Assessing Effective Welfare-to-Work Strategies for Domestic Violence Victims and Survivors in the Options/Opciones Project

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Evaluator(s) Center for Impact Research
Investigator(s) Rebekah Levin (Center for Impact Research)
Sponsor(s) Center for Impact Research
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Status Operational with Findings
Duration Mar 1997 - Mar 2002
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description The Options/Opciones Project is a demonstration project in partnership with the Illinois Department of Human Services, involving welfare office assessment of domestic violence, and provision of new case management services to women who are domestic violence victims, to enable them to move from welfare to work. The project has a heavy research agenda to determine the effective strategies in addressing the needs of abused women as they try to enter the labor market.
Notes See The Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence.
 
Last Updated 03/21/00
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Rebekah Levin (rlevin@impactresearch.org)
Center for Impact Research
915 N. Wolcott
(T) (773) 342-0630
(F) (773) 342-4532
Submitter(s) Rebekah Levin (rlevin@impactresearch.org)
Center for Impact Research
915 N. Wolcott
(T) (773) 342-0630
(F) (773) 342-4532

Populations Studied

Target Population Recipients/participants/clients
Domestic violence victims
Subgroups Analyzed Minority populations
Sample Size and Unit One major welfare office on the west side of Chicago in the community of North Lawndale.
Execution Not yet available.

Sites Studied

Chicago, Illinois