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Project Description

This project will evaluate the implementation of the 60-month CalWORKs time limit and the impacts of the time limit on families receiving cash assistance.

Key research questions include:
(1) What do CalWORKs recipients understand about the time limit?
(2) How are counties preparing for and implementing the time limit?
(3) What are the characteristics of families that reach the time limit and how do they compare with those who do not?
(4) How do family well-being and economic outcomes for families who exhaust their time on assistance compare to those who leave prior to reaching their time limit?
(5) How has imposing the time limit impacted the CalWORKs caseload? and
(6) Does the time limit impact child welfare indicators (e.g., child abuse or neglect, foster care?

Project duration: Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

Sites studied include California w/ Six research counties:

Alameda, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento and Tulare

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

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