In light of sharp declines in the Food Stamp Program caseload, examines the well-being of those who have left the program. Notes that about half of those who exited in 1997 were employed two years later, while more than half had incomes below the poverty line. Also notes food insecurity with...

Final report from the first rigorous study of four employment retention programs shows that broad case-management approaches alone are unlikely to promote employment success. Notes that future program designs may need to explore more structured services, incentives for participants, or stronger...

Shows that WFNJ clients continue to leave welfare for work and improve their outcomes. Although many are in low-paying jobs, their earnings are increasing, and more are getting fringe benefits. However, one in three remains on TANF, and they face multiple barriers to employment--for example,...

This working paper used a randomized controlled trial to estimate the effectiveness of a U.S. government-funded farmer assistance program that trained more than 50,000 farmers throughout Armenia. Training did not increase household income or consumption, or affect mediating outcomes, such as...

The Youth Transition Demonstration is developing and evaluating promising strategies to help youth with disabilities become as economically self-sufficient as possible as they transition from school to work. This report offers six implementation lessons to help policymakers and administrators...

This report presents baseline data from the tertiary canal survey, which provides an understanding of the current irrigation and agricultural situation in rural Armenia, as well as context for the impact evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s infrastructure improvement project in...

"The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Analysis Plan for Interim Reports." In partnership with the Social Security Administration, Mathematica is leading an evaluation of the Youth Transition Demonstration, an initiative to evaluate strategies to help...

This report evaluates four components of an agricultural intervention in Armenia, the Water-to-Market Activity. It assesses on-farm water management, high-value agriculture training, credit to qualifying farmers, institutional training, and post-harvest processing and marketing.