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	Teenage Parent Demonstration Program: Study Types

Types of Studies

Type	Impact Study (Controlled Experiment)
Aim	To evaluate the potential benefits of mandatory programs to promote self-sufficiency among welfare-dependent teenage parents.

Type	Implementation/Process Study
Aim	To evaluate the feasibility and costs of implementing mandatory programs to promote self-sufficiency among welfare-dependent teenage parents.

Type	Descriptive/Analytical Study
Aim	To describe the local market for child care in each of the three demonstration sites.

Type	Descriptive/Analytical Study
Aim	To describe the barriers to self-sufficiency and avenues to success among teenage mothers.

Type	Impact Study (Controlled Experiment)
Aim	Newark Young Family Study: To examine how mandatory as well as non-mandatory participation in self-sufficiency activities might influence mothers’ psychological functioning—including parenting—and their children’s development. Sub-sample of 200 mothers with preschool-aged children in Teenage Parent Demonstration Program and living in Newark, New Jersey. Randomly assigned to treatment and control groups (Number in samples not reported).

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