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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Appendix B
Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects

The table is organized according to broad classifications of types of studies: (1) descriptive or monitoring studies; (2) studies of welfare leavers or divertees; (3) studies that employ experimental evaluation designs (these studies may also include components that use other evaluation or data collection methods; (4) studies that use multiple methods of evaluation; (5) implementation or process studies; (6) program description data collection studies; (7) data collection or data development projects; (8) technical assistance for evaluation or data collection; and (9) other studies that cannot be otherwise classified. In many cases, studies may fit in multiple categories, but we have only included them into one primary category.

The information in this appendix comes from the Research Forum’s web site (http://www.researchforum.org/), the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Welfare Reform Research Database (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/wrr/), Congressional Research Service (2000), and from reviews of web sites of study investigators.

This appendix summarizes current studies (as of this writing) of welfare reform and related welfare policies.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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TABLE B-1 Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects

Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

Descriptive Study/Monitoring

 

Assessing Effective Welfare-to-Work Strategies for Domestic Violence Victims and Survivors in the Options/Opciones Project

Center for Impact Research (in partnership with the Illinois Department of Human Services)

Descriptive analysis of assessment and case management of services for victims of domestic violence

Chicago, IL

Administrative data, survey

Assessing the Effects of Welfare Reform on California’s Most Precarious Families

Center for Social Services Research, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley

Descriptive study of well-being of hard-to-serve welfare recipients

Alameda and Los Angeles Counties, CA

Administrative data, direct observations of child interactions, ethnography, focus group, secondary data, survey

Child Care Subsidy Duration Study

D.Schexnayder; Columbia University, Oregon State University

Descriptive study

FL, IL, MD, MA, OR

Linked longitudinal data sets of children receiving subsidies

Devolution, Welfare Reform, and Well-Being Study: New York Social Indicators Survey

Columbia School of Social Work

Tracks individual and family well-being over time

NYC

Administrative data, survey of 2,250 households, structured interviews with 1,000 households

Disaggregating the TANF Child-Only Cases in Three States

Lewin Group

Describes composition and trends in child-only TANF cases

CA, FL, MO

Administrative records and case file records, interviews with state and county staff

The Dynamics of AFDC, Medicaid and Food Stamp Use

Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago

Description and event-history analysis

IL

State-level administrative data

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Effects of Welfare-to-Work Programs in Illinois

Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago

Descriptive study of welfare employment experiences of AFDC/ TANF recipients for 1991–1999

IL

Administrative data

Evaluation of the North Carolina Work First Program

MAXIMUS

Descriptive study, nonexperimental evaluations, implementation/process study

NC

Administrative data, survey of current and former recipients, site visits for implementation data

Evaluation of Washington State’s Welfare Reform

Washington State Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee

Cost-benefit study, descriptive study, implementation/process study

WA

Administrative data, field research, survey, program descriptions and documents

Expanding Medicaid Enrollment Using Tax Data (in development)

New Mexico Human Services Department

N/A

NM

Administrative data from tax records to assess Medicaid eligibility

Georgia Welfare Reform Impact Assessment

Georgia Department of Human Resources

Study of former welfare recipients

GA

Administrative data, survey data

Growing Up in Poverty Project

University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University

Descriptive study to track child development and school readiness for welfare populations

New Haven, CT; San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Tampa, FL

Developmental assessments and screenings, field research, focus group, survey

Illinois Families Study

University Consortium on Welfare Reform

Descriptive embedded child outcomes study

Nine counties in IL

Administrative data, longitudinal data survey colllected annually on sample representatives of IL caseloads

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

Maximizing Job Opportunities for Welfare Recipients Through Expansion of Value-Added Industries in Economically Disadvantaged Rural Areas

Louisiana State University

Descriptive study of small group of welfare recipients and local employers

Rural and remote areas of LA

Focus groups, interviews with employers and recipients

Monitoring the Impact of Welfare Reform on American Indian Families

Washington University School of Social Work

Descriptive and monitoring study, implementation/ process study

Within the state of Arizona in-depth interviews will be conducted at three reservations

