National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS): Outcomes Assessed

Outcomes Assessed

Benefit termination

  • Due to employment
  • Due to marriage
  • Due to sanctions
  • Benefit Termination-misc.

Family and relationship outcomes

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

Education

  • High school graduation/GED receipt
  • Adult literacy levels

Employment

  • Job readiness/training
  • Job attainment
  • Job retention
  • Job promotion
  • Number of hours worked for wages

Income security

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

Adult outcomes

  • Emotional well-being

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.

Emotional well-being

  • Emotional well-being - misc.

Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness

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

Exit effects

  • Exit effects-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