001)
Working Paper
series.
Project on State-Level Child Outcomes: Enhancing Measurement of Child Outcomes in State Welfare Evaluations and Other State Data Collections
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Child Trends
5 States included in Operational Phase:
Connecticut (See
Jobs First Evaluation
)
Florida (See
Family Transition Program Evaluation
)
Indiana (See
Welfare Reform Evaluation
)
Iowa (See
Limited Benefit Plan Evaluation
)
Minnesota (See
Family Investment Program Evaluation
)
Documents include:
An Overview and Synthesis of the Project on State-Level Child Outcomes
RAND-ACF TANF Synthesis Project
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RAND
Documents include:
Project Description
RAND Child Policy Project
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RAND
Documents include:
A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Child Well-being
Project Description
Review of States' Efforts to Track Recipients Who Leave Welfare
(all 50 states)-
National Governor's Association (NGA)
Documents include:
Tracking Welfare Reform: Designing Follow-up Strategies of Recipients Who Leave Welfare
Review of Teen Parent Program Evaluations:
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
Projects include:
LEAP Evaluation
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MDRC
New Chance Demonstration
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MDRC
Teenage Parent Demonstration Program Evaluation
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Mathematica
Documents include:
Poverty Research News Article (Winter 1998)
Conference: Synthesizing the Results of Demonstration Programs for Teen Mothers
Self Sufficiency, Parenting Adequacy, and Child Wellbeing: Lessons from New Chance, the Teenage Parent Demonstration, and LEAP
Welfare to What: Early Findings on Family Hardship and Well-Being
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Children's Defense Fund
and the
National Coalition for the Homeless
Projects include:
Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Leaving Welfare: Findings From a Survey of Former New York City Welfare Recipients
- New York Office of Policy Program Analysis, Human Resources Division
Minnesota Family Investment Program
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MDRC
National Evaluation of Welfare to Work Strategies
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MDRC
Survey of Former Family Independence Program Clients
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South Carolina Department of Social Services
Washington State's Families After Welfare
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Washington Department of Health and Human Services
What Happens to Families Who Leave AFDC? A Comparative Study of Wisconsin Welfare Families
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Institute for Research on Poverty
ASPE 'Leavers' Projects Synthesis
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ASPE
Projects include:
Arizona TANF Cash Exit Study
Contra Costa and Alameda Counties (CA) "Leavers" Project
Cuyahoga County Post-TANF Tracking Project
District of Columbia "Leavers" Project
Food Stamp Leavers in South Carolina
Georgia Welfare Reform Impact Assessment
Illinois' Study of Former TANF Clients
Iowa "Leavers" Project
Los Angeles County Post-TANF Tracking Project
Missouri Welfare Reform Results Study
New Mexico TANF Longitudinal Study
New York "Leavers" Project
San Mateo County "Leavers" Project
South Carolina: State Welfare Reform Evaluation Program
Texas Families in Transition Study
Tracking Closed Cases Under The TANF Program in Massachusetts
Tracking Participants and Families Affected by Welfare Reform in Florida
Washington State TANF Exit Study
Wisconsin "Leavers" Project
Publications include:
Initial Synthesis Report of the Findings from ASPE's 'Leavers' Grants
Post-TANF Food Stamp and Medicaid Benefits: Factors that Aid or Impede Their Receipt
A Cross-State Examination of Families Leaving Welfare: Findings from the ASPE-Funded Leavers Studies
Summary of Research on Welfare Outcomes Funded by ASPE
Final Synthesis Report of Findings from ASPE "Leavers" Grants
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