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Multiple Questions Require Multiple Designs: An Evaluation of the 1981 Changes to the AFDC Program.
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Hedrick, Terry E.; Shipman, Stephanie L. – Evaluation Review, 1988
Changes made in 1981 to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act were evaluated. Multiple quasi-experimental designs (interrupted time series, non-equivalent comparison groups, and simple pre-post designs) used to address evaluation questions illustrate the issues faced by evaluators in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Quasiexperimental Design, Research Design
Aid to Families with Dependent Children 1975 Recipient Characteristics Study: Part 4. Social Services.
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Oberheu, Howard D. – 1978
This report on social services to families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in May 1975 is Part IV of a broad study of AFDC recipient characteristics. The background of the AFDC social service program as mandated by Title XX of the Social Security Act is delineated briefly and a one-page prose summary of the statistics…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Care, Day Care, Drug Abuse
Multimethod Assessment of a Child-Care Demonstration Project for AFDC Recipient Families: The Genesis of an Evaluation.
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Neenan, Peter A.; Bowen, Gary L. – Evaluation Review, 1991
This article describes the development of a multifaceted evaluation strategy to assess the effects of guaranteed subsidized child care on the subsequent attainment of welfare independence and aggregate welfare expenditures for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Advantages of a multimethod approach are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Day Care, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods