A study of job search behavior among former participants in the Work Incentive (WIN) Program sought to determine how former clients go about looking for jobs and which methods yield the greatest success; a basic concern was the effectiveness of public agencies as compared with other means of finding work. (Author)

This report chronicles the history of the Federal role in welfare programs and training and employment programs since the New Deal. Part I presents a chronological summary of legislative action since 1935 and briefly discusses some major issues the Congress has tried to resolve, including: whether Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)…

Maryland's Employment Initiatives (EI) program was implemented in Fall 1982 to help Aid for Dependent Children applicants and recipients find unsubsidized employment. Baltimore City and Wicomico County were selected as the sites for two demonstration projects. To maximize limited resources, three agencies in each site--the State Work Incentive…

During its second year, Maryland's Employment Initiatives (EI) program continued to help Aid for Dependent Children applicants and recipients obtain unsubsidized employment. It provided employment and training opportunities to Work Incentive Demonstration Program participants at two sites: Baltimore City (OPTIONS) and Wicomico County (Basic…

The third operational year of the Employment Initiatives (EI) saw expansion throughout Maryland with the addition of new projects in Anne Arundel, Allegany, Dorchester, Frederick, and Harford counties during October 1984. In July 1985, other projects were funded in Baltimore City, Southern Maryland, and Montgomery County. EI offered a package of…

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…

This document is a transcript of the October 8, 1975 hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on S. 2425, "a bill to facilitate and encourage the implementation by states of child day care services and programs conducted pursuant to Title XX of the Social Security Act, and to promote the employment of welfare recipients in the…

The team staffing patterns and the experience, education, and training backgrounds of the staff of 51 Work Incentive Program (WIN) teams are described. Current team functioning is described for these teams in terms of how they proportion their time over the major duty areas identified in the Job Activities Inventory developed for this study. In…

Problems of today's displaced homemakers overlap with those of women in the 1960s. Problems of women seeking employment are similar to those of minority groups, older workers and welfare recipients. Recent legislation has expanded to fulfill some of the needs of women returning to the labor force. (Author/BEF)

The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, a component of the 1988 Family Support Act, emphasizes education and occupational training for welfare recipients, but it has not provided sufficient corrective measures to promote work among recipients of Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The most serious deficiency of JOBS is…

In 1991, the National Center for Children in Poverty undertook a study of low-income parents as child care consumers. The study involved a review of current research findings, interviews with staff of child resource and referral agencies, and an examination of child care consumer education provided in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS)…

This book describes a 10-state study of work force development efforts in Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin. The book is organized in eight sections. Section 1 describes the overall visions and practices that states have created, examining the difficulties in implementing these…

This report consists of tabulations by county for the entire 1987 and 1988 population receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and the entire population in the Work Experience and Job Training (WEJT) and Community Work Experience (CWEP) programs in Wisconsin. The tables include a complete history of all reported earnings data for…

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.…

These hearings concern proposed legislation to replace Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a new family support program. The new program would emphasize work, child support, and need-based family support supplements. Families would be assisted in obtaining education, training, and employment in order to avoid long-term dependence…