Privatizing welfare services poses significant challenges to state and local agencies. This study of TANF case management privatization in six states looks at issues such as deciding the size and scope of contracts, selecting contractors, promoting competition, ensuring effective and fair...

Describes implementation of random assignment and sample intake, presents evidence that the process was implemented in a way that will enable the study to realize its goals, and draws lessons from the experience that may be applicable to other program evaluations.

The report notes that a third of the decline in participation occurred because of rising incomes; another 8 percent was related to changes in eligibility rules that restricted benefits for noncitizens and able-bodied adults without dependents. The rest of the decline—just under...

Presents estimates of the major benefits and costs of Job Corps within a unified framework.

This technical supplement provides additional detail about research design, analytic methods, variable construction used for the 15-month analysis, and discussion of subgroup analysis. It also includes additional impact results not presented in the main report.

Reports on what is known about why eligible low-income working and elderly households don't participate in the Food Stamp Program, and recommends a national survey to assess the extent of the problem and develop an appropriate policy response.