Notes that Jobs Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program seeks to increase economic self-sufficiency of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Explains how, to track implementation of JOBS, 10-state, 3-year study is being undertaken that focuses on states' choices for implementing JOBS. Considers roles of broker…

This 60-item annotated bibliography focuses on case management as it relates to welfare, Medicaid, and/or the Family Support Act of 1988. While specific definitions, types of practice, and goals of case management vary greatly, the term here refers to a strategy of coordinating or integrating services for a client or group of clients in the social…

The findings of the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS) were analyzed to identify ways of improving the process of moving people from welfare to work. Selected lessons from the analysis were as follows: (1) welfare-to-work programs that rely on adult basic education programs for the general population are unlikely to improve…