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Implementation/Process Study
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To describe the implementation processes, identifying the successes and obstacles local agencies confront in putting in place new programs and policies.
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Descriptive/Analytical Study
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To illuminate the effects of the changes by looking in depth and over time at the experiences of a small number of families, using ethnographic methods. To examine in depth the attitudes and activities of case heads of households with respect to job-seeking, job-holding, and fertility-related behavior. Called an "ethnographic study" by MDRC.
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Descriptive/Analytical Study
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To examine how the new policies and funding mechanisms affect both for-profit and nonprofit institutions and neighborhood business. Called an "institutional study" by MDRC.
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Descriptive/Analytical Study
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To assess changes in the social and economic vitality of neighborhoods, as measured by statistical indicators. Called a "neighborhood indicators study" by MDRC.
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Descriptive/Analytical Study
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To measure the impact of the new policies on welfare, employment, earnings, and other indicators of individual and family well-being, using administrative records for county-wide samples of welfare participants and other poor people and an in-person survey of a subset of high poverty neighborhoods.
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