A Better Chance (ABC) Evaluation: Outcomes Assessed

Outcomes Assessed

Benefit termination

  • Due to employment
  • Due to time limit
  • Due to sanctions

Family and relationship outcomes

  • Violence in family or other relationships (child abuse and neglect)
  • Births/pregnancies
  • Parent-child interactions
  • Family formation and stability/Living arrangements

Education

  • School attendance

Employment

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

Income security

  • Child support payments
  • Earnings
  • Food stamps receipt
  • Medicaid receipt
  • Welfare receipt

Housing

  • Housing - misc.

Attitudes towards work, welfare, and program

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

Service utilization

  • Service utilization - misc.

Sanctions

  • Sanctions - misc.

Program implementation

  • Program Implementation - misc.

Child Outcomes

  • Child social/emotional/behavioral outcomes
  • Child academic outcomes
  • Child overall development
  • Child mental/physical health outcomes