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Effects of Welfare-to-Work Programs in Illinois

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Evaluator(s) Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Investigator(s) Robert Goerge (Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago)
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Status Completed (final report released)
Duration Jan 1999 - Aug 2000
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description This project intends to describe the welfare and employment experiences of all families who were on AFDC or TANF from 1991 to 1999 in Illinois. Both the experiences while on income maintenance programs and off income maintenance programs are analyzed. The purpose of the project is to monitor these experiences before, during and after various welfare reform efforts in the state and disseminate that information to a broad, interested audience.
Notes Another report on this project is planned to come out in October. This project funded by the Joyce Foundation.
 
Last Updated 12/06/00
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Robert Goerge (bobg@uchicago.edu)
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
1313 East 60th Street
(T) (773) 256-5137
(F) (773) 256-5337
Submitter(s) Robert Goerge (bobg@uchicago.edu)
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
1313 East 60th Street
(T) (773) 256-5137
(F) (773) 256-5337

Populations Studied

Target Population Recipients/participants/clients
Former recipients ("leavers")
Subgroups Analyzed Single parent families
Two-parent families
Low-wage workers
Sample Size and Unit Population of all AFDC and TANF recipients from 1991-1999
Execution Not applicable.

Sites Studied

Illinois

 
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