Canada’s Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) Evaluation: Outcomes Assessed

Outcomes Assessed

Benefit termination

  • Due to time limit
  • Benefit Termination-misc.

Education

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

Employment

  • Job attainment
  • Job retention
  • Job promotion
  • Number of hours worked for wages
  • Employment - misc.

Family and relationship outcomes

  • Births/pregnancies
  • Parent-child interactions
  • Family formation and stability/Living arrangements
  • Family and relationship outcomes - misc.

Income security

  • Child support payments
  • Earnings
  • Welfare receipt
  • Overall income
  • Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt

Housing

  • Residential mobility
  • Housing - misc.

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.

Program implementation

  • Program Implementation - misc.

Emotional well-being

  • Emotional well-being - misc.

Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness

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

Entry effects

  • Entry effects - misc.

Adult outcomes

  • Social functioning/social relationships
  • Planning for future

Caseload Dynamics

  • Caseload dynamics - misc.
  • Recidivism

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
  • Child outcomes - misc.