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Appendix B
Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects
The table is organized according to broad classifications of types of studies: (1) descriptive or monitoring studies; (2) studies of welfare leavers or divertees; (3) studies that employ experimental evaluation designs (these studies may also include components that use other evaluation or data collection methods; (4) studies that use multiple methods of evaluation; (5) implementation or process studies; (6) program description data collection studies; (7) data collection or data development projects; (8) technical assistance for evaluation or data collection; and (9) other studies that cannot be otherwise classified. In many cases, studies may fit in multiple categories, but we have only included them into one primary category.
The information in this appendix comes from the Research Forum’s web site (http://www.researchforum.org/), the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Welfare Reform Research Database (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/wrr/), Congressional Research Service (2000), and from reviews of web sites of study investigators.
This appendix summarizes current studies (as of this writing) of welfare reform and related welfare policies.
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TABLE B-1 Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects
Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
Descriptive Study/Monitoring
Assessing Effective Welfare-to-Work Strategies for Domestic Violence Victims and Survivors in the Options/Opciones Project
Center for Impact Research (in partnership with the Illinois Department of Human Services)
Descriptive analysis of assessment and case management of services for victims of domestic violence
Chicago, IL
Administrative data, survey
Assessing the Effects of Welfare Reform on California’s Most Precarious Families
Center for Social Services Research, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
Descriptive study of well-being of hard-to-serve welfare recipients
Alameda and Los Angeles Counties, CA
Administrative data, direct observations of child interactions, ethnography, focus group, secondary data, survey
Child Care Subsidy Duration Study
D.Schexnayder; Columbia University, Oregon State University
Descriptive study
FL, IL, MD, MA, OR
Linked longitudinal data sets of children receiving subsidies
Devolution, Welfare Reform, and Well-Being Study: New York Social Indicators Survey
Columbia School of Social Work
Tracks individual and family well-being over time
NYC
Administrative data, survey of 2,250 households, structured interviews with 1,000 households
Disaggregating the TANF Child-Only Cases in Three States
Lewin Group
Describes composition and trends in child-only TANF cases
CA, FL, MO
Administrative records and case file records, interviews with state and county staff
The Dynamics of AFDC, Medicaid and Food Stamp Use
Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago
Description and event-history analysis
IL
State-level administrative data
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Effects of Welfare-to-Work Programs in Illinois
Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago
Descriptive study of welfare employment experiences of AFDC/ TANF recipients for 1991–1999
IL
Administrative data
Evaluation of the North Carolina Work First Program
MAXIMUS
Descriptive study, nonexperimental evaluations, implementation/process study
NC
Administrative data, survey of current and former recipients, site visits for implementation data
Evaluation of Washington State’s Welfare Reform
Washington State Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
Cost-benefit study, descriptive study, implementation/process study
WA
Administrative data, field research, survey, program descriptions and documents
Expanding Medicaid Enrollment Using Tax Data (in development)
New Mexico Human Services Department
N/A
NM
Administrative data from tax records to assess Medicaid eligibility
Georgia Welfare Reform Impact Assessment
Georgia Department of Human Resources
Study of former welfare recipients
GA
Administrative data, survey data
Growing Up in Poverty Project
University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University
Descriptive study to track child development and school readiness for welfare populations
New Haven, CT; San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Tampa, FL
Developmental assessments and screenings, field research, focus group, survey
Illinois Families Study
University Consortium on Welfare Reform
Descriptive embedded child outcomes study
Nine counties in IL
Administrative data, longitudinal data survey colllected annually on sample representatives of IL caseloads
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Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
Maximizing Job Opportunities for Welfare Recipients Through Expansion of Value-Added Industries in Economically Disadvantaged Rural Areas
Louisiana State University
Descriptive study of small group of welfare recipients and local employers
Rural and remote areas of LA
Focus groups, interviews with employers and recipients
Monitoring the Impact of Welfare Reform on American Indian Families
Washington University School of Social Work
Descriptive and monitoring study, implementation/ process study
Within the state of Arizona in-depth interviews will be conducted at three reservations
