Arizona WORKs Pilot Program Evaluation: Study Types

Types of Studies

Type Implementation/Process Study
Aim To describe the development, planning, organization, staffing, community partnerships, service delivery, and implementation experience of Arizona Works and EMPOWER Redesign.
 
Type Cost-Benefit Study
Aim To assess whether the Arizona Works Pilot Program made the welfare families and the Arizona state government and taxpayers “better off” or “worse off”
 
Type Descriptive/Analytical Study
Aim To assess client satisfaction among adults in families served by Arizona Works and EMPOWER Redesign.
 
Type Impact Study (Quasi-experiment with non-equivalent control groups)
Aim To consider the possible effects of privatization, the performance incentives, and the differences in the program rules, and to take into account the pre-existing differences in the characteristics of the caseloads and neighborhoods served by Arizona Works and EMPOWER Redesign.