Administrative data, annual surveys with 400 families with children, focus group, program descriptions, and documents

Nevada Welfare Reform Evaluation

University of Nevada, Reno

Descriptive study

NV

Administrative data, survey

Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Project: Iowa

Iowa State University

Descriptive study of transportation needs of rural welfare populations

Lee County, IA

Administrative data, focus group, secondary data, survey

San Bernardino County (CA) TANF Recipients Study

MAXIMUS Longitudinal descriptive study

Study of sample of TANF recipients

San Bernardino County, CA

Administrative data and survey data

The State of the Child

Chapin Hall Center for Children

Monitoring study of child well-being

IL

Multiple data sources

Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Persons with Disabilities

Part of Three-City Study with funding from DHHS/ASPE

Descriptive study

Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; San Antonio, TX

Will be initial part of 5-year longitudinal study

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Work First New Jersey Evaluation

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Descriptive study, implementation/process study

NJ

Administrative data, ethnography, focus group, program descriptions and documents, longitudinal survey of 2,000 families over 5 years

Youth Fair Chance Program

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Descriptive study

17 sites in high-poverty areas

Telephone survey of youth in target areas

Welfare Leaver and Diversion Studies

Illinois Study of Former TANF Clients

University of Illinois

Descriptive study of cohorts of welfare leavers

IL

Administrative data, survey

Illinois TANF Applicant Study

MAXIMUS

Study of 6,000 people who initiate application for TANF but withdraw or are denied

IL

Administrative survey, site visits to offices to observe practices

Impact of Welfare Reform on Women Leaving TANF in Georgia

Georgia State University Applied Research Center

3 cohorts of welfare leavers

GA

Administrative data, longitudinal survey

Iowa Leavers Project

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

One cohort of welfare leavers

IA

Administrative data, survey of leavers 8–11 months after leaving

Kentucky Welfare Reform Evaluation

University of Louisville, Kentucky

Descriptive study of welfare leavers. Also develops database for future studies

KY

Survey of 3,225 clients discontinued from TANF subsample for longitudinal follow-up

Missouri Welfare Reform Results Study

Missouri Department of Social Services

Descriptive study of two cohorts welfare leavers

MO

Administrative data, survey

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

New Mexico TANF Longitudinal Study

MAXIMUS

Longitudinal study of TANF recipients and leavers

NM

Administrative data, survey of 2,500 randomly sampled cases

New York Leavers Project

Nelson A.Rockefeller Institute of Government, New York State Department of Social Services

Descriptive study of two cohorts of welfare leavers

NY

Administrative data, survey

San Mateo County Leavers Project

SPHERE Institute

Descriptive study of cohort of welfare leavers

San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, CA

Administrative data, survey

South Carolina: State Welfare Reform Evaluation Program

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Program Reform, Evaluation and Research

Descriptive study of TANF leavers, Ethnographic study

SC

Administrative data, indepth interviews, survey of 1,000 former recipients

South Carolina Welfare and Food Stamp Leavers Study

MAXIMUS

Longitudinal descriptive study of TANF leavers and divertees, embedded child outcomes study

SC

Administrative data, ethnography, survey

Survey of Former Family Independence Program Clients

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Program Reform, Evaluation and Research

Descriptive study of former Family Independence (TANF) recipients

SC

Administrative and survey data

Survey of Welfare Recipients Employed or Sanctioned for Noncompliance

Bureau for Business and Economic Research, University of Memphis

Descriptive study of former Families First Program participants

TN

Survey

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Texas Welfare Applicants and Potential Applicants Study

Texas Department of Human Services, and University of Texas at Austin

Descriptive study of cohorts of TANF applicants and potential applicants

TX

Administrative data, survey, in-depth interviews

Tracking Participants and Families Affected by Welfare Reform in Florida

Florida State University

Descriptive study of cohorts of welfare leavers and divertees

Four multicounty regions in FL

Administrative data, survey

Washington State’s Families After Welfare

Washington Department of Social and Health Services

Descriptive study of cohorts of welfare leavers, divertees, and stayers

WA

Administrative data, survey data

The Welfare in Transition Project: Consequences for Women, Families, and Communities

