Georgia Welfare Reform Impact Assessment

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Evaluator(s) Georgia Department of Human Resources
Investigator(s) E. Michael Foster (Georgia State University Applied Research Center)
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Child/Family
Community/Neighborhood
Status Completed (final report released)
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Policy Analysis
Program/Policy Description This project is to assess the impact of welfare reform on women leaving the welfare rolls, their families and on the broader community. Using administrative and survey data, this project examines four key questions about the impact of welfare reform on women who leave welfare: 1) What were the experiences of these individuals while on welfare? 2) How are former recipients faring? Are they employed? If not, how are they supporting themselves? 3) What is the impact on their children? Is each child in day care or in school? If so, where and what type of day care, etc.? 4) What is the broader impact on the community? These questions will be addressed using existing state databases and the results of telephone surveys of former welfare recipients.
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Last Updated 03/13/00
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) E. Michael Foster (pademf@panther.gsu.edu)
Georgia State University Applied Research Center
PO Box 4039
(T) (404) 651-3523
(F) (404) 651-3524
Submitter(s) Dana Rickman (arcdkr@panther.gsu.edu)
(T) (404) 651-3523

Populations Studied

Target Population Former recipients ("leavers")
Subgroups Analyzed Single parent families
Non-custodial parents
Children 1-6
Child-only cases
Sample Size and Unit Random sampling of closed cases.
Number in sample not reported.
Execution Not reported.

Sites Studied

Georgia- statewide