Administrative data, annual surveys with 400 families with children, focus group, program descriptions, and documents
Nevada Welfare Reform Evaluation
University of Nevada, Reno
Descriptive study
NV
Administrative data, survey
Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Project: Iowa
Iowa State University
Descriptive study of transportation needs of rural welfare populations
Lee County, IA
Administrative data, focus group, secondary data, survey
San Bernardino County (CA) TANF Recipients Study
MAXIMUS Longitudinal descriptive study
Study of sample of TANF recipients
San Bernardino County, CA
Administrative data and survey data
The State of the Child
Chapin Hall Center for Children
Monitoring study of child well-being
IL
Multiple data sources
Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Persons with Disabilities
Part of Three-City Study with funding from DHHS/ASPE
Descriptive study
Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; San Antonio, TX
Will be initial part of 5-year longitudinal study
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Work First New Jersey Evaluation
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Descriptive study, implementation/process study
NJ
Administrative data, ethnography, focus group, program descriptions and documents, longitudinal survey of 2,000 families over 5 years
Youth Fair Chance Program
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Descriptive study
17 sites in high-poverty areas
Telephone survey of youth in target areas
Welfare Leaver and Diversion Studies
Illinois Study of Former TANF Clients
University of Illinois
Descriptive study of cohorts of welfare leavers
IL
Administrative data, survey
Illinois TANF Applicant Study
MAXIMUS
Study of 6,000 people who initiate application for TANF but withdraw or are denied
IL
Administrative survey, site visits to offices to observe practices
Impact of Welfare Reform on Women Leaving TANF in Georgia
Georgia State University Applied Research Center
3 cohorts of welfare leavers
GA
Administrative data, longitudinal survey
Iowa Leavers Project
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
One cohort of welfare leavers
IA
Administrative data, survey of leavers 8–11 months after leaving
Kentucky Welfare Reform Evaluation
University of Louisville, Kentucky
Descriptive study of welfare leavers. Also develops database for future studies
KY
Survey of 3,225 clients discontinued from TANF subsample for longitudinal follow-up
Missouri Welfare Reform Results Study
Missouri Department of Social Services
Descriptive study of two cohorts welfare leavers
MO
Administrative data, survey
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Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
New Mexico TANF Longitudinal Study
MAXIMUS
Longitudinal study of TANF recipients and leavers
NM
Administrative data, survey of 2,500 randomly sampled cases
New York Leavers Project
Nelson A.Rockefeller Institute of Government, New York State Department of Social Services
Descriptive study of two cohorts of welfare leavers
NY
Administrative data, survey
San Mateo County Leavers Project
SPHERE Institute
Descriptive study of cohort of welfare leavers
San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, CA
Administrative data, survey
South Carolina: State Welfare Reform Evaluation Program
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Program Reform, Evaluation and Research
Descriptive study of TANF leavers, Ethnographic study
SC
Administrative data, indepth interviews, survey of 1,000 former recipients
South Carolina Welfare and Food Stamp Leavers Study
MAXIMUS
Longitudinal descriptive study of TANF leavers and divertees, embedded child outcomes study
SC
Administrative data, ethnography, survey
Survey of Former Family Independence Program Clients
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Program Reform, Evaluation and Research
Descriptive study of former Family Independence (TANF) recipients
SC
Administrative and survey data
Survey of Welfare Recipients Employed or Sanctioned for Noncompliance
Bureau for Business and Economic Research, University of Memphis
Descriptive study of former Families First Program participants
TN
Survey
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Texas Welfare Applicants and Potential Applicants Study
Texas Department of Human Services, and University of Texas at Austin
Descriptive study of cohorts of TANF applicants and potential applicants
TX
Administrative data, survey, in-depth interviews
Tracking Participants and Families Affected by Welfare Reform in Florida
Florida State University
Descriptive study of cohorts of welfare leavers and divertees
Four multicounty regions in FL
Administrative data, survey
Washington State’s Families After Welfare
Washington Department of Social and Health Services
Descriptive study of cohorts of welfare leavers, divertees, and stayers
WA
Administrative data, survey data
The Welfare in Transition Project: Consequences for Women, Families, and Communities
Radcliffe Public Policy Institute
Descriptive study of welfare recipients and ex-recipients
Cambridge and Boston, MA
Administrative data, field research, focus group, indepth interviews
Wisconsin Leavers Project
Institute for Research on Poverty
Descriptive study of a cohorts of welfare leavers
WI
Longitudinal administrative data, base survey of random sample of cohorts of leavers
Experimental Design
Arizona’s EMPOWER Program
Abt Associates, Inc.
