TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Cross-State Summaries and National Reports

Including:

• Leavers
• Applicants
• Caseload/Stayers

Leavers

• A Profile of Families Cycling on and off Welfare, April 2004.  By Lashawn Richburg-Hayes and Stephen Freedman, MDRC.
• Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers, An Analysis of the Welfare Caseload, November 2002.  By Cynthia Miller, MDRC.  (In PDF format)
• Final Synthesis Report of Findings from ASPE “Leavers” Grants.  December 2001.  By Gregory Acs, Pamela Loprest with Tracy Roberts, The Urban Institute.
• Findings from ASPE-Funded Leavers Studies (Appendix B).  July 2001.  By ASPE staff.
• Initial Synthesis Report of the Findings from ASPE’s “Leavers” Grants.  January 2001.  By Gregory Acs and Pamela Loprest, The Urban Institute.
• Post-TANF Food Stamp and Medicaid Benefits:  Factors that Aid or Impede Their Receipt.  January 2001.  By Janet Quint and Rebecca Widom, MDRC.  (In PDF format)  Also Executive Summary
• Preliminary Analysis of Racial Differences in Caseload Trends and Leaver Outcomes.  December 2000.  By Elizabeth Lower-Basch, ASPE.
• A Cross-State Examination of Families Leaving Welfare:  Findings from the ASPE-Funded Leavers Studies.  November 2000.  By Julia Isaacs and Matthew Lyon, ASPE.
• The Diversity of Welfare Leavers.  September 2000.  By Robert Moffitt and Jennifer Roff, Johns Hopkins University. From Welfare, Children, & Families:  A Three City Study (see also related background paper).  (In PDF format)
• Summary of Research on Welfare Outcomes Funded by ASPE.  April 2000.  By ASPE staff.
• Current and Former Welfare Recipients, How Do They Differ?  November 1999.  By Pamela Loprest and Sheila Zedlewski, The Urban Institute.  Also available in PDF format.
• Tracking Recipients After They Leave Welfare.  August 1999.  By Jack Tweedie, Dana Reichert, and Matthew O'Connor, National Conference of State Legislators.
• Families Who Left Welfare:  Who Are They and How They Are Doing?  July 1999.  By Pamela Loprest, The Urban Institute.
• Where Are They Now? What States’ Studies of People Who Left Welfare Tell Us.  May 1999.  By Sarah Brauner and Pamela Loprest, The Urban Institute.
• Welfare Reform:  Information on Former Recipients’ Status.  April 1999.  By the General Accounting Office (GAO).  Summary and full report  (in PDF format)

Applicants

• Diverted and Applicant Populations, Synthesis of Findings from ASPE Grants to States and Localities to Study Welfare Reform Outcomes. By ASPE staff.
• Description and Assessment of State Approaches to Diversion Programs and Activities Under Welfare Reform.  August 1998.  By Kathleen Maloy, et al, George Washington University Center for Health Policy Research.

Caseload/Stayers

• Potential Employment Liabilities Among TANF Recipients: A Synthesis of Data from Six State TANF Caseload Studies, October 2004. By Susan Hauan and Sarah Douglas, ASPE. Also available in PDF format.
• A Profile of Families Cycling on and off Welfare, April 2004.  By Lashawn Richburg-Hayes and Stephen Freedman, MDRC.
• Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers, An Analysis of the Welfare Caseload, November 2002.  By Cynthia Miller, MDRC.  (In PDF format)
• Current and Former Welfare Recipients, How Do They Differ?  November 1999.  By Pamela Loprest and Sheila Zedlewski, The Urban Institute.  Also available in PDF format.

See Also:

• For other ASPE-funded reports related to welfare issues, see ASPE’s Welfare Issues web site.