| Source |
Interview
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| Title |
Executive interviews
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Senior officials of demonstration agencies, case managers and their supervisors.
3-5 individuals in each site sampled.
Data collected in fall 1994 and spring 1995.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Conducted during site visits.
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| Source |
Focus Group
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
15 focus groups, each typically involving 8 to 10 welfare recipients.
Conducted during site visits, in fall 1994 and spring 1995.
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| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Includes clients with both intensive and intermittent contact with case managers, as well as those with varying durations of employment following program enrollment.
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| |
| Source |
Field Research
|
| Title |
Case conferences to review participants’ histories in detail
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Case managers for 12 welfare recipients in each site.
Conducted during second round of site visits, in spring 1995.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Cases selected to include a mix of clients with varying levels of contact with PESD staff and varying durations of employment following program enrollment.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Automated case tracking systems, in which staff member record contacts with clients, duration of contacts, problems discussed, and services delivered
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Data of services provided to all program group members over the life of the demonstration.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
AFDC, Food Stamp, Medicaid files, state employment departments’ employer wage reports
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Data for all program and control group members (over 4,500 clients).
Data collected over the period beginning about one year before intake and ending about two years after intake.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
Follow-up survey
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
1,236 welfare recipients.
Random sample of program and control group members who enrolled in the programs between July 1994 and August 1995.
Conducted approximately one year after random assignment.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate: 70%.
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Surveys asked respondents to recall their employment, earnings, and other relevant information. Telephone survey conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
Employer Survey
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
24 employers (varying in size and type) that commonly provide entry level jobs to welfare recipients in the four sites.
Data collection schedule not reported.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Telephone interviews by Mathematica staff.
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