Radcliffe Public Policy Institute

Descriptive study of welfare recipients and ex-recipients

Cambridge and Boston, MA

Administrative data, field research, focus group, indepth interviews

Wisconsin Leavers Project

Institute for Research on Poverty

Descriptive study of a cohorts of welfare leavers

WI

Longitudinal administrative data, base survey of random sample of cohorts of leavers

Experimental Design

 

Arizona’s EMPOWER Program

Abt Associates, Inc.

Experimental design; random assignment, cost-benefit study

Four cities in AZ

Longitudinal survey of participants, administrative data, focus group, survey

A Better Chance (ABC) Evaluation

Abt Associates, Inc.

Experimental design, implementation/process study, descriptive study

DE

Administrative data, field research, focus group, survey

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

CAL—Learn Program Evaluation

University of California Data Archive and Technical Assistance (UC Data)

Random assignment; 2-way factorial design of the two program elements

Four counties in CA

Three cohorts of AFDC 4,900 teens

Canada’s Self-Sufficiency Project

Social Research and Demonstration Corporation

Implementation/process study, experimental design, descriptive study

British Columbia and New Brunswick, Canada

Administrative data, focus group, program descriptions and documents, survey

Child Outcomes Study of the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies

Child Trends funded through DHHS/ASPE

Experimental design

Atlanta; Columbus, OH; Detroit; Grand Rapids; Oklahoma City; Portland, OR; Riverside, CA

Development assessments, direct observation, surveys of mothers

Connecticut’s Jobs First Program: Welfare Reform Evaluation Project

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study, descriptive study

New Haven and Manchester, CT

Administrative data, field research, survey

Employment Retention and Advancement Project— Impact Evaluations

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Experimental design cost-benefit analysis, implementation/process study

Los Angeles and Riverside Counties, CA; FL; IL; MN; OR; SC; TN; TX; VA

Administrative and survey data

Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation

Abt Associates, Inc.

Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study

IN

Administrative data, keep interviews w/office staff, child outcomes survey, client follow-up survey

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Minnesota Family Investment Program

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study, descriptive study

Eight counties in MN

Administrative data, field research, survey

Moving to Opportunities for Fair Housing Demonstration Project

Abt Associates with U.S. HUD funding

Experimental design of program to measure public impact of housing and Section 8 voucher program

Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, LA, NYC

Administrative data, survey, qualitative data

National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies and Child Outcome Component

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation and Child Trends

Implementation/process study, experimental design, cost-benefit study

Seven sites nationwide

Administrative data, developmental assessments, screenings/direct observations of child interactions, field research, survey

Nebraska Employment First Program Evaluation

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study

Lincoln and Omaha, NE

Administrative data, focus group, program descriptions and documents, survey

New Visions Evaluation

Abt Associates, Inc.

Experimental design, implementation/process study

Riverside County, CA

Administrative data, field research, survey

Oregon’s Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work program

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Experimental design

OR

Administrative data on 5,547 single parent AFDC applicants and recipients aged 21+ who attended orientation between 10/93 and 10/94

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

Parent’s Fair Share Demonstration

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Experimental design, implementation/process study of program to increase involvement of noncustodial parents with children

Seven counties across country

Administrative data, survey data, qualitative data, key informant interviews, and site visits

Texas Achieving Change for Texans (ACT) Welfare Reform Waiver Evaluation

Texas Department of Human Services, University of Texas at Austin

Experimental design, implementation/process study

Various sites in TX

Administrative data, site observations, staff and client interviews, sample of leavers and divertees

Vermont’s Welfare Restructuring Project

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Experimental design, implementation/process study, cost-benefit study

Six districts in VT

Administrative data, focus group, survey

Wisconsin Works Child Support Waiver Demonstration

Institute for Research on Poverty

Experimental design, implementation/process study

WI

Administrative and survey data, ethnography, field research, program descriptions and documents, survey

Multimethod Study

Assessing the New Federalism

Child Trends, Urban Institute, and Westat, Inc.