Experimental design; random assignment, cost-benefit study
Four cities in AZ
Longitudinal survey of participants, administrative data, focus group, survey
A Better Chance (ABC) Evaluation
Abt Associates, Inc.
Experimental design, implementation/process study, descriptive study
DE
Administrative data, field research, focus group, survey
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Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
CAL—Learn Program Evaluation
University of California Data Archive and Technical Assistance (UC Data)
Random assignment; 2-way factorial design of the two program elements
Four counties in CA
Three cohorts of AFDC 4,900 teens
Canada’s Self-Sufficiency Project
Social Research and Demonstration Corporation
Implementation/process study, experimental design, descriptive study
British Columbia and New Brunswick, Canada
Administrative data, focus group, program descriptions and documents, survey
Child Outcomes Study of the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies
Child Trends funded through DHHS/ASPE
Experimental design
Atlanta; Columbus, OH; Detroit; Grand Rapids; Oklahoma City; Portland, OR; Riverside, CA
Development assessments, direct observation, surveys of mothers
Connecticut’s Jobs First Program: Welfare Reform Evaluation Project
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study, descriptive study
New Haven and Manchester, CT
Administrative data, field research, survey
Employment Retention and Advancement Project— Impact Evaluations
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Experimental design cost-benefit analysis, implementation/process study
Los Angeles and Riverside Counties, CA; FL; IL; MN; OR; SC; TN; TX; VA
Administrative and survey data
Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation
Abt Associates, Inc.
Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study
IN
Administrative data, keep interviews w/office staff, child outcomes survey, client follow-up survey
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Minnesota Family Investment Program
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study, descriptive study
Eight counties in MN
Administrative data, field research, survey
Moving to Opportunities for Fair Housing Demonstration Project
Abt Associates with U.S. HUD funding
Experimental design of program to measure public impact of housing and Section 8 voucher program
Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, LA, NYC
Administrative data, survey, qualitative data
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies and Child Outcome Component
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation and Child Trends
Implementation/process study, experimental design, cost-benefit study
Seven sites nationwide
Administrative data, developmental assessments, screenings/direct observations of child interactions, field research, survey
Nebraska Employment First Program Evaluation
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study
Lincoln and Omaha, NE
Administrative data, focus group, program descriptions and documents, survey
New Visions Evaluation
Abt Associates, Inc.
Experimental design, implementation/process study
Riverside County, CA
Administrative data, field research, survey
Oregon’s Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work program
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Experimental design
OR
Administrative data on 5,547 single parent AFDC applicants and recipients aged 21+ who attended orientation between 10/93 and 10/94
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Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
Parent’s Fair Share Demonstration
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Experimental design, implementation/process study of program to increase involvement of noncustodial parents with children
Seven counties across country
Administrative data, survey data, qualitative data, key informant interviews, and site visits
Texas Achieving Change for Texans (ACT) Welfare Reform Waiver Evaluation
Texas Department of Human Services, University of Texas at Austin
Experimental design, implementation/process study
Various sites in TX
Administrative data, site observations, staff and client interviews, sample of leavers and divertees
Vermont’s Welfare Restructuring Project
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study
Six districts in VT
Administrative data, focus group, survey
Wisconsin Works Child Support Waiver Demonstration
Institute for Research on Poverty
Experimental design, implementation/process study
WI
Administrative and survey data, ethnography, field research, program descriptions and documents, survey
Multimethod Study
Assessing the New Federalism
Child Trends, Urban Institute, and Westat, Inc.
