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General Information
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| Evaluator(s) |
Equal Rights Advocates
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| Investigator(s) |
Doris Ng
(Equal Rights Advocates)
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| Domain |
Income Security/TANF
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| Status |
Completed (final report released)
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| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation
Policy Analysis
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| Program/Policy Description |
Based on focus groups convened with welfare recipients in
Northern, Central and Southern California, this report gives voice to women'
s experiences with welfare reform two years into their time clocks. The
report reveals that women are not getting the individualized treatment they
need to move into jobs that will enable them to be self-sufficient. Instead
they experience difficulties getting information about available services,
overloaded caseworkers, skeptical employers and pressure to take temporary,
low-wage jobs. The Broken Promise offers recommendations to the
Legislature, state and county administrators, advocates and the media to
make welfare-to-work "work".
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| Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Last Updated |
02/04/00
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| Type of Summary |
Unreviewed
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| Contact(s) |
Doris Ng (dng@equalrights.org)
Equal Rights Advocates
1663 Mission Street
Suite 550
(T) (415) 621-0672
(F) (415) 621-6744
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| Submitter(s) |
Terri Witherspoon (tspoon@equalrights.org)
Equal Rights Advocates
1663 Mission St.
Suite 550
(T) (415) 621-0672
(F) (415) 621-6744
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Populations Studied
| Target Population |
Recipients/participants/clients
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| Subgroups Analyzed |
None
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| Sample Size and Unit |
Focus groups were conducted to get qualitative as opposed
to quantitative info. Six focus groups were conducted in all, two in each
county. Focus groups ranged in size from 5-12 participants. One group in
each county was single-race: Tulare--Latina; Los Angeles--African-American;
Sacramento-- Asian-American
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| Execution |
Not applicable
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Sites Studied
Pasadena (Los Angeles Co., CA);
Visalia (Tulare Co., CA);
and
Sacramento (Sacramento Co., CA)
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