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Los Angeles County Post-TANF Tracking Project
General Information
View a brief abstract of this project.
| Evaluator(s) |
MDRC |
| Investigator(s) |
Barbara Goldman
(MDRC)
Nandita Verma (MDRC) |
| Domain |
Income Security/TANF |
| Status | Completed with continuing analysis |
| Duration | Oct 1998 - Jun 2000 |
| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation |
| Program/Policy Description | This project will provide quick data on the post-welfare status of Los Angeles County families, and put in place a process to facilitate additional follow-up after the project ends. It will build on an existing welfare reform research project now underway in Cuyahoga County, Los Angeles County, and two other large urban areas: The Project on Devolution and Urban Change, which is being conducted by MDRC. This project focuses on people who leave cash assistance. Cohorts of leaving families will be drawn from the third calendar quarter of 1996 and the third calendar quarter of 1998. Follow-up data on the first cohort would be drawn solely from administrative records, but results would be available quickly, at the beginning of 1999. For the second cohort, administrative data would be supplemented by a mixed-mode survey of a small subsample of individuals. The project will include analysis of up to 10 years of full population administrative data developed for the Urban Change project. This project and the Cuyahoga County project, also by MDRC, will effectively be a two-site study that will allow comparisons while controlling for study design. |
| Notes |
Definition of leavers: all recipients (single parents cases) who left cash assistance for two consecutive months. This project is an ASPE-funded "Leavers" study. |
| Last Updated | 04/28/03 |
| Type of Summary | Unreviewed |
| Contact(s) |
Nandita Verma (nandita_verma@mdrc.org)
MDRC 16 East 34th Street 19th Floor (T) (212) 340-8849 (F) (212)-684-0832 |
| Submitter(s) |
Nandita Verma (nandita_verma@mdrc.org)
MDRC 16 East 34th Street 19th Floor (T) (212) 340-8849 (F) (212)-684-0832 |
Populations Studied
| Target Population |
Former recipients ("leavers") |
| Subgroups Analyzed |
None |
| Sample Size and Unit |
Cohort 1: Q3 1996, sample of 750 (administrative data only) Cohort 2: Q3 1998, 750 (administrative data with a survey of a subsample of 300 single parents) |
| Execution | Not yet available. |
Sites Studied
Los Angeles County, CaliforniaProgram Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Post-Program activities
| Variation in program components across sites? | No |
Outcomes Assessed
Housing
Standard of living
Income security
Health/ physical well-being (including prenatal health)
Employment
Education
Benefit termination
Exit effects
Types of Studies
| Type | Descriptive/Analytical Study |
Data Sources
| Source | Administrative data |
| Source | Survey |
Findings Available
Interim Descriptive/Analytical FindingsRecommendations
Existing Publications
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