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Immigrant Women and Welfare Project
General Information
View a brief abstract of this project.
| Evaluator(s) |
Equal Rights Advocates |
| Investigator(s) |
Doris Ng
(Equal Rights Advocates)
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| Domain |
Income Security/TANF |
| Status | Completed (final report released) |
| Duration | Jan 1998 - Dec 1998 |
| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation Policy Analysis |
| Program/Policy Description |
The goal of the Immigrant Women and Welfare Project is to document the experiences of immigrant women as they move from welfare to work under California's new welfare program (CalWORKS). ERA will conduct a study on the effect of CalWORKS by conducting individual face-to-face interviews with 150 single women heads of household. The study will be conducted in Santa Clara County, the largest county in the San Francisco Bay Area and the fifth largest county in California. ERA will conduct interviews with seventy-five Mexican women immigrants and seventy-five Vietnamese women immigrant who receive welfare. The interview process will begin in mid-July and finish by the end of October 1998. The result of the study will highlight some of the barriers that immigrant women face under the new law. The study will also identify the unmet needs of low-income immigrant women. |
| Notes | The initial report is complete and available in an executive summary, full report, and summary findings. These can be downloaded from our Web site or ordered from ERA. We hope to do follow-up with these women, but do not yet have a specific plan to do this. |
| Last Updated | 03/13/00 |
| Type of Summary | Unreviewed |
| Contact(s) |
Doris Ng (dng@equalrights.org)
Equal Rights Advocates 1663 Mission Street Suite 550 (T) (415) 621-0672 (F) (415) 621-6744 |
| Submitter(s) |
Terri Witherspoon (tspoon@equalrights.org)
Equal Rights Advocates 1663 Mission St. Suite 550 (T) (415) 621-0672 (F) (415) 621-6744 |
Populations Studied
| Target Population |
Recipients/participants/clients Former recipients ("leavers") Immigrants |
| Subgroups Analyzed |
Applicants Single parent families Two-parent families Low-wage workers Domestic violence victims Local government Social/Community service agencies Caseworkers/managers/administrators Employers |
| Sample Size and Unit | 75 Vietnamese and 75 Mexican immigrant women heads of households currently on welfare or on welfare within the last 6 months. |
| Execution | Not yet available. |
Sites Studied
Santa Clara County, California (includes 15 cities such as San Jose and Palo Alto)Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Employment activities
Educational activities
Financial disincentives/Sanctions
Program requirements
Time limits
Food stamps
Social/Support services
Post-Program activities
Administration/Implementation
| Variation in program components across sites? | No |
Outcomes Assessed
Housing
Attitudes towards work, welfare, and program
Standard of living
Service utilization
Sanctions
Program implementation
Income security
Emotional well-being
Health/ physical well-being (including prenatal health)
Employment
Education
Community Outcomes
Entry effects
Substance abuse
Policy changes
Exit effects
Child Outcomes
Types of Studies
| Type | Descriptive/Analytical Study |
| Type | Impact Study (Quasi-experiment with non-equivalent control groups) |
| Type | Implementation/Process Study |
Data Sources
| Source | Ethnography |
| Source | Field Research |
| Source | Interview |
| Source | Survey |
Findings Available
Final Descriptive/Analytical FindingsRecommendations
Existing Publications
| 03/01/00 | Immigrant Women and Welfare Project: From War on Poverty to War on Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on the Lives of Immigrant Women | ERA |
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