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The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS) was made possible by the commitment and hard work of hundreds of people in dozens of organizations throughout the study's 12-year existence. Critical to the evaluation's success were the support, cooperation, and assistance of state and county administrators and staff in the 6 states, 7 sites, and 11 programs involved in NEWWS: in California and in Riverside County; in Georgia and in Fulton County; in Michigan and in Kent and Wayne Counties; in Ohio and in Franklin County; in Oklahoma and in Oklahoma, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie Counties; and in Oregon and in Multnomah and Washington Counties. Their willingness to allow their programs to be studied using an elaborate research design, to share insights into how their programs were implemented, and to allow and facilitate detailed data collection was of crucial importance.
Gratitude is also due the people in the NEWWS research samples. They shared detailed information about themselves and their children, thoughtfully completed batteries of tests and indices, and, in many cases, opened their homes to researchers.
As policymakers continue to seek new and better ways to increase employment among welfare recipients, lift families out of poverty, and foster the well-being of poor children, the lessons from NEWWS will provide guidance for many years to come.
The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) is conducting the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS) under a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), funded by HHS under a competitive award, Contract No. HHS-100-89-0030. Child Trends, as a subcontractor, is conducting the analyses of outcomes for young children (the Child Outcomes Study). HHS is also receiving funding for the evaluation from the U.S. Department of Education. The study of one of the sites in the evaluation, Riverside County (California), is also conducted under a contract from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS). CDSS, in turn, is receiving funding from the California State Job Training Coordinating Council, the California Department of Education, HHS, and the Ford Foundation. Additional funding to support the Child Outcomes Study portion of the evaluation is provided by the following foundations: the Foundation for Child Development, the William T. Grant Foundation, and an anonymous funder.
The findings and conclusions presented herein do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of the funders.
To obtain other publications from NEWWS and for information on how to access the NEWWS restricted and public use data files, go to http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/NEWWS/index.htm.
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