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Second Assignments to Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan.

Nixon, Lucia A.; Kauff, Jacqueline F.; Losby, Jan L. - Mathematica Policy Research - 1999

Examines LBP recidivism, finding that about one-fourth of Iowa welfare recipients who are assigned to the LBP get …

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Welfare and Immigration Reforms: Unintended Side Effects for Medicaid.

Ellwood, Marilyn R.; Ku, Leighton - Mathematica Policy Research - 1998

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010608927

The Community Solutions Initiative: Early Implementation Experiences.

Paulsell, Diane; Wood, Robert G. - Mathematica Policy Research - 1999

Examines a statewide program that uses performance-based contracting to provide pre- and postemployment services to TANF recipients in Pennsylvania, finding that referrals to the program have been low where caseloads have dropped precipitously and that performance-based contracting has...

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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 as well as risks and costs. This reports discusses the experiences of 10 tribes and examines the benefits, as well as challenges and lessons, from the experience. It notes that...

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Integrating Alcohol and Drug Treatment into a Work-Oriented Welfare Program: Lessons from Oregon.

Kirby, Gretchen; Pavetti, LaDonna; Kauff, Jacqueline; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 1999

Draws on the experiences of Oregon, where welfare offices have addressed alcohol and drug problems since 1992, to help … states develop ways to include treatment in a work-oriented welfare environment. Key factors for success include strong … leadership at the state level as well as collaboration and communication between the existing welfare and alcohol and drug …

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Steps Toward Self-Sufficiency: A Study of the Characteristics and Work Participation of TANF Recipients in Fiscal Year 1999.

Jacobson, Jonathan; Cunnyngham, Karen; Gerhart, Holly - Mathematica Policy Research - 2002

As states try to move more TANF recipients into work, they are searching for ways to target families that may need additional help in achieving self-sufficiency. This report describes characteristics of recipients, using the Emergency TANF database maintained by the U. S. Department of Health...

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Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995.

Ellwood, Marilyn; Irvin, Carol - Mathematica Policy Research - 2000

Adds more weight to the body of evidence showing that declines in the welfare caseload are likely to have a noticeable …

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On and Off Medicaid: Enrollment Patterns for California and Florida in 1995.

Ellwood, Marilyn R.; Lewis, Kimball - Mathematica Policy Research - 1999

Uses Medicaid administrative data to see how 1995 declines in welfare enrollment in California and Florida affected …

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Diversion as a Work-Oriented Welfare Reform Strategy and Its Effect on Access to Medicaid: An Examination of the Experiences of Five Local Communities.

Maloy, Kathleen A.; Pavetti, LaDonna A.; Darnell, Julie; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 1999

Examines the emergence of diversion programs in state welfare reform and the potential for these programs to reduce … initial access to Medicaid; and the compelling policy challenge is how to use Medicaid effectively to support the welfare …

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Ancillary Services to Support Welfare-to-Work.

Johnson, Amy; Meckstroth, Alicia - Mathematica Policy Research - 1998

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