Descriptive/analytical study, implementation/ process study, impact study
AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI
Administrative data, survey, state indicators
California: Welfare Reform’s Impact on Legal Immigrants’ Access to Health Care
Latino Issues Forum
Cost-benefit study, descriptive study, non-experimental impact study
CA
Administrative data, developmental assessments screenings, survey, program descriptions and documents
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CASAWORKS for Families
Treatment Research Institute, Inc., M.Gephart Associates
Implementation/process study, descriptive analysis and non-experimental analysis of substance abuse policies for welfare recipients
Sites in CA, MD, MO, NC NY, OH, OK, PA, TN
Administrative data, structured interviews with 1,100 welfare recipients
Comprehensive Evaluation of Welfare Reform in New York State
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Implementation/process study, nonexperimental/ pre-post cohort design, descriptive study
NY (specific sites to be determined)
Not yet available
Evaluating CalWORKS in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services
Descriptive and monitoring study, process and implementation
Los Angeles County, CA
Focus groups, survey of recipients and caseworkers
Evaluation of Wisconsin Works Child Support Demonstration
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin
Nonexperimental impact evaluation, implementation/ process study
WI
Family Well-Being and Welfare Reform in Iowa
Iowa State University
In-depth interviews with recipients, case studies of communities
Nine sites in IA
Administrative data, ethnography, field research, focus group, program descriptions and documents
Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families— Employment Demonstration Program
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Implementation/process study, nonexperimental design
Public housing developments in seven cities
Administrative data, field research, survey
Maryland Family Investment Program (FIP) Evaluation
Maryland Department of Human Resources
Implementation/process study, Nonexperimental impact study, descriptive study
MD
Administrative data, focus group, survey
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Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
Project on Devolution and Urban Change
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Implementation/process study, descriptive study, multiple cohort nonexperimental design, ethnographic study
Los Angeles, Miami, Cleveland, Philadelphia
Administrative data, field research, survey focus groups and in-depth interviews
Rural Welfare Reform Project: Does Welfare Reform Work in Rural America?
Ohio University
Descriptive study, ethnographic study, implementation/process study
29 Appalachian Ohio counties
Administrative data, field research, focus group, program descriptions and documents, survey, indepth interviews, employer interviews
Statewide CalWORKS Evaluation
RAND under contract with CA DHHS
Nonexperimental impact evaluation, cost-benefit study, descriptive study, implementation/process study
Certain research activites will examine statewide trends in California, while others will concentrate on six focus counties
Administrative data, program descriptions and documents, survey
Welfare Children and Families: A Three-City Study
Johns Hopkins University, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Pennsylvania State University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Illinois, Brandeis University, Harvard University
Descriptive study, implementation/process study, ethnographic study, embedded child development study
Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio
Longitudinal survey of low-income households, key informant interviews, direct observations, site visits
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Implementation/Process Study
Examining Customer Pathways and Assessment Practices
University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Welfare and Child Support Research and Training Unit
Process analysis of Maryland’s welfare program which is state supervised, locally administered
MD
In-person staff interviews, site visits, case record review, observation of worker-customer interactions
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage for Low-Income People: Experiments in Five States
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., with Urban Institute
Implementation study
HA, MD, OK, RI, TN
Current Population Survey; interviews with local and state officials, managed care reps, health care providers, consumers; focus groups with consumers and providers
Finding Common Ground in the Era of Welfare Reform
Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University
Study health outcomes of controls on maternal behavior
All 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico
Administrative data, field research, focus group, program descriptions and documents, survey of state directors of social service programs
Front-Line Management and Impact Study
Rockefeller Institute of Government
Implementation/process study, program description of how TANF programs operate on front lines
11 local welfare offices in GA, MT, NY, TX
Structured observations of caseworker/client interaction, interviews with office staff, program description data
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Families