Descriptive/analytical study, implementation/ process study, impact study

AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI

Administrative data, survey, state indicators

California: Welfare Reform’s Impact on Legal Immigrants’ Access to Health Care

Latino Issues Forum

Cost-benefit study, descriptive study, non-experimental impact study

CA

Administrative data, developmental assessments screenings, survey, program descriptions and documents

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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CASAWORKS for Families

Treatment Research Institute, Inc., M.Gephart Associates

Implementation/process study, descriptive analysis and non-experimental analysis of substance abuse policies for welfare recipients

Sites in CA, MD, MO, NC NY, OH, OK, PA, TN

Administrative data, structured interviews with 1,100 welfare recipients

Comprehensive Evaluation of Welfare Reform in New York State

New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

Implementation/process study, nonexperimental/ pre-post cohort design, descriptive study

NY (specific sites to be determined)

Not yet available

Evaluating CalWORKS in Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services

Descriptive and monitoring study, process and implementation

Los Angeles County, CA

Focus groups, survey of recipients and caseworkers

Evaluation of Wisconsin Works Child Support Demonstration

Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin

Nonexperimental impact evaluation, implementation/ process study

WI

Family Well-Being and Welfare Reform in Iowa

Iowa State University

In-depth interviews with recipients, case studies of communities

Nine sites in IA

Administrative data, ethnography, field research, focus group, program descriptions and documents

Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families— Employment Demonstration Program

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Implementation/process study, nonexperimental design

Public housing developments in seven cities

Administrative data, field research, survey

Maryland Family Investment Program (FIP) Evaluation

Maryland Department of Human Resources

Implementation/process study, Nonexperimental impact study, descriptive study

MD

Administrative data, focus group, survey

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

Project on Devolution and Urban Change

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Implementation/process study, descriptive study, multiple cohort nonexperimental design, ethnographic study

Los Angeles, Miami, Cleveland, Philadelphia

Administrative data, field research, survey focus groups and in-depth interviews

Rural Welfare Reform Project: Does Welfare Reform Work in Rural America?

Ohio University

Descriptive study, ethnographic study, implementation/process study

29 Appalachian Ohio counties

Administrative data, field research, focus group, program descriptions and documents, survey, indepth interviews, employer interviews

Statewide CalWORKS Evaluation

RAND under contract with CA DHHS

Nonexperimental impact evaluation, cost-benefit study, descriptive study, implementation/process study

Certain research activites will examine statewide trends in California, while others will concentrate on six focus counties

Administrative data, program descriptions and documents, survey

Welfare Children and Families: A Three-City Study

Johns Hopkins University, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Pennsylvania State University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Illinois, Brandeis University, Harvard University

Descriptive study, implementation/process study, ethnographic study, embedded child development study

Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio

Longitudinal survey of low-income households, key informant interviews, direct observations, site visits

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Implementation/Process Study

 

Examining Customer Pathways and Assessment Practices

University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Welfare and Child Support Research and Training Unit

Process analysis of Maryland’s welfare program which is state supervised, locally administered

MD

In-person staff interviews, site visits, case record review, observation of worker-customer interactions

Expanding Health Insurance Coverage for Low-Income People: Experiments in Five States

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., with Urban Institute

Implementation study

HA, MD, OK, RI, TN

Current Population Survey; interviews with local and state officials, managed care reps, health care providers, consumers; focus groups with consumers and providers

Finding Common Ground in the Era of Welfare Reform

Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University

Study health outcomes of controls on maternal behavior

All 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico

Administrative data, field research, focus group, program descriptions and documents, survey of state directors of social service programs

Front-Line Management and Impact Study

Rockefeller Institute of Government

Implementation/process study, program description of how TANF programs operate on front lines

11 local welfare offices in GA, MT, NY, TX

Structured observations of caseworker/client interaction, interviews with office staff, program description data

