Welfare-to-Work Grants Program Evaluation: Program Components, Policies, and Activities

Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated

Employment activities

  • Job skills training
  • Job readiness activities
  • Job search
  • Job placement
  • Job development

Financial incentives

  • Earnings supplements/work subsidies

Social/Support services

  • Child care
  • Transportation
  • Life Skills and Opportunities Classes (LSO)
  • Substance abuse/dependence treatment
  • Peer support sessions

Child support

  • Services to non-custodial parents

Administration/Implementation

  • Administration/Implementation - misc.
Variation in program components across sites? Yes
Notes on program components Administration/Implementation:
Assessment of the administration of Welfare to Work grants and challenges faced in various sites.

Employment Activities:
Job search and readiness activities, job placement services provided on welfare to work grant sites.

Support/Social Services:
Substance abuse treatment, legal counseling, life-skills classes, mental health services, peer support, and mediation groups provided on welfare to work grant sites.

Other support services evaluated include those provided to tribal Native American groups, child care, and transportation assistance.