Minnesota’s Family Investment Program (MFIP) Evaluation: Outcomes Assessed

Outcomes Assessed

Education

  • High school graduation/GED receipt
  • School attendance
  • Education - misc.

Employment

  • Job attainment
  • Job retention
  • Number of hours worked for wages

Family and relationship outcomes

  • Births/pregnancies
  • Parent-child interactions
  • Family formation and stability/Living arrangements
  • Foster care

Income security

  • Child support payments
  • Earnings
  • Food stamps receipt
  • Medicaid receipt
  • Welfare receipt
  • Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt

Adult outcomes

  • Emotional well-being
  • Adult outcomes - misc.

Housing

  • Residential mobility

Attitudes towards work, welfare, and program

  • Attitudes towards work, welfare, and program - misc.

Standard of living

  • Standard of living - misc.

Service utilization

  • Service utilization - misc.

Sanctions

  • Sanctions - misc.

Program implementation

  • Program Implementation - misc.

Emotional well-being

  • Emotional well-being - misc.

Health/ physical well-being (including prenatal health)

  • Health/ physical well-being - misc.

Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness

  • Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness - misc.

Child Outcomes

  • Child social/emotional/behavioral outcomes
  • Child cognitive (attention, problem solving, memory, language, and vocabulary) outcomes
  • Child academic outcomes
  • Child overall development
  • Child mental/physical health outcomes