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When Five Years Is Not Enough: Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Families Nearing the TANF Time Limit in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
Pavetti, LaDonna A.; Kauff, Jacqueline - Mathematica Policy Research - 2006
Concern for families reaching the time limits imposed under welfare reform has led states to develop strategies for addressing the needs of this hard-to-employ population. Ramsey County, in the St. Paul area of Minnesota, implemented the Intensive Integrated Intervention project to reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609409
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Public Assistance Use Among Two-Parent Families: An Analysis of TANF and Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation.
Rangarajan, Anu; Castner, Laura; Clark, Melissa A. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2005
participation rates in TANF and FSP. The study found that eligibility and participation rates in the two programs are considerably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609420
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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/10010609471
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Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies. Final Literature Review.
Pavetti, LaDonna; Derr, Michelle K.; Hesketh, Heather - 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/10010609524
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Simplification of Health and Social Services Enrollment and Eligibility: Lessons for California from Interviews in Four States.
Cody, Scott; Reed, Debbie; Basson, Danna; Pedraza, Jordan; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
This report, which examines social service enrollment reforms in FL, PA, TX, and WA, informs the state of California and stakeholders as they consider changes in the enrollment process for public health and social services programs.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609553
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Work-Based Strategies for Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients: A Preliminary Assessment of Program Models and Dimensions.
Pavetti, LaDonna; Bajaj, Debra Strong with Ruchika; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2001
are serving, or could serve, hard-to-employ TANF recipients. Also assesses the feasibility of conducting a rigorous, large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609754
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Creating Work Opportunities.
Derr, Michelle K.; Pavetti, LaDonna - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008
unsubsidized transitional employment—to create work opportunities for TANF recipients who are living with a disability and have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609855
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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/10010609906
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Using Vouchers to Deliver Social Services: Considerations Based on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program Experiences...
Kirby, Gretchen; Burwick, Andrew - Mathematica Policy Research - 2007
CCDF and TANF programs and the degree to which this funding mechanism supports the goals of maximizing client choice and … used to subsidize the consumer-demand services of child care and training for TANF recipients, but TANF program … administrators have not considered using them for other services. In addition, CCDF and TANF administrators do not seem to consider …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609922
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Iowa Families That Left TANF: How Are They Faring Two Years Later?
Kauff, Jacqueline; Fraker, Thomas; Milliner-Waddell, Julita - Mathematica Policy Research - 2002
Notes that families leaving welfare in spring 1999 were doing slightly better financially two years after leaving than they had been one year earlier, but more than half still had income around the poverty line. In addition, some families were experiencing hardships such as hunger and housing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609925