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Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Employment activities
- Job skills training
- Job readiness activities
- Job search
- Job placement
- On the job training
- Job development
- Employment policies linked to treatment
- Employment Activities - misc.
Educational activities
- Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- GED courses
- High school completion
- Educational Activities - misc.
Financial incentives
- Earnings disregards
- Earnings supplements/work subsidies
- Elimination of 100 hour rule
- Excluding the value of one vehicle
- Coverage for work-related expenses
- Increased asset limit
- Individual Development Account (IDA)
- Transitional income benefits
- Lower benefit reduction rate
- Financial Incentives - misc.
Financial disincentives/Sanctions
- Reduced benefits for non-compliance
- Financial Disincentives/Sanctions - misc.
Program requirements
- Work requirement
- Community or alternative work
- Paternity identification
- School attendance
- Living arrangements for unwed pregnant or parenting minors
- Workshop attendance
- Immunizations for children
- Broadened JOBS participation requirement
Food stamps
- Work requirements
- Simplified program
- Food Stamps - misc.
Social/Support services
- Child care
- Transitional child care
- Health benefits
- Transitional health benefits
- Transportation
- Case management
- Employment support for job retention
- Multiple services in single location
- Life Skills and Opportunities Classes (LSO)
- Counseling
- Substance abuse/dependence treatment
- Social/Support Services - misc.
- Community/social services
Administration/Implementation
- Changes in welfare office environment/culture
- Development of partnerships with private organizations
- Program enforcement of sanctions
- Development of new welfare policies
- Administration/Implementation - misc.
Time limits
Family caps
Eligibility
Child support
Diversionary activities
- Diversionary activities - misc.
Post-Program activities
- Post-Program Activities- misc.
| Variation in program components across sites? |
Yes
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| Notes on program components |
Changes in eligibility: Recipients lose benefits if eligibility changes.
Child support: Emphases on child support.
Educational activities: GED courses, high school completion, literacy courses, Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses.
Employment activities: Emphases on applicant job search, immediate job search, job training, job readiness activities, and community work requirements. Participants must work immediately in CA, FL, and OH.
Family caps: Recipients receive limited or no benefits for children born while enrolled in program (CA, FL).
Financial disincentives/ sanctions: Sanctions for failure to participate in employment and training programs.
Financial incentives: Excluding the value of one vehicle, home of residence, increased asset limit, cash value of life insurance (FL, PA), educational savings (PA), and earnings disregards.
Food Stamps: Work requirements (OH). simplified program.
Program operations: Program implementation is studied.
Program requirements: Work requirements: 20 hrs/week within 2 years or loss of benefits (PA); 32 hours/week for single parent families and 35 hours for two-parent families (CA); 20 hours/week (FL); 30 hours/week for single parents and 35 hours/week for two-parent families (OH). Minor parent provisions (stay in school and live at home with responsible adult). Recipients must adhere to a written contract which outlines steps to self-sufficiency (CA, PA, OH).
Social/Support services: Child care, transitional child care, health benefits, counseling, transitional health insurance, transportation provided, and multiple services located in single location (FL, OH, PA).
Time limits: 60 month lifetime limit for adults only (CA); 36/72 month limit for more disadvantaged recipients, 24/60 month for adults only limit for other recipients, and 48 month lifetime limit (FL); 60 month lifetime limit (PA); and 36 month lifetime limit (OH). All limits are cumulative.
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