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Beginning on April 1, 1999, the TANF program in most of Eastern Maricopa County (the county that includes Phoenix) was administered by MAXIMUS, Inc., a private company. Arizona Works and Wisconsin's W-2 program are unusual in that a private company is responsible for intake and benefit determination as well as case management and return-to-work services. This study compares Arizona Works with EMPOWER Redesign, the publicly administered TANF program in the comparison area, which is the rest of Maricopa County. Arizona Works and EMPOWER Redesign also differ because only Arizona Works receives performance incentive payments for attaining specific levels of employment rates and other outcomes, and because these two programs have some different rules regarding time limits and other issues.
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