The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies was conducted to explore whether programs examined in the evaluation have helped welfare recipients move into the labor force and remain employed over the long term. As part of the evaluation, a study was conducted to identify the 4-year impacts that 10 programs in 6 sites have had on former welfare recipients' employment stability and earnings growth. Four programs were employment focused, encouraging rapid entry into the labor market in the hope that enrollees would advance to better jobs. The other six programs were education focused. Across all sites, a large majority of control group members worked for pay during the follow-up, but only about 20%-40% experienced stable employment or increased earnings over time. Over 4 years, all four employment-focused programs and four of six education-focused programs increased earnings above control group levels. In general, however, programs had only small effects on measures of stable employment and earnings growth. Despite their emphasis on skill building as a means to finding better jobs, education-focused programs led to only small increases in stable employment and had almost no effect on earnings growth. (Eight substantial tables/figures are included. Eight additional tables/figures are appended. The bibliography lists 12 references.) (MN)