| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
Texas Education Agency Data
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
N= 44,583 TANF recipients
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| Sites |
Texas
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not applicable.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Information collected includes: school attendance records as well as student assessment scores.
Data extracted from the Public Education Information Management Systems (PEIMS) database.
Identification of individuals was prohibited, so a deidentified approach was used for this data.
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| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
Texas Department of Human Services Data
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
N=44,853 TANF recipients
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| Sites |
Texas
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not applicable
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Extracted from the DHS SAVERR data system, the main repository of client and case information.Information collected includes: monthly benefit receipt information, cumulative warrant files containing records of actual paid cash assistance to clients, transaction files which describing of TANF applications or re-certifications, penalty files, benefits ticked files, and child care management services. Data was collected from June 1994 to December 1997.
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| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
Texas Workforce Commission Data
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
N=44,853 TANF recipients
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| Sites |
Texas
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not applicable.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Information collected includes: earnings data, subsidized child care usage, Choices participation data, Job Partnership Training Act data, Welfare to Work program data.
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| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Texas Office of the Attorney General Data
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
N=44,853 TANF recipients
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| Sites |
Texas
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not applicable.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Information collected includes: child support- related data. Data prior to September 1997 was not available.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Texas Department of Health data
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Children of the N= 44,583 TANF recipients
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| Sites |
Texas
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not applicable.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Information includes: Immunization information for children.Identification of individuals was prohibited, so a deidentified approach was used for this data.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services Data
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
N= 44,583 TANF recipients
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| Sites |
Texas
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not applicable.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Information collected included: data on child abuse and neglect; placement of children into foster care.
Data extracted from the CAPS data system.
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| Source |
Interview
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| Title |
Interviews
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
N= 182 households who received a one time payment
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| Sites |
Texas
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Conducted interviews with 55 of these households.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Conducted to provide in-depth understanding of clients’ experiences with state time limits and the TANF One-Time program. The interviews focused on the clients’ economic and family situations.
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| Source |
Program descriptions and documents
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| Title |
Policy Documents
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Not applicable.
|
| Sites |
Texas
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not applicable.
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Not applicable
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| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
Self administered survey:
Client mail survey
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
N= 44,583 TANF recipients
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| Sites |
Texas
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not reported.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Not reported.
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| |
| Source |
Field Research
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| Title |
Site Visits
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Local pilot TDHS offices
|
| Sites |
Texas
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not applicable.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Interviewed and observed staff interacting with clients.
First site visits were in 1997; Second visits were in 1999 and 2000.
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