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Alameda County CalWORKs Needs Assessment and Outcomes Study: Study Types

Types of Studies

Type Descriptive/Analytical Study
Aim To assess the needs of new and transitioning welfare recipients; to identify the constellation of personal, community, and programmatic barriers to self-sufficiency and to successful departure from CalWORKs, and to determine what outcomes result for this population.
 
Type Longitudinal/Prospective Study
Aim To provide a full description of the cross section of CalWORKs recipients.
To determine the relationship between barriers and subsequent program involvement and health, employment, income and other outcomes.
 
Type Longitudinal/Prospective Study
Aim Combined Data Streams — Longitudinal administrative data on welfare and enriched with survey repeated measures of barriers and supports

To examine with multivariate methods the effects of barriers and supports on welfare and work outcomes.
To add to the literature an understanding of factors resulting in part-time vs. full-time work, work with and without welfare, and neither source of support, compared to reliance on welfare alone.

 

 
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