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Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Financial incentives
- Earnings disregards
- Increased asset limit
- Lower benefit reduction rate
- Direct payment of rent to recipient (not landlord)
- Financial Incentives - misc.
Program requirements
Child support
- Support paid directly to parent
Food stamps
Social/Support services
- Child care
- Transitional child care
- Case management
Administration/Implementation
- Changes in welfare office environment/culture
Financial disincentives/Sanctions
- Lower basic benefit level
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Yes
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| Notes on program components |
Child support: A benefit formula is tied to the number of children with child support orders.
Financial disincentives/sanctions: Participants receive a lower basic benefit level.
Financial incentives: A "low tax rate" on earnings (called a "work incentive"). CAP benefits are reduced by only 10 cents for each dollar earned for the first several hundred dollars of earnings in a month, and by 67 cents for each dollar above that level.
Food stamps: Food stamps benefits are provided to participants as cash.
Program operations/implementation:CAP office is separate from the welfare office and has more "professional" environment.
Program requirements: A child support order is required of all participants.
Social/Support services: Child care advances are received as a separate allowance outside of the monthly benefit calculation. Case managers encourage recipients to obtain jobs and support orders necessary for CAP participation, in addition to helping recipients progress towards self-sufficiency. Transitional Medicaid available for up to 12 months after closed case due to increased income.
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