| Evaluator(s) |
US Government Accountability Office
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| Investigator(s) |
Margaret Boeckman
(US Government Accountability Office)
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| Sponsor(s) |
US Government Accountability Office
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| Funder(s) |
Not reported
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| Subcontractor(s) |
Abt Associates, Inc.
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| Domain |
Income Security/TANF
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| Status |
Completed (final report released)
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| Duration |
Mar 1996 - Mar 1997
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| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation
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| Goal |
To get an early indication of states’ progress in meeting work participation requirements as well as issues facing welfare administrators under the new welfare law (P.L. 104-193).
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| Program/Policy Description |
The programs in Massachusetts, Utah, and Michigan were selected because these states had programs in operation long enough to have generated data for preliminary analysis and each state took a distinctly different approach towards increasing participation. Recent policy changes included: 1) their participation requirements, 2) activities that count as participation, 3) exemptions, 4) sanction processes, 5) amount of earned income excluded from benefit calculation, 6) transitional child care and transitional Medicaid, and 7) time limits (in some cases).
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| Notes |
GAO received comments on a draft of this report from the three case study states: Massachusetts, Michigan, and Utah. These states provided technical clarifications about their programs and additional interpretations about certain data, which were incorporated as appropriate. Comments were requested from HHS, but none were received.
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| Last Updated |
03/24/98
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| Type of Summary |
Reviewed
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| External Reviewer(s) |
Mark Nadel
(US Government Accountability Office)
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| Contact(s) |
Mark Nadel (not reported)
US Government Accountability Office
441 G Street NW
(T) (202)-512-7125
(F) not reported
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| Publications Department |
GAO Publications (info@gao.gov)
US Government Accountability Office
P.O. Box 37050
(T) (202) 512-6000
(F) (202) 512-6061
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