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Project Description

To better understand the characteristics of intermediary organizations and their role in welfare reform efforts, this study explores who these intermediaries are, how widely they are used, how they operate and the issues they face in linking welfare recipients with jobs. This research has four purposes:
1. To describe the characteristics of intermediaries.
2. To describe the key decisions local welfare offices have made regarding the use of intermediaries.
3. To provide in-depth information on the types of services intermediaries provide, the process they use to link welfare recipients with employers and the challenges they face.
4. To identify lessons that can benefit policymakers and other or newly emerging intermediaries and assess the implications of the findings for future research on welfare employment efforts.

Project duration: - Feb 2000

Sites studied include AR;
Yavapai and Phoenix, AZ;
Napa and San Diego, CA;
New London and Hartford, CT;
Suwannee and Jacksonville, FL;
Olmsted and St Paul, MN;
Jefferson and Little Rock, NE;
Columbiana and Cleveland, OH;
Uvalde and San Antonio, TX;
Wise and Richmond, VA.

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

2 (one rural, one urban) intermediary sites in each of 10 states.

Recent Findings in Brief

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