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Welfare Time Limits: State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families
General Information
View a brief abstract of this project.
| Evaluator(s) |
MDRC |
| Investigator(s) |
Dan Bloom
(MDRC)
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| Funder(s) |
US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families |
| Domain |
Income Security/TANF Child/Family |
| Status | Completed (final report released) |
| Duration | Jan 2002 - Jul 2002 |
| Type |
Policy Analysis |
| Program/Policy Description | Welfare Time Limits: State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families provides a comprehensive summary of what has been learned to date about time limits: about state policies, their implementation, the effects of time limits on employment and welfare receipt, and the circumstances of families whose welfare cases have been closed because they reached a time limit. It is designed to serve as a resource as Congress considers reauthorization of PRWORA. The project consists of three activities: (1) a survey of state welfare administrators to obtain information on states' time-limit policies and experiences to date; (2) site visits to five states to examine the implementation of time limits; and (3) a synthesis of research on time limits conducted to date. |
| Notes | Funded by HHS ACF |
| Last Updated | 01/15/03 |
| Type of Summary | Unreviewed |
| Contact(s) |
Dan Bloom (dan_bloom@mdrc.org)
MDRC 16 East 34th Street 19th Floor (T) (212)-532-3200 (F) (212)-684-0832 |
| 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
| Subgroups Analyzed |
Caseworkers/managers/administrators |
| Sample Size and Unit | Survey: distributed to all 50 states; Site visits: 5 states |
Sites Studied
NationwideProgram Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Time limits
Administration/Implementation
| Variation in program components across sites? | No |
Outcomes Assessed
Program implementation
Income security
Employment
Policy changes
Adult outcomes
Caseload Dynamics
Child Outcomes
Types of Studies
| Type | Descriptive/Analytical Study |
Data Sources
| Source | Field Research |
| Source | Secondary data |
| Source | Survey |
Findings Available
Final Descriptive/Analytical FindingsRecommendations
Existing Publications
| 07/01/02 | Welfare Time Limits: State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families: Final Report | MDRC |
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