Filling the Gaps in Welfare Reform: The Minnesota Welfare-to-Work Partnerships Initiative

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Evaluator(s) Wilder Research Center
Investigator(s) Greg Owen (Wilder Research Center)
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Status Completed (final report released)
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description "This program offered grants to help locally formed community partnerships assess and offer what would be needed to help welfare recipients succeed after welfare reform. This study examines the effectiveness of these partnerships."
Notes No notes reported.
 
Last Updated 08/01/02
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Greg Owen (greg@wilder.org)
Wilder Research Center
1295 Bandana Boulevard North
Suite 210
(T) (651) -647-4600
(F) not reported
Publications Department Kristen Drangstveit (books@wilder.org)
Wilder Research Center
1295 Bandana Boulevard North
Suite 210
(T) (800) 274-6024
(F) (651) 642-2061
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 Social/Community service agencies
Child care providers
Employers
Neighborhood-based organizations
Subgroups Analyzed None
Sample Size and Unit 131 employers; Random sample 357 welfare participants; leaders of all partnerships
Execution 93% response rate for employers; 61.5% in wave one of participant interviews, 90.4% of respondents who completed wave one interviews completed wave two as well

Sites Studied

Minnesota statewide