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Families

Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin

Study of applicants, divertees, and enrollees

Milwaukee, WI

Survey with follow-ups

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

Impact of Welfare Reform on Social Services Agencies in New York City

Hunter College School of Social Work

Process study

Social service agencies in the New York Metropolitan area (Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island)

Survey with purposive sample of senior staff at nonprofit service providers

State Capacity Study and Implementing PRWORA

Rockefeller Institute of Government Federalism Research Group, SUNY Albany

Implementation/process study

20 sample states

Field research, program descriptions and documents

State Case Studies of Policy and Programs

Urban Institute: Assessing the New Federalism

Document development and implementation of state policies

AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI

Collecting data in base year (1996) and in following years

Program Description Data

 

Child Support and Data Analysis Project

Center for Law and Social Policy

Describe child support programs and financing decisions in states

National

Administrative data, survey

State Case Studies of Policy and Programs

Urban Institute: Assessing the New Federalism

Document development and implementation of state policies

AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI

Collecting data in base year (1996) and in following years

State Policy Documentation Project

Center for Law and Social Policy and Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

Collect and summarize program description data

National

Monitor, document, and analyze state welfare, health, and family support programs

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Summaries of Selected Elements of State Programs for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

National Governors Association

Program description

All states

Keeping track of state welfare policies

Summary of State Welfare-to-Work plans

National Governors Association

Program description

States with welfare-to-work programs

Summarizes state plans

Welfare Policy Typology Project

Urban Institute with funding from DHHS/ASPE

Program description

All 50 states

Develop characteristics of state welfare policies to use in evaluation research

Welfare Rules Database

Urban Institute

Collects state policy and program description data

National

Reviews state program plans and caseworker manuals. Interviews with staff administrators to supplement reviews

Data Collection and Data Development

 

California Health Interview Survey

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and CA Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Institute

Survey data collection

Statewide and includes local level data for counties with at least 40,000 people

Interviews 55,000 households in 2-year cycles; data collection began in November 2000; collects data on health status of adults and children, health insurance coverage, care access, and eligibility and participation in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Program

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

CA Work Pays Demonstration Project

University of California Data Archive & Technical Assistance (with California Department of Social Services Research)

Data development

CA

State-level administrative records for AFDC, MediCal, UI, other state and federal assistance programs, and employment tax files; county-level administrative records for AFDC and food stamp programs; nonautomated client records at county welfare offices; and telephone interviews with AFDC recipients

Dynamic Employer-Household Data and Social Data Infrastructure

Based at Cornell University, funding from Census Bureau and NSF

Data linkages and data access for research purposes

U.S., broad project includes other countries

Links social and economic data from surveys with administrative data from employers and employment related sources; also has a confidentiality and data access development function

Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study

Columbia University and Princeton University

Survey data collection for later analysis

20 cities randomly selected from all cities over 200,000

Surveys of 4,800 families; initial interviews with mothers at birth of child, follow-up interviews with both parents when child is 12, 30, and 48 months, child assessment at 48 months

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Integrated Data Base on Children’s Services

Chapin Hall Center for Children

Developed linked data sets

IL

Administrative data from child welfare, TANF, Medicaid, food stamps, special education, corrections, and mental health

Iowa Survey of Program Dynamics

Iowa State University and Census Bureau

Survey data collection

IA

Modified SPD survey instrument implemented with Iowa sample

Los Angeles Study of Families and Communities (LASFC)

RAND

Longitudinal/household study with child outcomes collection

Los Angeles County, CA

Administrative data, developmental assessments/ screenings for children, longitudinal survey of 3,250 households

Massachusetts Longitudinal Database for Research on Child Support Enforcement and Social Service Agencies

Chapin Hall Center for Children

Developing outcome indicators

MA

Constructing a longitudinal database of administrative data from TANF, Medicaid, food stamps, child enforcement, wage reporting, and new hires

Michigan Women’s Employment Survey

 

