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Project Description

This study is a three year, multi-method research project that investigates the impact of welfare reform on poor rural counties in southeastern Ohio, using existing data, surveys, focus groups, and in-depth interviews. The purpose of this study is to learn from all the partners involved in welfare reform - program participants, assistance providers, and potential employers - their perceptions of what works and what doesn't in the effort to move welfare recipients off of public assistance and into employment. Emphasis is on the particular problems facing resource poor, rural areas.

Project duration: Jul 1998 - Jul 2001

Sites studied include 29 Appalachian Ohio Counties.
4 "showcase" counties in the 29 county region:
Athens, Meigs, Vinton, and Washington Counties, Ohio.

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

Multiple samples and units of analysis: including, focus groups, surveys, and in-depth interviews with program participants, interviews with directors of human service agencies, survey and interviews with local employers.

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