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Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration

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Evaluator(s)	Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Investigator(s)	John Burghardt (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Funder(s)	Rockefeller Foundation

Domain	Income Security/TANF Child/Family Community/Neighborhood
Status	Completed (final report released)
Duration	Sep 1984 - Dec 1993
Type	Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description	From 1982 through 1988, the Rockefeller Foundation provided funding to selected community-based organizations (CBOs) to operate employment training programs for minority single mothers. Four such organizations -- Atlanta Urban League, Center for Employment Training, Opportunities Industrialization Center, and Wider Opportunities for Women-- operated projects which constituted the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration. They offered an array of services-- education, job skill training, general employability, counseling, child care, and other support services. The central objective of the evaluation is to compare the post-program well-being of the participants and their families with what it would have been had they not participated in the demonstration. The evaluation of the demonstration was designed to address five important policy questions: 1. Does the provision of program services improve the economic circumstances of the women who participate, and if so to what extent? 2. Does the provision of program services affect other noneconomic aspects of their lives? 3. What are the resource costs of providing the range of services available through MFSP projects, and how do those costs compare with both measurable benefits and less quantifiable impacts? 4. What barriers do minority single mothers face that affect their ability to participate in the labor market and achieve economic self-sufficiency? 5. Are community based organizations a viable vehicle for providing employment training services to minority female single parents?
Notes	no notes reported

Last Updated	03/12/03
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 Single parent families Social/Community service agencies
Subgroups Analyzed	None
Sample Size and Unit	Based on random assignment of approximately 4,000 minority single parent females (2,300 were assigned to the treatment group of CBO services)
Execution	Follow-ups 12 and 30 months after random assignment

Sites Studied

Atlanta, GA;
Providence, RI;
San Jose, CA;
Washington, DC.

Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated

Employment activities

Educational activities

Social/Support services

Administration/Implementation

Variation in program components across sites?

Outcomes Assessed

Program implementation

Income security

Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness

Employment

Education

Adult outcomes

Child Outcomes

Types of Studies

Type	Impact Study (Controlled Experiment)

Type	Implementation/Process Study

Type	Cost-Benefit Study

Data Sources

Source	Administrative data

Source	Field Research

Source	Interview

Source	Program descriptions and documents

Findings Available

Interim Implementation Findings
Final Implementation Findings
Interim Impact Findings
Final Impact Findings
Interim Cost-benefit Findings
Final Cost-benefit Findings

Recommendations

Existing Publications

12/01/93	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Fifth-Year Impacts at CET	Mathematica
10/01/92	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Vol. 1, Summary Report	Mathematica
10/01/92	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Vol. 2, Technical Supplement to the Analysis of Economic Impacts	Mathematica
10/01/92	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Vol. 3, Technical Report on the Benefit-Cost Analysis	Mathematica
10/01/92	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Vol. 4, Technical Report on the Analysis of Social and Psychological Outcomes	Mathematica
03/01/90	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Short Term Economic Impacts	Mathematica
11/01/88	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Process Analysis of Program Operations	Mathematica
11/01/98	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Analysis of the Program Operations Costs	Mathematica
12/01/88	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Size and Power of the Sample for the MFSP Impact Evaluation	Mathematica
12/01/98	Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration: Local Context and Target Population	Mathematica