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Download full textO'Neill, June – 1990
This evaluation of Massachusett's Employment and Training Choices (ET) program indicates that instead of saving taxpayers money, the program has been costly and has contributed little or nothing to reduce the state's welfare caseload. ET offers welfare recipients a wide variety of employment services, including career planning and job search,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Employment Programs, Job Training
Levin-Epstein, Jodie – 1993
A June 1992 survey was conducted to determine the number of teenage mothers receiving Aid for Dependent Children (AFDC) who were participating in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program of the Family Support Act of 1988, and who were receiving education, job training, and child care. Some of the findings from the statistics gathered…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Day Care, Early Parenthood, Federal Programs
Reid, William J., Ed.; Smith, Audrey D., Ed. – 1972
This study explored the nature of decisions concerning program entry, training component, continuation in the program, job choice, and child care arrangements. The participants were 151 caseworkers, 318 Aid for Dependent Children (AFDC) mothers referred to or participating in one of three Work Incentive (WIN) programs, and 121 WIN team members. To…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Child Care, Day Care, Decision Making
Corley, Rhonda – Dimensions, 1990
The need for good child care in the South will increase dramatically when the 1988 Family Support Act (FSA) takes effect. The FSA requires mothers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children or welfare payments to enroll in the Jobs Opportunities and Basic Skills program and calls for states to pay for child care for mothers in the program.…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Family Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1988
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…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Day Care, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Moore, Kristin A.; And Others – 1995
To learn more about how welfare reform affects children, a child-focused study was conducted as part of the larger Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) evaluation. This study assess the impacts of mothers' mandatory participation in welfare-to-work programs on outcomes for children using a sample of 790 participants. It provides an…
Descriptors: Day Care, Family Characteristics, Job Training, Mothers
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
In response to congressional approaches to welfare reform, this report describes a study of the extent to which child care needs of welfare recipients in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program are currently being met, whether any barriers exist to meeting the child care needs of JOBS participants, the effects of child care subsidies…
Descriptors: County Programs, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs
Sweeney, Eileen; Schott, Liz; Lazere, Ed; Fremstad, Shawn; Goldberg, Heidi; Guyer, Jocelyn; Super, David; Johnson, Clifford – 2000
This report describes an array of innovative strategies and practical ideas for helping low-income families with children. There is a window of opportunity for these new strategies as many states have tremendous financial resources available. The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) program rules have been clarified, and families are…
Descriptors: Child Support, Children, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Quiroz, Julia Teresa; Tosca, Regina – 1990
The Focus Study, conducted by the National Council of La Raza's Poverty Project, used structured discussions by focus groups to examine Mexican American women's opinions, needs, and attitudes as they relate to the implementation of the 1988 Family Support Act (FSA). FSA's primary objective is to move people off welfare through education, training,…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Programs, Day Care, Discussion Groups
Peer reviewedO'Brien, Kathleen; Stevenson, Carol – Young Children, 1993
Provides an overview of Family Support Act child care programs and highlights the successes and missed opportunities of the programs' first years. Areas discussed include child care for parents in training programs; child care for working parents receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); the At-Risk Child Care program; and welfare…
Descriptors: Children, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Martinson, Karin; Riccio, James – 1989
California's Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program requires that large numbers of welfare recipients receive job training and preparation for employment. Another component of the program addresses the child care needs of program participants. A survey of 626 single-parent program registrants in the first eight counties in which the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Compliance (Legal), Day Care, Employment Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
This report recommends that Title I of the proposed Family Welfare Reform Act of 1987 (H.R. 1720) be replaced with a Fair Work Opportunities Program. H.R. 1720 is proposed to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program of the Social Security Act Title IV. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to assure that needy children…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Welfare, Children, Day Care
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Senate Office of Research. – 1997
This document explains the objectives and components of California Work Opportunities and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs), which is a seven-step program designed to move welfare parents into the workplace. Presented first are a list of the 14 principles behind CalWORKs and a flowchart illustrating the program's operation. After a discussion of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Day Care, Federal Legislation, Job Development
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1999
A study conducted a questionnaire survey of 70 refugee women in Illinois and 2 service provider focus groups to assess the effects of welfare changes on refugee women and to identify barriers to workforce participation. Survey findings were that refugee women in the workforce are concentrated in low-wage jobs and do not earn enough income to move…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Day Care, Employed Women
Quiroz, Julia Teresa; Tosca, Regina – 1992
This is the final report of the National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) Focus Study examining the opinions, attitudes, and needs of Mexican American single women, relating to implementation of national welfare reform legislation. Over a 2-year period NCLR staff held focus groups with Mexican American women in four communities: Phoenix, Arizona; Mora,…
Descriptors: Day Care, Employment Level, Fatherless Family, Federal Legislation
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