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General Information
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| Evaluator(s) |
US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
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| Domain |
Income Security/TANF
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| Status |
Operational
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| Duration |
Sep 1997 - Dec 2003
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| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation
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| Program/Policy Description |
The overall objectives of this study are to examine the
planning, funding, and implementation of the state's welfare reform program
and its different components at the state and local level. This examination
will include documenting the organization and staffing of New Hampshire's
program and observing and documenting service delivery processes; describing
client flow and participation; and analyzing participant outcomes in terms
of key variables such as employment and earnings and family structure and
stability.
The thrust of the analysis will be to observe how the
implementation of the state's program affects participant outcomes by
studying client and staff reactions to the new program and by examining the
contextual factors surrounding the program in terms of local economic
conditions, caseload characteristics, resources, and legislative
developments. Special studies will be conducted on the characteristics of
families who leave welfare as well as those who are sanctioned, diversion
cases, and utilization patterns of child care and transitional case
management and benefits.
The study will answer the following questions:
(1) What are the allocated funding levels for planning and ongoing program
operation?
(2) What are the reactions to, and effects of, the various sorts
of interagency collaborations around which the program is designed?
(3) What
activities has the state conducted to promote culture change among the
staff, clients, and community partners?
(4) What has been the reaction to
the up-front diversion and employment aspects of the program?
(5) How are
staff implementing assessment and program assignment procedures?
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Overall, what do the assessment procedures help discover about client
barriers and needs?
(7) What are outcomes on measures such as employment
rates, length of employment, amount of earned income, child support
collections, total family income and savings?
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| Notes |
No notes reported
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| Last Updated |
10/21/03
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| Type of Summary |
Unreviewed
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| Contact(s) |
W. David Bradford (bradfowd@musc.edu)
Medical University of South Carolina
19 Hagood Avenue, Suite 408
PO Box 250807
(T) (843) 792-2117
(F) (843) 792-3327
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| Submitter(s) |
Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org)
National Center for Children In Poverty
215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl
(T) (646)284-9600
(F) not reported
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Populations Studied
| Target Population |
Recipients/participants/clients
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| Subgroups Analyzed |
Former recipients ("leavers")
Persons diverted from welfare
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| Sample Size and Unit |
sample size not reported
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Sites Studied
New Hampshire
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