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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
- Career transition centers
Educational activities
- Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- GED courses
- Post-secondary education
Financial incentives
- Earnings disregards
- Elimination of 100 hour rule
- Increased asset limit
- Lower benefit reduction rate
- Financial Incentives - misc.
Financial disincentives/Sanctions
- Reduced benefits for non-compliance
- Strengthened JOBS sanctions
Program requirements
- Parenting or social contract
- School attendance
- Immunizations for children
- Broadened JOBS participation requirement
Social/Support services
- Child care
- Transitional child care
- Transitional health benefits
- Transportation
- Case management
- Multiple services in single location
- Counseling
- Enhanced social and health services
Time limits
Administration/Implementation
- Administration/Implementation - misc.
| Variation in program components across sites? |
No
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| Notes on program components |
Educational activities: Participants lacking in high school diplomas of with low literacy levels are often assigned to ABE or some GED classes at community institutions. "Career Transition Centers" are computer learning centers contracted with a local junior college.
Employment activities: "Employability skills" workshops include a job readiness course and a course on job seeking and job-holding skills. Short-term occupational training programs are offered through the program or through junior colleges.
Financial disincentives: Applies to parental responsibility mandates.
Financial incentives: The first $200 plus one-half of any remaining earnings is disregarded in calculating a family’s monthly grant.
Program operations: Operational issues related to participants and staff are investigated in the implementation study.
Social/Support services: Workshops include a two-week course called "Survival Skills for Women" and a separate course in parenting skills. Subsidized child care, payments for transportation and other work-related expenses, mental health counseling, and health services provided by the on-site nurse. Enhanced case management is intended to help shift the system’s day-to-day focus from income maintenance to self-sufficiency.
Time limits: Most recipients are limited to 24 months of ADFC receipt in any 60 month period. Particularly disadvantaged recipients are assigned a limit of 36 months of receipt in any 72 month period.
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