Monitoring Child and Family Social Program Outcomes: Before and After Welfare Reform in Four States: Outcomes Assessed

Outcomes Assessed

Benefit termination

  • Due to time limit
  • Due to sanctions

Family and relationship outcomes

  • Violence in family or other relationships (child abuse and neglect)
  • Foster care

Income security

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

Standard of living

  • Standard of living - misc.

Service utilization

  • Service utilization - misc.

Sanctions

  • Sanctions - misc.

Program implementation

  • Program Implementation - misc.

Policy changes

  • Policy changes-misc.

Child Outcomes

  • Child overall development