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin
Study of applicants, divertees, and enrollees
Milwaukee, WI
Survey with follow-ups
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Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
Impact of Welfare Reform on Social Services Agencies in New York City
Hunter College School of Social Work
Process study
Social service agencies in the New York Metropolitan area (Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island)
Survey with purposive sample of senior staff at nonprofit service providers
State Capacity Study and Implementing PRWORA
Rockefeller Institute of Government Federalism Research Group, SUNY Albany
Implementation/process study
20 sample states
Field research, program descriptions and documents
State Case Studies of Policy and Programs
Urban Institute: Assessing the New Federalism
Document development and implementation of state policies
AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI
Collecting data in base year (1996) and in following years
Program Description Data
Child Support and Data Analysis Project
Center for Law and Social Policy
Describe child support programs and financing decisions in states
National
Administrative data, survey
State Case Studies of Policy and Programs
Urban Institute: Assessing the New Federalism
Document development and implementation of state policies
AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI
Collecting data in base year (1996) and in following years
State Policy Documentation Project
Center for Law and Social Policy and Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Collect and summarize program description data
National
Monitor, document, and analyze state welfare, health, and family support programs
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Summaries of Selected Elements of State Programs for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
National Governors Association
Program description
All states
Keeping track of state welfare policies
Summary of State Welfare-to-Work plans
National Governors Association
Program description
States with welfare-to-work programs
Summarizes state plans
Welfare Policy Typology Project
Urban Institute with funding from DHHS/ASPE
Program description
All 50 states
Develop characteristics of state welfare policies to use in evaluation research
Welfare Rules Database
Urban Institute
Collects state policy and program description data
National
Reviews state program plans and caseworker manuals. Interviews with staff administrators to supplement reviews
Data Collection and Data Development
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and CA Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Institute
Survey data collection
Statewide and includes local level data for counties with at least 40,000 people
Interviews 55,000 households in 2-year cycles; data collection began in November 2000; collects data on health status of adults and children, health insurance coverage, care access, and eligibility and participation in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Program
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Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
CA Work Pays Demonstration Project
University of California Data Archive & Technical Assistance (with California Department of Social Services Research)
Data development
CA
State-level administrative records for AFDC, MediCal, UI, other state and federal assistance programs, and employment tax files; county-level administrative records for AFDC and food stamp programs; nonautomated client records at county welfare offices; and telephone interviews with AFDC recipients
Dynamic Employer-Household Data and Social Data Infrastructure
Based at Cornell University, funding from Census Bureau and NSF
Data linkages and data access for research purposes
U.S., broad project includes other countries
Links social and economic data from surveys with administrative data from employers and employment related sources; also has a confidentiality and data access development function
Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study
Columbia University and Princeton University
Survey data collection for later analysis
20 cities randomly selected from all cities over 200,000
Surveys of 4,800 families; initial interviews with mothers at birth of child, follow-up interviews with both parents when child is 12, 30, and 48 months, child assessment at 48 months
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Integrated Data Base on Children’s Services
Chapin Hall Center for Children
Developed linked data sets
IL
Administrative data from child welfare, TANF, Medicaid, food stamps, special education, corrections, and mental health
Iowa Survey of Program Dynamics
Iowa State University and Census Bureau
Survey data collection
IA
Modified SPD survey instrument implemented with Iowa sample
Los Angeles Study of Families and Communities (LASFC)
RAND
Longitudinal/household study with child outcomes collection
Los Angeles County, CA
Administrative data, developmental assessments/ screenings for children, longitudinal survey of 3,250 households
Massachusetts Longitudinal Database for Research on Child Support Enforcement and Social Service Agencies
Chapin Hall Center for Children
Developing outcome indicators
MA
Constructing a longitudinal database of administrative data from TANF, Medicaid, food stamps, child enforcement, wage reporting, and new hires
