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Peer reviewedFriedlander, Daniel; Hamilton, Gayle – Journal of Human Resources, 1996
A 5-year study of the Saturation Work Initiative Model (2290 participants, 2260 controls), which requires welfare recipients to work, showed that it increased employment and reduced welfare payments. However, income from increased employment did not offset the loss in welfare income. (SK)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Income, Welfare Recipients
Peer reviewedFriedlander, Daniel; Robins, Philip K. – Evaluation Review, 1997
The use of nonparametric quartile regression in examining the impacts of social programs on the distributions of noncategorical outcome measures is demonstrated through the study of earnings effects and income effects in four evaluations of training and employment programs for welfare recipients. Distributional impact estimates yield estimates…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Programs, Estimation (Mathematics), Income
Peer reviewedBoudett, Kathryn Parker; Friedlander, Daniel – Evaluation Review, 1997
An analysis of California's Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) work-to-welfare program did not find achievement test score improvement as a result of mandatory adult education participation. This reanalysis of GAIN impact with 581 enrollees and 500 controls finds a more positive overall impact and confirms test score improvements in one…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs
Download full textFriedlander, Daniel – 1988
A study examined the effectiveness of five mandatory welfare employment programs in working with different segments of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) caseload. The study considered programs in San Diego, California; Baltimore, Maryland; several counties in Virginia; Little Rock and another county in Arkansas; and Cook County…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
Friedlander, Daniel; Long, David – 1987
This study (the first part of a two-part study) analyzed the effectiveness of three mandatory welfare employment programs in serving different segments of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) caseload. Data were collected in evaluations of welfare employment initiatives in San Diego, Baltimore, and several counties in Virginia.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Hamilton, Gayle; Friedlander, Daniel – 1989
From July 1985 through September 1987, the County of San Diego, California, operated the Saturation Work Initiative Model (SWIM) as a demonstration project. The demonstration tested the feasibility and effectiveness of requiring ongoing participation in employment-related activities by a high proportion of persons on welfare. SWIM provided job…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Friedlander, Daniel; Hamilton, Gayle – 1993
The effectiveness of the Saturation Work Initiative Model (SWIM) was evaluated after its fifth year of operation in San Diego. Data on SWIM on participants' employment, earnings, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) receipt were compared to those persons in one of several control groups consisting of members of the AFDC-unemployed…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Friedlander, Daniel; And Others – 1993
An evaluation was conducted of the effectiveness of California's Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program, a statewide initiative aimed at increasing the employment and self-sufficiency of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Based on 2 years of follow-up data for 33,000 people who entered GAIN between early 1988 and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Followup Studies, Job Placement
Knab, Jean Tansey; Bos, Johannes M.; Friedlander, Daniel; Weissman, Joanna W. – 2000
Using data from an evaluation of two welfare-to-work programs in Riverside, California, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, a study found that requirements to participate in mandatory welfare-to-work programs can increase employment and earnings and reduce welfare income, independent of actual participation in the welfare-to-work program. Usually, these…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Compliance (Legal), Economically Disadvantaged
Friedlander, Daniel; And Others – 1986
This report presents findings of a three-year evaluation of West Virginia's Community Work Experience Program (CWEP), which requires public service in exchange for welfare payments by able-bodied recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Overall findings indicate that the state has succeeded in its principal objective:…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Martinson, Karin; Friedlander, Daniel – 1994
An evaluation of California's statewide Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program was based mainly on a sample of more than 2,500 welfare recipients in five of the six counties included in the ongoing evaluation. The evaluation drew on previously completed analyses and new data based on a survey of these recipients and the results of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Dropout Rate
Riccio, James; Friedlander, Daniel – 1992
The first findings of an evaluation of California's welfare-to-work program, Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN), related to its impact on employment, earnings, and welfare payments. The impact results came from a study of applicants for and recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in six counties and were limited to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
Freedman, Stephen; Friedlander, Daniel; Hamilton, Gayle; Rock, JoAnn; Mitchell, Marisa; Nudelman, Jodi; Schweder, Amanda; Storto, Laura – 2000
The 2-year impacts of 11 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine the relative effectiveness of different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. All 11 programs operated under the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program. Four programs were employment focused (three low-enforcement and one…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Attitude Change, Basic Skills
