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Curtis, LeaAnn; Murphrey, Suzanne – 1991
The federally mandated welfare program Jobs Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) was preceded in Kansas by KANWORK, a pilot effort in four counties designed to initiate job preparedness and esteem-building programs. KANWORK, which was to be mandatory for certain public assistance recipients, included education, job skills training, job readiness…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Employment Programs
Download full textGreenberg, Mark; And Others – 1991
JOBS (Job Opportunities in the Business Sector) participation data from federal reports for December 1990 were reviewed for 9 of the 10 states of the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). Kentucky information was not available at the time of review. Although federal…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Kogan, Deborah; Vencill, Mary – 1984
This final report describes and evaluates the Favorable Alternate Sites Project (FASP), developed in response to the oversettlement of refugees (particularly Southeast Asian refugees) in particular areas of the country. The project's goals were to reduce welfare dependency, increase the ability of FASP refugees to be self-supporting, and reduce…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Employment Opportunities, English (Second Language), Job Training
Brooks, Eve E.; Hurley, Brigit – 1988
This report defines policy and practices for child care assistance for welfare recipients in New York, and explores ways in which the state could use the newly enacted federal welfare reform legislation to create opportunities for children of welfare recipients. The six sections of the report are based on a survey of child care policies and…
Descriptors: Costs, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Mudrick, Nancy R. – 1980
The interaction of public assistance and student aid is examined, and the effects of these uncoordinated yet overlapping programs on individuals enrolling in postsecondary education programs are assessed. Focus is on the major financial support program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and the most important student aid program,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Eligibility, Family Income
Bos, Johannes M.; Fellerath, Veronica – 1997
Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program (LEAP) provides all teen parents who receive welfare with a substantial financial incentive to attend school. This is the fifth and annual report from a large-scale evaluation of the program, based on a study of 4,151 teenagers who were randomly assigned to either a program group or a control group.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Employment Potential
Tout, Kathryn; Martinson, Karin; Koralek, Robin; Ehrle, Jennifer – 2001
This brief summarizes information collected during visits to Hennepin County (Minnesota's largest urban county) in 1999 and 2000 to document changes and progress since 1997. It updates a 1997 report that reviewed the benefits and services in the state and described the economic and political context shaping Minnesota's agenda for serving…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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
Fagnoni, Cynthia M.; Posner, Paul L. – 2002
A study determined the extent to which states spend federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and state maintenance-of-effort (MOE) funds for cash assistance and non-cash services and how this compares to welfare spending in fiscal year (FY) 1995. It also identifed the extent to which states use TANF and MOE funds to provide services…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Change, Employment Programs, Family Programs
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
Wood, Robert G.; And Others – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Presents interim findings from an impact analysis of Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) Program. LEAP is a statewide program designed to encourage school attendance among pregnant and parenting teens on welfare. Suggests that LEAP has succeeded in its primary short-term goal of increasing the school enrollment and attendance of teen…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Early Parenthood, Low Income Groups
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
Cort, Maureen; Krouse, Nancy; Gonzalez, Manuel – 1998
This document begins with a report describing a Northampton Community College project to develop a manual to help adult literacy providers understand how they fit into welfare reform. The accompanying manual consists of four sections corresponding to the project's four objectives. Section 1, intended to enable adult literacy providers to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation
PDF pending restorationSummers, Gene F., Ed. – 1997
In this report, the Rural Sociological Society Task Force on Persistent Rural Poverty presents 11 Pathways from Poverty (PfP) state-team efforts and accomplishments. Education and training are themes that appear here and there throughout the strategies described. Many PfP state teams have formed alliances with state rural development councils that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Gilbert, Neil; And Others – 1992
This longitudinal study examined the California Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program, which mandated that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) work, prepare for work, or attend school after their youngest child reached 6 years of age. Interviews with 255 single AFDC mothers with one or more children under the age…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Employed Parents, Family Life
