Domestic Violence and Welfare Receipt in Maryland

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Evaluator(s) University of Maryland School of Social Work
Investigator(s) Catherine Born (University of Maryland)
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Child/Family
Status Completed with continuing analysis
Duration Jul 2002 - Jan 2003
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description This study examines the characteristics of Maryland domestic violence victims on TANF as well as the implementation and impact of the Family Violence Option Reconciliation Act of 1996. The first report of the three-part series focuses on describing the prevalence and correlates of domestic violence in the Maryland Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) caseload. The second report examines the implementation of the Family Violence Option (FVO) at the jurisdictional level. The third report ties together the findings of the first two reports and presents multivariate statistical analysis to complete the multi-method evaluation of the Family Violence Option (FVO) in Maryland.
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Last Updated 10/06/03
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Catherine Born (cborn@ssw.umaryland.edu)
University of Maryland
550 West Baltimore Street
(T) (410) 706-5134
(F) (410) 706-2760
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
Domestic violence victims
Subgroups Analyzed None
Sample Size and Unit Four Samples:
n=261 Waiver Holders (Victims Who have disclosed and hold waivers)
n=293 Waiver Non-Holders (Victims who have disclosed but do not hold waivers)
n=184 Narrative disclosers (Victims not administratively marked as such but whose narratives indicate domestic violence)
n=3,567 Non-victims (welfare recipients with no indication of domestic violence).
Unit of analysis: 24 counties of MD
Execution not reported.

Sites Studied

MD