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UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients
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Author(s): Christopher J. O'Leary and Kenneth J. Kline |
Organization(s): W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |
This report analyzes whether former TANF recipients who lose their jobs apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and it describes the role of UI in TANF leavers' well-being and the types of employment deficits that might prevent their access to UI. This study uses newly available data linking information on both TANF and UI receipt to study the extent to which unemployed TANF leavers apply for and receive UI benefits, as well as the reasons they are denied. Analyses also examine how UI receipt relates to TANF cycling, as well as the relationship between TANF and UI caseloads. Data are part of the Administrative Data Research and Evaluation Project (ADARE), a consortium of states funded by the Department of Labor and managed by the University of Baltimore. The report uses longitudinal data from Florida, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas. |
Published: April, 2008 |
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Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives
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Author(s): Karin Martinson and Demetra Nightingale |
Organization(s): Urban Institute |
This brief summarizes key findings from several important fatherhood initiatives that were developed and implemented during the 1990s and early 2000s. Formal evaluations of these fatherhood efforts have been completed, some quite recently, making this an opportune time to step back and assess what has been learned and how policy makers and program managers can build on the early programs' successes and challenges. The brief highlights lessons from: the Young Unwed Fathers Project, Parents' Fair Share (PFS), Welfare-to-Work Grant (WtW) Programs, Responsible Fatherhood Programs (RFP), and Partners for Fragile Families (PFF). |
Published: February, 2008 |
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Four Strategies to Overcome Barriers to Employment:
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An Introduction to the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation |
Author(s): Dan Bloom, Cindy Redcross, Jo Ann Hsueh, Sarah Rich, and Vanessa Martin |
Organization(s): MDRC |
This first report in the evaluation describes the origin of the project, the rationale for the demonstration, the research design, and the four programs, as well as the characteristics of their participants. [This report is posted on the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) web site.] |
Published: October, 2007 |
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Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits
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Author(s): Quinn Moore, Anu Rangarajan, and Peter Schochet |
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) |
This report examines the employment patterns and income progression of single mothers and their families for two years after they exit poverty. The study found that 30 percent of single mothers were poor but then left poverty. Work effort was high among single mothers who left poverty: on average they worked for three-quarters of the subsequent two years following their poverty exit. Among this group of poverty leavers, 28 percent remained out of poverty for the next two years, 56 percent cycled in and out of poverty, and 16 percent reentered poverty and stayed poor over the next two years. Those who remained out of poverty tended to have higher paying jobs and more benefits (such as health insurance), and worked more hours than single mothers in the other two groups. The single mothers who stayed out of poverty also were somewhat older and were more likely to have more than a high school degree and to ever have been married. They were also much less likely to have a health limitation that affected their ability to work. |
Published: June, 2007 |
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Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Among Low-Income Single Mothers
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Author(s): Julia Isaacs |
Organization(s): ASPE |
This Issue Brief presents analysis of data on unemployment receipt from the Census Bureau's Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS). This data analysis is supplemented by findings from two studies by Mathematica Policy Research on eligibility for unemployment insurance among former welfare recipients. By focusing on increased receipt of unemployment insurance, this Issue Brief highlights a largely overlooked, but significant, change in the lives of single women and their families. |
Published: January, 2005 |
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Potential Employment Liabilities Among TANF Recipients:
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A Synthesis of Data from Six State TANF Caseload Studies |
Author(s): Susan Hauan and Sarah Douglas |
Organization(s): ASPE staff |
ASPE funded a round of competitive state and local research grants to study the characteristics and circumstances of individuals and families receiving TANF cash assistance. In this report, ASPE staff merged survey data from all six studies (Colorado, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, and South Carolina) and conducted a pooled analysis of employment liabilities and work among welfare recipients. The study focused on particular personal, family, and community-level liabilities that were most consistently related to work among TANF recipients in the six states. |
Published: October, 2004 |
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National Evaluation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program:
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Final Report |
Author(s): Thomas M. Fraker, Dan M. Levy, Irma Perez-Johnson, Alan M. Hershey, Demetra S. Nightingale, Robert B. Olsen, and Rita A. Stapulonis |
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research |
This is the final report produced under the National Evaluation of the DOL Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants Program. The WtW grants program was a large, federally-funded effort to help the most disadvantaged welfare recipients leave the welfare rolls and become employed. As part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress provided $3 billion for WtW programs, eventually distributed to over 700 state and local grantees through competitive formula grants. The intent of the grants program, administered at the national level by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), was to supplement the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants to states. This report is the final in a series from HHS' congressionally mandated evaluation of the WtW program; it summarizes findings form earlier evaluation reports and presents new findings on enrollees' outcomes two years after entry into WtW programs in 11 study sites (Baltimore County, MD; Ft. Worth, TX; Philadelphia, PA; 29 counties in WV; Boston, MA; Milwaukee, WI; Phoenix, AZ; Yakima, WA; Chicago, IL; Nashville, TN; and St. Lucie County, FL). |
Published: September, 2004 |
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National Evaluation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program:
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Unemployment Insurance as a Potential Safety Net for TANF Leavers: Evidence from Five States |
Author(s): Anu Rangarajan and Carol Razafindrakoto |
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research |
This report is one in a series produced under the National Evaluation of the DOL Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants Program. This study examines the extent to which former welfare recipients, if they were to experience a job loss, are likely to have monetary eligibility for Unemployment Insurance (UI). |
Published: September, 2004 |
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Study of Work Participation and Full Engagement Strategies
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Author(s): Jacqueline Kauff, Michelle K. Derr, LaDonna Pavetti |
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research |
It is likely that when TANF is reauthorized, states will be required to assess all adult recipients and to engage them in appropriate activities leading towards self-sufficiency. ASPE contracted with Mathematica to study sites that have already adopted such policies, seeking to understand the strategies and practices that they use to promote universal engagement. The report addresses the questions: Which state and local programs currently strive to engage all or nearly all TANF recipients (other than those in child-only cases) in work or work-related activities? What program services and administrative procedures do these state and local programs use to engage TANF recipients in work or work-related activities? To what extent are programs that attempt to engage all or nearly all TANF recipients succeeding, and how do levels of engagement in these programs compare to program participation rates as defined by the federal TANF legislation? These answers will be useful both to policymakers determining goals for TANF programs and to program administrators attempting to achieve high levels of participation in work and work-related activities. |
Published: September, 2004 |
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Overcoming Challenges to Business and Economic Development in Indian Country
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Author(s): Walter Hillabrant, Judy Earp, Mack Rhoades, and Nancy Pindus |
Organization(s): Support Services International and the Urban Institute, subcontractors to Mathematica Policy Research |
American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages have embraced the goals, objectives, and programs associated with welfare reform, but the lack of jobs limits the success of tribal programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Welfare-to-Work (WtW). The lack of jobs is one of the biggest problems in Indian Country. Recognizing the scope and importance of this problem, the federal government has promoted business and economic development (BD/ED) in Indian country. This report presents findings from a Mathematica study, done under the WtW evaluation, of economic development initiatives in eight tribes (Cheyenne River Sioux, Citizen Potawatomi, Colville Confederated Tribes, Gila River, Mississippi Choctaw, Navajo Nation, Three Affiliated Tribes, and Turtle Mountain Chippewa) and two Alaska Native corporations (Bristol Bay Native Corporation and Doyon Limited). |
Published: August, 2004 |
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