| Source |
Focus Group
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| Title |
Welfare Reform Working Groups
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Individuals representing a wide range of stakeholders in the welfare reform process.
Four meetings scheduled.
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| Sites |
Not reported.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Number and focus of working groups is evolving over time.
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| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
PROMISE JOBS component file; Department of Employment Services (DES) wage records; Iowa Automated Benefit Calculation (IABC)
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Records collected for all members of sample.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Program descriptions and documents
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| Title |
Planning documents and reports
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Sample includes all planning documents and reports pertaining to TANF implementation that are generated by DHS, the Advisory Group, and the Welfare Reform Working Groups (described above). Sample will also include policy memoranda issued by DHS, program manuals affected by TANF implementation, and forms and letters that DHS and PROMISE JOBS produce as part of the implementation process.
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| Sites |
Iowa
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
How welfare policies are communicated to field staff and clients is also examined
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| Source |
Field Research
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| Title |
Site visits, observations, and key-informant interviews
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
2 site visits to each county.
Interviews conducted with supervisors and line staff in local DHS and PROMISE JOBS offices, with community services providers and welfare advocates.
Observations will include staff-client interactions during intake, orientation, and assessment, and the development of Family Investment Agreements (FIAs).
Data collection schedule not reported.
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| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| |
| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Interview with State Administrators and Legislators
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
State-level welfare program staff and state legislators (number in sample not reported).
Data collection schedule not reported.
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| Sites |
Iowa
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not reported.
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Program data
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
3,000 FIP cases that entered first assignments to the LBP during a specified entry period, a portion of which (500) will have been assigned to a second LBP within a specified follow-up period.
Collected 2/96 - 5/97.
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| Sites |
Iowa
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
Structured telephone survey of reassigned cases
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
250 FIP cases assigned to LBP a second time.
Sampling method not reported.
Data collection schedule not reported.
|
| Sites |
Iowa
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Expected response rate: 80%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| |
| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Case studies with unstructured in-person interviews
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
12 households (FIP cases)
Purposive subsample of survey sample (200 respondents).
Data collection schedule not reported.
|
| Sites |
Iowa
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Case study subject will be selected from each of three distinct categories: 1) those who did not have a good understanding of program requirements; 2) those who understood requirements and tried to meet them; and 3) those who understood requirements and did not try to meet them.
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| |
| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Site visits to PROMISE JOBS offices
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
2 rounds of visits (month 10 and month 22).
First round to research counties.
Second round to pilot counties.
|
| Sites |
4 research counties (not reported)
2 pilot counties (not reported)
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
During visits, MPR staff will interview selected PROMISE JOBS counselors and administrators, and observe counseling sessions with clients as appropriate.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Data from: IABC Master Files; JOBS component file; Iowa Workforce Development wage file
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Data from two sources:
1) All cases who enter PROMISE JOBS orientation between July and December, 1998.
2) Sample from post-employment study client survey.
Collected 3/00.
|
| Sites |
4 research counties (not reported)
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
Post-employment client survey
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
250 cases containing an adult who went through PROMISE JOBS orientation and subsequently gained employment.
Collected months 26 and 27.
|
| Sites |
2 pilot counties and 2 comparison counties (not reported)
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Expected response rate: 80%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Semi-structured interviews with case studies
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
6 survey respondents from pilot counties and 6 survey respondents from comparison counties.
Collected month 28.
|
| Sites |
2 pilot counties and 2 comparison counties (not reported)
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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