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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
- Work supplementation programs
- Job development
Educational activities
- Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- GED courses
- High school completion
- Post-secondary education
- School readiness activities
- Educational Activities - misc.
- Literacy education
Financial incentives
- Coverage for work-related expenses
- Financial Incentives - misc.
Financial disincentives/Sanctions
- Reduced benefits for non-compliance
- Multi-program sanctions
Program requirements
- Work requirement
- Community or alternative work
- School attendance
- Workshop attendance
- Broadened JOBS participation requirement
Social/Support services
- Child care
- Transitional child care
- Transitional health benefits
- Transportation
- Case management
- Life Skills and Opportunities Classes (LSO)
- Counseling
Administration/Implementation
- Changes in welfare office environment/culture
- Program enforcement of sanctions
- Administration/Implementation - misc.
Diversionary activities
- Diversionary activities - misc.
| Variation in program components across sites? |
Yes
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| Notes on program components |
Educational activities: States must offer adult education (including high school or the equivalent, basic and remedial education to achieve basic literacy, and English as a Second Language Instruction). States may offer post-secondary education in appropriate cases.
Employment activities: Jobs skills training, job readiness activities, job development and job placement are required in all states. Each state must provide two of the following: job search, on-the-job training, work supplementation programs, and community or alternate work experience.
Financial disincentives/sanctions: Mandatory welfare recipients who failed to participate in JOBS without good cause- or who rejected a bona fide offer or employment- underwent a financial sanction in which their welfare grants were reduced by the amount of money that the non-compliance individual would have received as a member of the case.
Financial incentives: Work-related expenses were covered for all JOBS participants.
Program operations: Operations studied include changes in welfare office environment, development of partnerships with other organizations, the extent to which program sanctions were enforced, and simplification of rules and procedures.
Program requirements: Recipients were required to participate in work-related activities or in community or alternative work.
Social/Support services: Child care and transportation were covered for JOBS participants. Transitional child care and Medicaid are provided when AFDC recipients leave welfare for work. The case manager was responsible for performing an assessment of clients’ needs for services, arranging clients’ program activities, monitoring attendance and progress, initiating sanctions for noncompliance, and authorizing benefits for clients who obtain employment.
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