Connecticut's Jobs First: Welfare Reform Evaluation Project

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Evaluator(s) MDRC
Investigator(s) Barbara Goldman (MDRC)
Dan Bloom (MDRC)
Sponsor(s) Connecticut Department of Social Services
Funder(s) Connecticut Department of Social Services
US Department of Health and Human Services
Smith Richardson Foundation
Ford Foundation
Subcontractor(s) Not applicable
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Child/Family
Status Completed (final report released)
Duration Jan 1996 - Feb 2002
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Goal To evaluate the components of Connecticut's Jobs First.
Program/Policy Description Jobs First uses time limits, work incentives designed to "make work pay", and mandatory employment services. The program is mandatory for non-exempt welfare recipients.

Child Outcomes Survey: Enhanced survey developed to obtain information about Jobs First's impacts on children. Target measures include child care, education, health and safety, and social and emotional adjustment.

Notes Includes enhanced child outcomes survey as part of the Project on State-Level Child Outcomes: Enhancing Measurement of Child Outcomes in State Welfare Evaluations and Other State Data Collections.
 
Last Updated 12/12/02
Type of Summary Reviewed
External Reviewer(s) Dan Bloom (MDRC)
Contact(s) Dan Bloom (dan_bloom@mdrc.org)
MDRC
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Publications Department MDRC Publications (publications@mdrc.org)
MDRC
16 East 34th Street
19th Floor
(T) (212) 532-3200
(F) (212) 684-0832

Populations Studied

Target Population Recipients/participants/clients
Applicants
Persons diverted from welfare
Children
Subgroups Analyzed Children 1-6
Sample Size and Unit 6,090 welfare applicants and recipients.

Sites Studied

Manchester, Connecticut
New Haven Connecticut