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Project Description

This report is a comprehensive study on the impact of the 1996 welfare reform on families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), as well as those who are leaving TANF, in Illinois. Work, Welfare and Families, an Illinois-wide coalition, the Chicago Urban League, and the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, undertook the study to assess the effects of welfare reform on low-income persons. The findings are primarily based on a self-administered survey of 2,166 low-income clients of Illinois social service agencies.

Project duration: Sep 1998 - Jan 2000

Sites studied include Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

Participating agencies randomly selected day to administer survey. All clients could voluntarily fill out self-administered survey. Effort was made to gain participation from a wide variety of social service agencies from different areas of Illinois. Duplications were later eliminated. Survey sample = 2166. Unit of analysis is the household.

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