Illinois Department of Public Aid: Community Group Participation and Housing Supplementation Demonstration

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Evaluator(s) Abt Associates, Inc.
Investigator(s) Robert Kornfeld (Abt Associates, Inc.)
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Community/Neighborhood
Status Completed (final report released)
Duration Jul 1989 - Jun 1995
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description As part of the Self-Sufficiency Demonstration, the Illinois Department of Public Aid contracted with community based organizations to provide education, employment and training services to Aids for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients. This portion of the demonstration is known as the Community Group Participation and Housing Supplementation Demonstration. The rationale for using community based organizations is that they can reach more specific populations than can the regional office-based Illinois program Project Chance. This five year evaluation of the Community Group Participation and Housing Supplementation Demonstration seeks to identify, describe and assess the effects of providing employment and training (E&T) services through a community-based organization. Another objective of this evaluation is to determine if these types of services provided by CBOs can be replicated in other parts of Illinois.
Notes No notes reported.
 
Last Updated 09/18/03
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Robert Kornfeld (Robert_Kornfeld@abtassoc.com)
Abt Associates, Inc.
4800 Montgomery Lane
(T) (301) - 913-0593
(F) (301) 718-3108
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
Low-income households
Neighborhood-based organizations
Subgroups Analyzed None
Sample Size and Unit n=1,000 AFDC recipients randomly assigned to either the Bethel Self-Sufficiency Program (CBO) or the control, the Illinois Region II-Project Chance program.
Execution not reported.

Sites Studied

IL