State Capacity Study: Program Components, Policies, and Activities

Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated

Employment activities

  • Employment Activities - misc.

Educational activities

  • Educational Activities - misc.

Financial incentives

  • Financial Incentives - misc.

Program requirements

  • Program Requirements - misc.

Time limits

  • Time Limits - misc.

Eligibility

  • Eligibility - misc.

Food stamps

  • Food Stamps - misc.

Social/Support services

  • Social/Support Services - misc.

Diversionary activities

  • Diversionary activities - misc.

Post-Program activities

  • Post-Program Activities- misc.

Administration/Implementation

  • Administration/Implementation - misc.
Variation in program components across sites? Yes
Notes on program components Program operations: The study is focused on implementation and how states have managed certain key tasks in four important functional areas: 1) management including the redirection of bureaucratic cultures; 2) the development of oversight systems to hold public and private entities accountable for performance; 3) the allocation of budgets and staff to achieve program goals; and 4) the creation and use of management information systems appropriate to program goals.