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Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation

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Evaluator(s) Abt Associates, Inc.
Investigator(s) Erik Beecroft (Abt Associates, Inc.)
Sponsor(s) Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), Division of Family and Children
Funder(s) Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), Division of Family and Children
US Department of Health and Human Services
Subcontractor(s) Urban Institute
Indiana University
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Child/Family
Status Completed (final report released)
Duration Jun 1995 - Jun 2002
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Goal To evaluate the implementation, impacts, and cost-effectiveness of Indiana’s changes in welfare policy that began in May, 1995.
Program/Policy Description Indiana’s welfare reform is a comprehensive initiative that made substantial changes to both the overall AFDC program and the AFDC employment and training program, IMPACT (Indiana Manpower Placement and Comprehensive Training Program). Welfare recipients are required to participate in IMPACT if they meet federal qualifications for participation in the JOBS program ( including if the youngest child is older than 1 year, which was changed in 1997-1998 from 3 years).

Indiana’s welfare reform’s main provisions are currently organized under three broad headings: 1) new requirements to foster personal responsibility, including a social contract- the Personal Responsibility Agreement (PRA)-; 2) a shift in employment and training services to a “Work First” approach; and 3) special work incentives and supports.

Notes Includes enhanced child outcomes survey as part of the Project on State-Level Child Outcomes: Enhancing Measurement of Child Outcomes in State Welfare Evaluations and Other State Data Collections.
 
Last Updated 09/23/03
Type of Summary Reviewed
External Reviewer(s) Erik Beecroft (Abt Associates, Inc.)
Contact(s) Erik Beecroft (erik_beecroft@abtassoc.com)
Abt Associates, Inc.
4808 Montgomery Lane
(T) (301) 913-0546
(F) (301) 652-3635
Publications Department Abt Publications (not reported)
Abt Associates, Inc.
4808 Montgomery Lane
(T) not reported
(F) not reported

Populations Studied

Target Population Recipients/participants/clients
Former recipients ("leavers")
Children
Subgroups Analyzed Single parent families
Two-parent families
Children 1-6
Children 7-18
Sample Size and Unit Approximately 66,000 welfare applicants and recipients. Of these, 63,000 are program group (reformed AFDC and IMPACT) and 3,000 are control group (traditional AFDC and IMPACT) members.

Sites Studied

Indiana- statewide

 
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