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Recommendations
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Iowa Family Investment Program (FIP) Evaluation: Two-Year Impacts (12/01/98)
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“If Iowa policy makers and administrators place relatively high priority on increasing employment and earnings as opposed to reducing welfare participation, or if they are confident that the placement of welfare clients into initial jobs will result in significant employment progression over time, then it may be reasonable for them to wait and see if participation fall during the later years of welfare reform. On the other hand, if they believe that a political judgment on welfare reform will be rendered largely on the basis of its success in reducing welfare participation, or if they lack confidence that employment progression will occur naturally, then it may be advisable for them to modify the existing reforms so as to increase the likelihood of employment progression and subsequent reduction in welfare participation. Such modifications could take various forms, such as the provision of post-employment services to clients who obtain initial jobs. Those services might be designed to improve communication with supervisors and fellow workers, reduce job turnover, increase on-the-job training, or provide access to information on promotion opportunities.”
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