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Recommendations
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New York State Child Assistance Program: Five-Year Impacts, Costs, and Benefits (12/01/96)
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"Although the analysis does not allow us to determine the separate effects of various CAP features, four seem likely to have contributed strongly and are worthy of consideration in other welfare reform efforts:
-CAP’s favorable earnings disregard;
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The entry threshold that led AFDC recipients to achieve a substantial level of earnings before transferring to CAP;
-The use of individualized case management to encourage AFDC recipients to take action to qualify for CAP, and to encourage CAP recipients to move toward independence; and
-The ‘non-welfare’ image, which reinforced the attractiveness of CAP vs. AFDC and served as a reminder of the goal of independence from welfare...The requirement for child support orders is more debatable" (xvi).
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