To study the operational issues related to the GAIN program and their effects on program participants and staff.
Type
Impact Study (Controlled Experiment)
Aim
To determine the rates of employment, AFDC receipt, and Food Stamp receipt and the average earnings, AFDC payments, and Food Stamp payments for individuals registered in GAIN.
To measure the differences in the outcomes for program enrollees compared to what their outcomes would have been in the absence of GAIN.
Type
Cost-Benefit Study
Aim
To measure the benefits and costs of the GAIN program from the welfare sample perspective, the government budget perspective, the taxpayer perspective, and the perspective of society as a whole.
