This report presents findings from Phase III of the study "Understanding Families with Multiple Barriers to Self-Sufficiency." The purpose of this study is to continue tracking former Family Employment Program (FEP) recipients as they left cash assistance due to time limit closures or the end of the extension.
Phase III has three major components:
a) longitudinal analysis of welfare leavers, especially those who were closed because they reached Utah's 3 year lifetime limit for cash assistance;
b) "against the odds" study- an in-depth data collection for a subset of respondents who achieved success despite possessing multiple barriers to self-sufficiency;
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c) a report of problem areas and intervention strategies for leavers found to be in a situation which immediately threatened their ability to provide food, clothing, shelter or physical and emotional care for themselves or their families.
