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Implementing Welfare Reform Requirements for Teenage Parents: Lessons from Experience in Four States
General Information
View a brief abstract of this project.
| Evaluator(s) |
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. |
| Investigator(s) |
John Burghardt
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
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| Domain |
Income Security/TANF |
| Status | Completed (final report released) |
| Type |
Policy Analysis |
| Program/Policy Description |
Before Congress enacted federal welfare reform legislation, several states had implemented school attendance and living arrangement requirements for teenage parents under waivers to their AFDC programs. To ensure that the other states have the benefit of this experience, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS), contracted with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) to examine teenage parent programs in four states that have implemented school attendance and living arrangements requirements as part of state welfare reform demonstrations. The project summarizes lessons based on an examination of the operational experiences in four states that implemented school attendance and living arrangements requirements using federal waivers under the prior AFD program. The four states are Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Virginia. The report draws lessons in three areas: 1) identifying teenage parents, 2) implementing school attendance requirements, and 3) implementing living arrangement requirements. |
| Notes | No notes reported. |
| Last Updated | 07/09/98 |
| Type of Summary | Unreviewed |
| Contact(s) |
John Burghardt (not reported)
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. P.O. Box 2393 (T) (609) 799-3535 (F) (609) 799-0005 |
| Submitter(s) |
Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org)
National Center for Children In Poverty 215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl (T) (646)284-9600 (F) not reported |
Populations Studied
| Target Population |
Recipients/participants/clients Pregnant/parenting teens Applicants |
| Subgroups Analyzed |
None |
| Sample Size and Unit |
Arizona: 3,660 teenage parents (age 19 or younger with no high school diploma or GED) on cash assistance (Arizona’s JOBS Program) in February, 1996. California: 1,709 teenage parents or pregnant teens (under age 19 with no high school diploma or GED) on cash assistance (California’s Cal Learn Program) in February, 1996. Massachusetts: 4,802 unmarried teenage parents (age 19 or younger with no high school diploma or GED) on cash assistance (Massachusetts’s Welfare Reform ’95 Program) in December, 1996. Virginia: 493 (July, 1995), 573 (January, 1996), 511 (July, 1996), or 468 (January 1997) unmarried teenage parents (age 18 or younger) on cash assistance (Virginia Independence Program). |
| Execution | Not applicable. |
Sites Studied
ArizonaCalifornia (Sacramento County and Clara County)
Massachusetts
Virginia
Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Educational activities
Financial incentives
Financial disincentives/Sanctions
Social/Support services
Administration/Implementation
| Variation in program components across sites? | No |
Outcomes Assessed
Housing
Attitudes towards work, welfare, and program
Service utilization
Sanctions
Program implementation
Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness
Family and relationship outcomes
Education
Benefit termination
Child Outcomes
Types of Studies
| Type | Descriptive/Analytical Study |
| Type | Implementation/Process Study |
Data Sources
| Source | Administrative data |
| Source | Field Research |
Findings Available
Final Implementation FindingsRecommendations
Existing Publications
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