Michigan Women’s Employment Survey
An urban county in MI
Simple random sample of 753 single mothers with children who received cash assistance in Feb. 1997; face-to-face interviews; in total, 3 waves of data to be collected
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Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
National Longitudinal Study of Children and Families in the Child Welfare System
DHHS/ASPE
Data collection
National
Longitudinal survey data; sample representative of children and families who enter the child welfare system; over 6,000 childrem; first interview in spring 1999; three annual follow-up rounds planned
National Survey of America’s Families
Urban Institute: Assessing the New Federalism
Data collections and descriptive/monitoring study of well-being of 3 cross-sections
AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI
Survey of over 40,000 households in 1997; second cross-section in 1999; third cross-section in 2002
New Immigrant Study
NYU, RAND, University of Pennsylvania
Multiple cohort longitudinal survey of new immigrants
National
Administrative data, survey
Survey of Program Dynamics
Census Bureau
Survey data collection
Nationally representative sample
Longitudinal survey. Includes module on child and adolescent well-being
National Neighborhood Indicators Project
Urban Institute and local partners
Data development
12 U.S. cities
Will assist other communities in developing neighborhood level information systems for policy making
Women’s Employment Survey
University of Michigan Poverty Research and Training Center
Data collection and descriptive reporting
Urban MI county
4-wave panel study of 753 current and former welfare recipients
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Technical Assistance for Evaluation or Data Collection
Measurement of Impacts on Children in Evaluations of State Welfare Reforms
DHHS, ASPE, ACF, Child Trends, and Chapin Hall Center for Children
Technical assistance to states to develop data collection ability
Phase I: CA, CT, FL, IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, OH, OR, VT, VA;
Phase II: CT, FL, IN, IA, MN
Phase I: Planning phase;
Phase II: Large-scale data collection activities to expand states’ abilities to measure and track child outcomes for impact analyses
Other
Analysis of the Determinants of AFDC Caseload Growth
Lewin Group
Models effects of changes in demographics, the economy, and programs to changes in the caseload, participants and expenditures per case
All 50 states and DC
Quarterly state-level data for 1979–1994
Cross-State Study of Time-Limited Welfare
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Synthesizes findings of evaluations of time limits in state welfare programs
Various states
Data and results from previous evaluations
Effects of Child Care Subsidy on Transition from Welfare to Work Among Welfare Mothers
National Center for Child Poverty, David Stevens, Anne Witte, Chapin Hall Center for Children, with funding from DHHS
Caseload dynamics of use of child care subsidy and welfare use; program entry cohorts
IL, MD, MA
Linked administrative data on child care subsidies, welfare and employment data
Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism
National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University
Welfare program research clearinghouse. Promote monitoring and evaluation research; promote collaboration among key
National
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Project Title
Investigators
Study Description
State/Locality Studied
Data Sources
stake-holders; information exchange that includes a clearinghouse for welfare research projects
State Efforts to Track and Follow-Up on Welfare Recipients
American Public Human Services Association and National Conference of State Legislatures
Tracks welfare leaver studies
All states
APHSA and NCSL with the National Governors Association is keeping track of leaver studies
Welfare Reform Research Database
WI Department of Workforce Development
Documents past and current research on welfare reform related topics
Nationwide
Not applicable
Urban Welfare-to-Work Transitions
Consortium of collaborators headed by the University of Baltimore funded by the Department of Labor
Dynamics of work and welfare
Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Ft.. Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas City
Linked administrative data
SOURCES: Data from the Research Forum’s web site (http://www.researchforum.org/); the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Welfare Reform Research Database (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/wrr/); and Monitoring the effects of pre- and post-TANF welfare reform initiatives, 2000 Green Book. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (2000). Sources also have other information on welfare-related topics.
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NOTES:
ACF, Administration for Children and Families
AFDC, Aid to Families with Dependent Children
APHSA, American Public Human Services Association
ASPE, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
DHHS, Department of Health and Human Services
HUD, Housing and Urban Development
MDRC, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
PRWORA, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
TANF, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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