TEENAGE PARENT DEMONSTRATION

Time Line, Milestones, and Reports

The Teenage Parent Demonstration (TPD) tested a mandatory program designed to move first-time teenage mothers on welfare into self-sufficiency.  (For more information, see the TPD Home Page.)

Dates	Milestones	Major Reports
1986	Sites selected and evaluation contract awarded
Late 1987	Demonstration begins
	Demonstration continues	Design report
Mid-1991	Demonstration ends
	Reports on specific aspects of the Demonstration and lessons learned	Barriers to Self-Sufficiency and Avenues to Success [In-depth study based on focus groups and case reviews.] Case Management for Teenage Parents Child Care Needs Costs of Services Delivering Education and Employment Services Enrolling Teenage Parents Program Workshops Service Needs and Use
1993	Impacts of Demonstration, two years after teens started	Building Self-Sufficiency Among Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents
1998	Impacts of Demonstration, six to seven years after teens started	Moving into Adulthood:  Were the Impacts of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents Sustained After the Programs Ended?
1998	Final report synthesizes the TPD and two other demonstrations -- very readable	Moving Teenage Parents into Self-Sufficiency:  Lessons from Recent Demonstrations

Selected Project Reports and Related Publications.

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