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Sanctions and Education Outcomes for Children in TANF Families
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Larson, Anita M.; Singh, Shweta; Lewis, Crystal – Child & Youth Services, 2011
Most research on the impact of Welfare Reform has been upon the employment status of parents and trends in declining caseloads. Recent research has examined how children in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program families are faring, with growing interest in the effects upon children of the disruptions to cash benefits that result…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Sanctions, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Services
How Do Welfare Sanctions Work?
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Wu, Chi-Fang; Cancian, Maria; Meyer, Daniel R.; Wallace, Geoffrey L. – Social Work Research, 2006
Under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, families are subject to greater work requirements, and the severity of sanction for noncompliance has increased. Using Wisconsin longitudinal administrative data, the authors performed event history analysis to examine the dynamic patterns of sanctioning and the patterns of benefits following a…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Family (Sociological Unit), Models, Labor Market
The Diversity of Welfare Leavers. Welfare, Children & Families: A Three City Study. Policy Brief.
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Moffitt, Robert; Roff, Jennifer – 2000
This report charts the experiences of women who have done better or worse than average after leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, highlighting differences in: education, health, and other characteristics; whether or not they were sanctioned before leaving; and welfare dependency (amount of time spent on welfare before leaving and off…
Descriptors: Employment, Family Income, Females, One Parent Family
The Diversity of Welfare Leavers. Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study. Working Paper.
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Moffitt, Robert; Roff, Jennifer – 2000
This report charts the experiences of women who have done better or worse than average after leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, highlighting: differences in education, health, and other characteristics; differences in whether or not they were sanctioned before leaving; and differences in welfare dependency (amount of time spent on…
Descriptors: Employment, Family Income, Females, One Parent Family
Child Protective Intervention in the Context of Welfare Reform: The Effects of Work and Welfare on Maltreatment Reports
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Slack, Kristen Shook; Holl, Jane L.; Lee, Bong Joo; McDaniel, Marla; Altenbernd, Lisa; Stevens, Amy Bush – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003
Recent changes in welfare policy have produced changes in parental work and welfare receipt. These factors are assessed in relation to investigated reports of child abuse and neglect using survey data on 1998 welfare recipients in nine Illinois counties, in conjunction with longitudinal administrative data on cash welfare benefits, employment, and…
Descriptors: Employment, Counties, Child Abuse, Welfare Services
Evaluating Two Approaches to Case Management: Implementation, Participation Patterns, Costs, and Three-Year Impacts of the Columbus Welfare-to-Work Program. National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.
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Scrivener, Susan; Walter, Johanna – 2001
A random assignment study evaluated two welfare program case management approaches, traditional and integrated, and was conducted as part of the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work (WTW) Strategies, an evaluation of 11 welfare-to-work programs in 7 sites nationwide. More that 7,000 single parent welfare applicants and recipients deemed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Management Systems