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Recommendations
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Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan Evaluation: Summary Report (05/01/97)
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"Case study interviews with these families indicate that this emotional and material support [from families, friends, and neighbors] does not always endure, implying that these families might be more reliant on private, non-profit social service providers if the LBP period of no cash benefits were longer than six months"(2).
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Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan Evaluation: A Study of Well-Being: Visits to Families on Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan (06/01/98)
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“MPR has concluded that the Well-Being Visit Program’s orientation should be shifted toward the health an well-being of children. This would concentrate the program’s resources on its original objective- to ensure the well-being of children in LBP families. It would also draw on the expertise and interests of the public health nurses and social workers who conduct the well-being visits. To ensure the full commitment of the public health agencies and their staff to this program, DHS also needs to adjust the program’s training, feedback, and financial incentive mechanisms. Training that reflects the child-centered focus should be provided to all current staff and repeated regularly to address the frequent turnover of well-being visitors. Feedback should be provided to visitors on a regular basis to support their individuals efforts, and financial incentives should be adjusted to increase the commitment of the local public health agencies to the Well-Being Visit Program. Finally, the program’s systems for storing, analyzing, and reporting information on LBP families should be revised to focus on well-being (xvi).”
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Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan Evaluation: Second Assignments to Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan (08/01/99)
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While the study of second assignments to the LBP is set in the context of Iowa and its TANF program, it highlights two key issues confronting welfare policymakers nationwide. First, it highlights the logistical conflicts that some employed clients face as they attempt to work and fulfill program requirements while making the transition from welfare to work. Second, it highlights the fundamental barriers to compliance with TANF work requirements faced by other, often unemployed, clients. As more TANF clients obtain employment, it will be important for states to help unemployed TANF clients obtain the necessary skills and resources to move toward self-sufficiency, particularly as time limits on cash assistance draw near.
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