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Selected Project Reports and Related Publications

Gleason, Philip, Rebecca Maynard, Walter Nicholson, Denise Polit, and Anu Rangarajan.  Service Needs and Use of Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1993.

Gleason, Philip, Anu Rangarajan, and Peter Schochet.  The Dynamics of AFDC Spells Among Teenage Parents.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1994.a

Hershey, Alan M.  Case Management for Teenage Parents:  Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., December 1991.

Hershey, Alan M.  Designing Program Workshops for Teenage Parents:  Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., December 1991.

Hershey, Alan M.  Enrolling Teenage AFDC Parents in Mandatory Education and Training Programs:  Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., December 1991.

Hershey, Alan M., and Rebecca Maynard.  "Designing and Implementing Services for Welfare Dependent Teenage Parents:  Lessons from the DHHS/OFA-Sponsored Teenage Parent Demonstration."  Written statement for the Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearing on Education, Training, and Service Programs for Disadvantaged Teens, March 6, 1992.

Hershey, Alan M., and Charles Nagatoshi.  Implementing Services for Welfare Dependent Teenage Parents:  Experiences in the DHHS/OFA Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 1989.

Hershey, Alan M. and Anu Rangarajan.  Delivering Education and Employment Services to Teenage Parents:  Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 1993.

Hershey, Alan M., and Marsha Silverberg.  Costs of Mandatory Education and Training Programs for Teenage Parents on Welfare:  Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1993.

Kisker, Ellen Eliason, Rebecca A. Maynard, Anne Gordon, and Margaret Strain.  The Child Care Challenge:  What Parents Need and What Is Available in Three Metropolitan Areas.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1989.

Kisker, Ellen Eliason, Rebecca A. Maynard, Anu Rangarajan, and Kimberly Boller.  Moving Teenage Parents into Self-Sufficiency:  Lessons from Recent Demonstrations.  Final Report.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., September 1998.  [This is the final synthesis report of the project.]

Kisker, Ellen Eliason, Anu Rangarajan, and Kimberly Boller.  Moving Into Adulthood:  Were the Impacts of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents Sustained After the Programs Ended?  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1998.  [Full final evaluation report]

Kisker, Ellen Eliason, and Marsha Silverberg.  "Child Care Utilization by Disadvantaged Teenage Mothers."  Journal of Social Issues, vol. 47, no. 2, 1991, pp. 159-178.a

Kisker, Ellen Eliason, Marsha Silverberg, and Rebecca Maynard.  Early Impacts of the Teenage Parent Demonstration on Child Care Needs and Utilization.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., December 6, 1990.

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.  Barriers to Self-Sufficiency and Avenues to Success Among Teenage Mothers:  Executive Summary.  (Full report authored by Denise Polit.)  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1992.

Maynard, Rebecca.  Building Self-Sufficiency Among Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents:  Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 1993.

Maynard, Rebecca.  Promoting Program Participation Among Welfare-Dependent Teenage Mothers:  Home Visits and Other Case Management Strategies.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. July 16, 1992.a

Maynard, Rebecca, Alan M. Hershey, Anu Rangarajan, and Reuben Snipper.  "The Wisdom of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenage Mothers."  Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy and Management's Fourteenth Annual Conference.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1992.a

Maynard, Rebecca, Walter Nicholson, and Anu Rangarajan.  Breaking the Cycle of Poverty:  The Effectiveness of Mandatory Services for Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1993.

Maynard, Rebecca, and Denise Polit.  Overview of the DDHS/OFA-Sponsored Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1987.

Maynard, Rebecca, Denise Polit, Alan M. Hershey, John Homrighausen, Ellen Eliason Kisker, Myles Maxfield, Charles Nagatoshi, Walter Nicholson, and Shari Dunstan.  The Evaluation Design of the Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1988.

Maynard, Rebecca, and Anu Rangarajan.  "Contraceptive Use and Repeat Pregnancies Among Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents."  Family Planning Perspectives, vol. 26, no. 5, September/October 1994, pp. 198-205.

Polit, Denise.  Barriers to Self-Sufficiency and Avenues to Success Among Teenage Mothers.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1992.  [Executive Summary available on-line.]

Polit, Denise, Ellen Eliason Kisker, and Rhoda Cohen.  Barriers to Self-Sufficiency Among Welfare-Dependent Teenage Mothers:  Preliminary Evidence from the Teenage Parent Demonstration.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 1989.

Rangarajan, Anu, Ellen Eliason Kisker, and Rebecca Maynard.  Selecting Basic Skills Tests for Program and Evaluation Purposes.  Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., January 17, 1992.a

Schochet, Peter Z., and Ellen Eliason Kisker.  Meeting the Child Care Needs of Disadvantaged Teenage Mothers:  Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration. Princeton, NJ:  Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., March 31, 1992.a


a Not supported under contract funds.


Printed copies of these reports can be obtained by contacting:

Jan Watterworth, Librarian
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
P.O. Box 2393
Princeton, NJ 08543-2393
(609) 799-3535
jwatterworth@mathematica-mpr.com


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