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	Rural Welfare to Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation

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Evaluator(s)	Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Investigator(s)	Stuart Kerachsky (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.) Michael Ponza (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Sponsor(s)	US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Funder(s)	US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children, Youth, and Families
Consultant(s)	Not applicable Not applicable

Domain	Income Security/TANF
Status	Operational with Findings
Duration	Sep 2000 - Sep 2005
Type	Research and/or Program Evaluation
Goal	To increase knowledge through information sharing and through research to provide sound information about effective approaches in working with rural populations.
Program/Policy Description	This multi-year national evaluation is designed to learn how best to help TANF and other low-income rural families move from welfare to work. The evaluation will lead to increased information on well-conceived rural welfare-to-work strategies and lessons about the operational challenges and methods to address them that can be used by state and local TANF agencies and others. During the initial phase of this initiative, 10 states received planning grants to develop strategies targeted to serve rural TANF populations. These states received assistance from a Federal technical assistance contractor. In FY 2001, MPR was selected to evaluate the implementation phase of the demonstration and the first participating state, Illinois, began implementation in a five-county site.
Notes	No notes reported.

Last Updated	01/25/05
Type of Summary	Reviewed
External Reviewer(s)	James Dolson (US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
Contact(s)	Michael Ponza (mponza@mathematica-mpr.com) Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. 600 Alexander Park (T) (609) 275-2361 (F) (609) 799-0005
Publications Department	Jacqueline Allen (jallen@mathematica-mpr.com) Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. P.O. Box 2393 (T) (609)-275-2350 (F) (609)-799-0005
Submitter(s)	Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org) National Center for Children In Poverty 215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl (T) (646)284-9600 (F) not reported

Populations Studied

Target Population

Recipients/participants/clients
Rural Populations

Subgroups Analyzed

None

Sample Size and Unit

Phase 1: States used planning grants to develop strategies targeted to serve rural populations.

Phase 2: Visits are conducted in each site 14 months after demonstration start-up. Using random assignment, individuals eligible for scarce program slots are being assigned to either the WtW program group (who are offered WtW services) or a control group (who are not offered WtW services but who may use all other available services). Follow-up interviews will be conducted with participants 15 months after program entry.

Illinois: 300 program and 300 control group participants sampled from July 2001 - December 2002.
Nebraska: 330 program and 270 control group participants sampled from April 2002 - March 2004.
Tennessee: 1,320 program and 880 control group participants sampled from October 2002 - March 2004.

Sites Studied

Phase 1:
Iowa,
Illinois,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
New York,
Vermont,
Washington.

Phase 2:
Illinois,
Nebraska,
and
Tennessee

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