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Providing Unpaid Work Experience Opportunities for TANF Recipients: Examples from Erie County, New York; Montana; and Hamilton County, Ohio
Derr, Michelle K. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008
This brief profiles three work experience programs that engage nearly all work-ready TANF recipients in unpaid work … employment in the paid labor market. TANF recipients are assigned to entry-level jobs at government offices, nonprofit agencies … hourly wage, recipients receive their TANF grant and food stamp benefits in exchange for the hours they work. In addition to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011102453
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Operating TANF: Opportunities and Challenges for Tribes and Tribal Consortia
Hillabrant, Walter; Rhoades, Mack B.; Jr.; Pindus, Nancy - Mathematica Policy Research - 2003
Federal law permits American Indian tribes to operate TANF programs for their members, an option that entails benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011102072
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Providing Paid Employment Opportunities for TANF Participants Engaged in Vocational Education Programs: Examples from Denver, Colorado; Kentucky; and California
Person, Ann; Pavetti, LaDonna; Max, Jeffrey - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008
This brief profiles three programs, two statewide and one local, that provide work opportunities to TANF recipients … further their education while reinforcing the emphasis of the TANF program on encouraging recipients to engage in work as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011102672
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Understanding Two Categories of TANF Spending Other and Authorized Under Prior Law
Derr, Michelle K.; Anderson, Tara; Pavetti, LaDonna; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011102691
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Coordinating Employment Services Across the TANF and WIA Programs (Issue Brief)
Kirby, Gretchen G.; Lyskawa, Julia - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
12 strategies for TANF/WIA coordination that are in use in the study sites and that other locations might choose to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262024
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Strategies for Increasing TANF Work Participation Rates: Summary Report
Pavetti, LaDonna; Kauff, Jacqueline; Derr, Michelle K.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008
strategies: (1) new work opportunities for TANF recipients, (2) administrative strategies, (3) TANF policy changes, and (4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262095
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Serving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Recipients in a Post-Recession Environment
Brown, Elizabeth; Derr, Michelle K. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) agencies are operating in a challenging post-recession environment, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262388
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Achieving Higher TANF Work Participation Rates: Case Studies from Maryland and Utah
Kauff, Jacqueline; Derr, Michelle K. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008
Both Maryland and Utah more than doubled their state TANF work participation rates within a one-year period. Marylandâ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262395
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Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies: Final Literature Review
Pavetti, LaDonna; Derr, Michelle K.; Zaveri, Heather Hesketh - Mathematica Policy Research - 2003
This report summarizes state policy choices with regard to TANF sanctions for failure to comply with work requirements …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262521
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Providing Mental Health Services to TANF Recipients: Program Design Choices and Implementation Challenges in Four States
Derr, Michelle; Douglas, Sarah; Pavetti, LaDonna - Mathematica Policy Research - 2001
Profiles the efforts of four states—FL, OR, TN, and UT—to address welfare recipients' mental health conditions, which are often barriers to employment. Notes that these conditions, which occur at substantially higher rates in welfare recipients than in the general population, can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262563