Welfare-to-Work

Archived Publications

Apr 2003 Built to Last: Why Skills Matter for Long-Run Success in Welfare Reform
Jan 2003 Key State TANF Policies Affecting Microenterprise
Sep 2002 Does It Pay to Move from Welfare to Work?
Sep 2002 The State of Working California - Key Findings and Summary of Forthcoming Report
Aug 2002 State Strategies for Working with Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients
Aug 2002 The Interactions of Workers and Firms in the Low-Wage Labor Market
Aug 2002 Investing in Family Well-Being, a Family-Friendly Workplace and a More Stable Workforce: A "Win-Win" Approach to Welfare and Low-Wage Policy
Aug 2002 Understanding the Costs of the DOL Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Final Report
Aug 2002 Welfare Reform: The Next Generation
Jul 2002 Moving People from Welfare to Work: Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies
Jul 2002 Running Out of Time: Voices of Parents Struggling to Move from Welfare to Work
Jun 2002 Microenterprise Development and Self-Employment for TANF Recipients: State Experiences and Issues in TANF Reauthorization
Jun 2002 Moving Hard-To-Employ Recipients into the Workforce
May 2002 Transitional Jobs: A Next Step in Welfare to Work Policy
Apr 2002 Workforce Investment Act: Youth Provisions Promote New Service Strategies, but Additional Guidance Would Enhance Program Development
Apr 2002 Transitional Jobs Programs: Stepping Stones to Unsubsidized Employment
Apr 2002 Welfare Reform: DOT Has Made Progress in Implementing the Job Access Program but Has Not Evaluated the Impact
Feb 2002 Increasing Work Opportunities for Low-Income Workers through TANF and Economic Development Programs
Feb 2002 The Needs of the Working Poor: Helping Working Families Make Ends Meet
Jan 2002 From Welfare to Work: What the Evidence Shows
2002 Employers and Welfare Recipients: What Their Interactions Imply for Public Policy
2002 The Role of Temporary Employment Agencies in Welfare to Work: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Dec 2001 Financial Links for Low-Income People (FLLIP): An Evaluation of Implementation and Initial Training Activity
Nov 2001 State and County Supported Car Ownership Programs Can Help Low-Income Families Secure and Keep Jobs
Nov 2001 State Programs Help Low-Income Families Secure Jobs
Oct 2001 Targeting Welfare to Work Services Using Statistical Tools
Sep 2001 Proximity and Opportunity: How Residence and Race Affect the Employment of Welfare Recipients
Sep 2001 Extending Ladders: Findings From the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative
Sep 2001 Workforce Development: Employment Retention and Advancement Under TANF
Aug 2001 Involving Employers in Welfare to Work
Aug 2001 Ways to Work: Off Welfare and Out of Poverty
Jul 2001 Fighting Poverty With Labor Demand Policies
Jul 2001 Implementing Work Requirements in Wisconsin
Jun 2001 Welfare to Work: First Steps The Neighborhood Strategies Project (NSP) Works Program
May 2001 Meeting the Demand: Hiring Patterns of Welfare Recipients in Four Metropolitan Areas
Mar 2001 Welfare Reform: Progress in Meeting Work-Focused TANF Goals
Mar 2001 Explaining Variation in the Effects of Welfare to Work Programs
Feb 2001 Screening and Assessment for Physical and Mental Health Issues that Impact TANF Recipients' Ability to Work
Jan 2001 Microenterprise Development: An Employment Option for Welfare Recipients
Dec 2000 Families Struggling to Make It in the Workplace: A Post Welfare Report
Dec 2000 Serving Non-Custodial Parents: A Descriptive Study of Welfare to Work Programs
Dec 2000 Key State TANF Policies Affecting Microenterprise
Oct 2000 Employer Demand for Welfare Recipients by Race
Jul 2000 Welfare Reform: Work-Site-Based Activities Can Play an Important Role in TANF Programs
Apr 2000 Employment As A Solution to Welfare: Challenges Over the Next Ten Years
Mar 2000 Coordination and Integration of Welfare and Workforce Development System
Mar 2000 How Welfare to Work is Working: Executive Summary. A Progress Report on The McKnight Foundation Community Partnerships
Mar 2000 San Francisco Works: Toward an Employer-Led Approach to Welfare Reform and Workforce Development
Feb 2000 The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs
Jan 2000 Are There Good Jobs for Low-Skilled Workers?
2000 Welfare Reform, Employment, and Advancement
Dec 1999 The Low Wage Labor Market: Challenges and Opportunities for Economic Self-Sufficiency
Sep 1999 Competitive Welfare-to-Work Grantees Utilize Publicly-Funded, Transitional Jobs to Aid Hard-to-Employ Welfare Recipients
Sep 1999 Status of the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants Program After One Year
Sep 1999 Welfare Reform: Assessing the Effectiveness of Various Welfare-to-Work Approaches
Sep 1999 Welfare Reform: States' Implementation and Effects on the Workforce Development System
Aug 1999 Publicly-Funded Jobs for Hard-to-Employ Welfare Recipients
Jul 1999 Understanding Health-Status Barriers That Hinder the Transition From Welfare to Work
Apr 1999 Welfare to Work Programs: The Critical Role of Skills
Feb 1999 Welfare Reform: States' Experiences in Providing Employment Assistance to TANF Clients
Feb 1999 Welfare Reform: Status of Awards and Selected States' Use of Welfare-to-Work Grants
Aug 1998 Employment Experiences of Welfare Recipients Who Find Jobs: Is Targeting Possible?
Jun 1998 Ancillary Services to Support Welfare to Work
  Identity, Work, and Parenting: Implications for Welfare Reform
  Beyond Welfare and Work First: Building Services and Systems to Support California's Working Poor and Hard-to-Place, Summary Paper
  Low-Income and Low-Skilled Workers’ Involvement in Nonstandard Employment
  Work-Based Strategies for Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients: A Preliminary Assessment of Program Models and Dimensions
  Business Partnerships: How To Involve Employers in Welfare Reform
  Detours on the Road to Employment: Obstacles Facing Low-Income Women
  From Welfare to Work: Has Welfare Reform Worked?
  Getting Down to Business: Matching Welfare Recipients' Skills to Jobs That Train
  Getting to the First Rung of the Ladder
  A Hand Up For the Bottom Third: Toward a New Agenda for Low-Income Working Families
  How Much Is Enough?: Basic Family Budgets for Working Families
  Making "Welfare to Work" Really Work
  Rebuilding Welfare Into a Work-Based System
  A Return to Categorical Welfare
  State Welfare-to-Work Policies for People with Disabilities: Implementation Challenges and Considerations
  Strategies to Enhance the Recruitment, Referral, Eligibility Determination and Service Provision Processes Between Welfare-to-Work, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Child Support Enforcement Entities
  Stronger Links: New Ways to Connect Low-Skilled Workers to Better Jobs ((Jobs Initiative))
  Welfare Reform and Lone Mothers' Employment in the U.S.
  Welfare to Work: Does it Work for Kids? Research on Work and Income Welfare Experiments
  Welfare to Work Housing Voucher Program: Early Implementation and Assessment, Final Report
  Welfare-to-Work Lessons Learned for TANF and WIA Reauthorization
  Welfare-to-Work Parade of Promising Practices
  Welfare to Work: What Have We Learned?