An urban county in MI

Simple random sample of 753 single mothers with children who received cash assistance in Feb. 1997; face-to-face interviews; in total, 3 waves of data to be collected

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

National Longitudinal Study of Children and Families in the Child Welfare System

DHHS/ASPE

Data collection

National

Longitudinal survey data; sample representative of children and families who enter the child welfare system; over 6,000 childrem; first interview in spring 1999; three annual follow-up rounds planned

National Survey of America’s Families

Urban Institute: Assessing the New Federalism

Data collections and descriptive/monitoring study of well-being of 3 cross-sections

AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI

Survey of over 40,000 households in 1997; second cross-section in 1999; third cross-section in 2002

New Immigrant Study

NYU, RAND, University of Pennsylvania

Multiple cohort longitudinal survey of new immigrants

National

Administrative data, survey

Survey of Program Dynamics

Census Bureau

Survey data collection

Nationally representative sample

Longitudinal survey. Includes module on child and adolescent well-being

National Neighborhood Indicators Project

Urban Institute and local partners

Data development

12 U.S. cities

Will assist other communities in developing neighborhood level information systems for policy making

Women’s Employment Survey

University of Michigan Poverty Research and Training Center

Data collection and descriptive reporting

Urban MI county

4-wave panel study of 753 current and former welfare recipients

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Technical Assistance for Evaluation or Data Collection

Measurement of Impacts on Children in Evaluations of State Welfare Reforms

DHHS, ASPE, ACF, Child Trends, and Chapin Hall Center for Children

Technical assistance to states to develop data collection ability

Phase I: CA, CT, FL, IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, OH, OR, VT, VA;

Phase II: CT, FL, IN, IA, MN

Phase I: Planning phase;

Phase II: Large-scale data collection activities to expand states’ abilities to measure and track child outcomes for impact analyses

Other

Analysis of the Determinants of AFDC Caseload Growth

Lewin Group

Models effects of changes in demographics, the economy, and programs to changes in the caseload, participants and expenditures per case

All 50 states and DC

Quarterly state-level data for 1979–1994

Cross-State Study of Time-Limited Welfare

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Synthesizes findings of evaluations of time limits in state welfare programs

Various states

Data and results from previous evaluations

Effects of Child Care Subsidy on Transition from Welfare to Work Among Welfare Mothers

National Center for Child Poverty, David Stevens, Anne Witte, Chapin Hall Center for Children, with funding from DHHS

Caseload dynamics of use of child care subsidy and welfare use; program entry cohorts

IL, MD, MA

Linked administrative data on child care subsidies, welfare and employment data

Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism

National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University

Welfare program research clearinghouse. Promote monitoring and evaluation research; promote collaboration among key

National

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects." National Research Council. 2001. Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10020.
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Project Title

Investigators

Study Description

State/Locality Studied

Data Sources

 

stake-holders; information exchange that includes a clearinghouse for welfare research projects

 

State Efforts to Track and Follow-Up on Welfare Recipients

American Public Human Services Association and National Conference of State Legislatures

Tracks welfare leaver studies

All states

APHSA and NCSL with the National Governors Association is keeping track of leaver studies

Welfare Reform Research Database

WI Department of Workforce Development

Documents past and current research on welfare reform related topics

Nationwide

Not applicable

Urban Welfare-to-Work Transitions

Consortium of collaborators headed by the University of Baltimore funded by the Department of Labor

Dynamics of work and welfare

Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Ft.. Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas City

Linked administrative data

SOURCES: Data from the Research Forum’s web site (http://www.researchforum.org/); the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Welfare Reform Research Database (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/wrr/); and Monitoring the effects of pre- and post-TANF welfare reform initiatives, 2000 Green Book. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (2000). Sources also have other information on welfare-related topics.

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NOTES:

   

ACF, Administration for Children and Families

   

AFDC, Aid to Families with Dependent Children

   

APHSA, American Public Human Services Association

   

ASPE, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

   

DHHS, Department of Health and Human Services

   

HUD, Housing and Urban Development

   

MDRC, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

   

PRWORA, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

   

TANF, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

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