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This report describes the status of over 1,000 Virginia families 18 months after their TANF cases closed because of a time limit. It finds that nearly all parents worked after leaving TANF, with average hours, hourly wages, and total earnings increasing over time. Families also decreased their...
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Notes that in spring 1999, almost 60 percent of families left Iowa's TANF program voluntarily and most were able to remain off the rolls for at least a year. Eight to 12 months after they left, just over 60 percent of family heads were working, and many families still relied on Medicaid....
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Finds that most WtW grantees, except recently funded ones, are now delivering services, but restrictive eligibility rules still in effect in late 1999 continue to impede enrollment. Despite low enrollment, grantees have moved expeditiously to place WtW participants in work activities. To date,...
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, Medicaid, child care, SCHIP, and the EITC, to help families leave poverty when they leave welfare for work. Argues that a new … determinations, and should be divorced from the welfare program and its stigma. Proposes several options, including providing a …
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are receiving assistance—becoming a growing portion of New Jersey’s welfare caseload. These cases grew from 17 percent …
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Shows that welfare reform increased employment and earnings during the first three and a half years, and that the … is no evidence that reforms reduced participation in welfare. …
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. Welfare-to-work partnerships are seeking to link parents with services and relevant jobs, but these partnerships have created …
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Provides information about the strategies used in CA, FL, IA, MI, TN, and WI to help parents of infants make the transition to school or work while promoting the health and development of their infants. Also looks at the policy and program challenges states and communities are facing.
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