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Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Employment activities
- Job skills training
- Job readiness activities
- Job search
- Job development
- Employment Activities - misc.
Educational activities
- Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses
- GED courses
- Post-secondary education
Financial incentives
- Cash bonus for program completion
- Earnings disregards
- Elimination of 100 hour rule
- Excluding the value of one vehicle
- Increased asset limit
- Financial Incentives - misc.
Program requirements
- Work requirement
- Community or alternative work
- Mandatory JOBS for younger teens
- Living arrangements for unwed pregnant or parenting minors
- Program Requirements - misc.
Child support
- Support paid directly to parent
- Child support - misc.
Social/Support services
- Transitional health benefits
- Parenting classes/training
- Social/Support Services - misc.
Time limits
Eligibility
Administration/Implementation
- Administration/Implementation - misc.
| Variation in program components across sites? |
Yes
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| Notes on program components |
Additional notes: Families are assigned to three sets of rules: group 1, 20% of the caseload, qualifies for pre-reform services; group 2, 20% of caseload, is subject to all provisions of welfare reform except time limits or work requirements; group 3, 60% of caseload, is subject to all provisions of welfare reform.
Changes in child support: Child support payments are sent directly to welfare parents.
Employment activities: The work requirement is strengthened in two-parent families; job development opportunities and job skills training provided by the state.
Financial incentives: Earnings disregards are no longer time-limited; there is a disregard of $150 plus 25% of remaining gross income; elimination of specific eligibility criteria (100 hour rule and prior work history) for two-parent cases; changes in asset limitations and motor vehicle ownership rules.
Program operations: Operational issues relative to implementation of WRP are studied.
Program requirements: Pregnant and parenting minors are required to live with parents or in an approved arrangement.
Social/Support services: Additional 24 months of Medicaid coverage for families who become ineligible for ANFC (Vermont’s AFDC) due to increased earnings. More intensive case management, particularly with Reach Up (former JOBS program).
Time limits: After 15 cumulative months (for two-parent households) or 30 cumulative months (for single-parent households), parents are required to work, either in unsubsidized jobs or in subsidized pay-for-work jobs community service employment (CSE) or mandatory job search.
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