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Download full textIllinois Univ., Chicago. Center for Urban Economic Development. – 2000
In 1998, the Illinois statewide coalition Work, Welfare and Families, in partnership with the Chicago Urban League, undertook a study to assess the effects of welfare reform on low-income families and children across Illinois. The findings were derived from three sources: a self-administered survey of 2,166 low-income clients of Illinois social…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Freedman, Stephen; Knab, Jean Tansey; Gennetian, Lisa A.; Navarro, David – 2000
A large-scale evaluation was conducted of Jobs-First GAIN, a strongly employment-focused mandatory welfare-to-work program. Its main features were an unusually intensive program orientation; high quality job clubs; job development activities; strong encouragement to take entry-level jobs and combine work and welfare in the short-term; and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1998
During its 8-year history, the federal Adult Education for the Homeless Program (AEH) pioneered new methods of service to adults in need and benefited over 320,000 homeless adults and families. Despite an evaluation that documented program success, funding was rescinded from the 1995 federal budget and never reinstated. AEH programs developed the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
Murphy, Garrett; Johnson, Alice – 1998
A study was conducted to determine what was happening in literacy programs as a result of the major welfare reform law passed in 1996, and whether basic skills instruction was part of the solution. A nationwide search for exemplary programs that are using basic skills instruction as a fundamental component of assisting welfare recipients in moving…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1992
The 2-year evaluation of the Displaced Homemaker Program in Washington focused on the primary purpose of the program--to assist displaced homemakers in attaining independence and economic security. Approximately 2,042 eligible displaced homemakers completed the intensive instructional services component; the program served a total of 34,659…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Displaced Homemakers
Cruz, Jose E. – 1992
This report presents the findings of a preliminary assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs, the welfare-to-work centerpiece of the Family Support Act, for moving Puerto Rican welfare recipients closer to self-sufficiency. Programs in Newark (New Jersey), New York City, and Philadelphia…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives, Employment Opportunities
Grigg, Charles M.; And Others – 1972
The present report is a follow up study of disabled public assistance clients in four States. It attempts to evaluate the effects of cooperative efforts--between personnel of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Division of Family Services--to intervene in the poverty/dependence cycle of selected disabled welfare applicants and/or recipients. Between…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Health Services, Income
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
A study obtained information on examples of county or local Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) or JOBS-like programs that emphasize job placement, subsidized employment, or work experience positions for welfare recipients. It also identified the extent to which county JOBS programs nationwide used these employment-focused activities and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Berlin, Gordon L. – 2002
To inform policymakers as they deliberate over the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) reauthorization, this guide reviews what states have done with the flexibility afforded them by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. The first section examines how states have shaped their welfare reform strategies…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Innovation, Participation
Bloom, Dan; Farrell, Mary; Kemple, James J.; Verma, Nandita – 1999
This report focuses on implementation, impacts, and time limit in Florida's Family Transition Program (FTP), a welfare reform initiative. Chapter 1 describes FTP and evaluation, target population, and data. Chapter 2 describes implementation of FTP in Escambia County: staffing and organizational structure of FTP and traditional Aid to Families…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Blau, David; Tekin, Erdal – 2001
This paper provides an early analysis of child care subsidies under welfare reform. The paper reviews the literature on child care subsidies and discusses the potential for such subsidies to be an effective part of the effort to make low-income families economically self-sufficient. The paper then uses data from the National Survey of America's…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Characteristics, Financial Support
Maynard, Rebecca, Ed. – 1993
This report synthesizes first-phase evaluation results of the Teenage Parent Demonstration program. This program, whose cornerstone is case management, responded to three concerns: (1) rising welfare caseloads; (2) persistently high rates of teenage pregnancies and births; and (3) the high probability that teenage parents will go onto welfare and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delivery Systems, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1992
An assessment was made of the initial efforts of the states to implement the Aid to Families with Dependent Children--Unemployed Parent (AFDC-UP) program in accordance with the requirements of the Family Support Act (FSA) of 1988. A mail survey was conducted of each of the 50 state welfare departments. Results indicated that, nationwide,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Services, Evaluation Criteria, Job Placement
Awsumb, Catherine – 1995
Smart Start is a statewide initiative to ensure that all of North Carolina's children arrive at school healthy and ready to learn. A formative evaluation assessed, from the perspective of local participants in the original twelve Smart Start sites, how well these process goals are being met in the implementation process. Focus group and individual…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
White, Richard N. – 1980
A group of interested and academically qualified female Aid to Families with Dependent Children recipients was identified to participate in the assessment of a demonstration program to train female Work incentive Program (WIN) participants. Training for electronics technicians was conducted at DeVry Institute of Technology (Chicago) and Ohio…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Experience, Electronic Technicians, Employment Experience
