|
http://www.researchforum.org/project_general_279.html |
|
|
Impact Study of the New Hampshire Employment Program
General Information
View a brief abstract of this project.
| Evaluator(s) |
Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
| Investigator(s) |
W. Bradford Wilcox
(University of Virginia)
|
| Domain |
Income Security/TANF |
| Status | Operational |
| Duration | Sep 1997 - Dec 2003 |
| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation |
| Program/Policy Description |
This project is an impact analysis of New Hampshire's employment-focused welfare reform program, which includes up-front job search followed by a client assessment and placement into one of two types of Employment Program Group if employment is not found within four weeks of up-front job search. The groups are divided according to employability of clients, and services are structured appropriately. Participants who do not find employment after a 26-week job search component enter a Work Benefits Program, which includes activities such as On-the-Job Training and subsidized employment. Special needs payments are available to address employment obstacles, and individuals are exempt from employment requirements if personally providing care for a child under age 3. The impact study will involve a pre-post non-experimental design consisting of comparisons between baseline and post-implementation cohorts, caseload modeling techniques, and a pre-post time series analysis of trends on selected welfare-related aggregate measures.
Major Research Questions: (1) Does New Hampshire's welfare reform program impact state welfare case dynamics, including exit rates, length of benefit receipt and recidivism? (2) Does the program have an impact on welfare caseloads compared to forecasted caseload values such as new welfare case openings, case closings, denials and withdrawals, "child only" cases, earned income cases, and benefit payments? (3) Does the program affect welfare-related measures such as foster care placements, child abuse and neglect, homelessness, paternity establishments, and child support collections? |
| Notes | No notes reported. |
| Last Updated | 10/28/03 |
| Type of Summary | Unreviewed |
| Contact(s) |
W. Bradford Wilcox
University of Virginia |
| 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 |
| Subgroups Analyzed |
Applicants Persons diverted from welfare Child-only cases |
| Sample Size and Unit | Using statewide case-level and aggregate data, baseline cohorts will be constructed for the pre-post cohort analysis consisting of persons who were on AFDC in January 1992 and who would have been state TANF-mandatory participants and monthly entry cohorts of persons entering welfare between January 1992 and December 1993. The post-implementation cohorts will consist of all TANF participants in October 1997 and monthly entry cohorts of persons entering the program between October 1997 and September 1999. Regression analysis and survival and hazard functions analysis will be used to control for case characteristics and other extraneous factors. |
| Execution | Not reported. |
Sites Studied
New Hampshire - statewideProgram Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Employment activities
Social/Support services
Diversionary activities
| Variation in program components across sites? | No |
Outcomes Assessed
Housing
Income security
Benefit termination
Caseload Dynamics
Child Outcomes
Types of Studies
| Type | Impact Study (Quasi-experiment with pre-post time periods) |
Data Sources
| Source | Administrative data |
| Source | Secondary data |
Findings Available
Not Yet AvailableRecommendations
Existing Publications
| 01/01/01 | Impact Study of the New Hampshire Employment Program: The Impact of Welfare Reform in New Hampshire on the TANF Caseload: Year Four Report | IPS |
|
|