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Including:
Strategies for Achieving High Response Rates on Surveys
Designing Surveys
Designing Surveys that Examine Current TANF Caseload
Cross State Comparability
In September 2001, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) awarded about $1.4 million in grants to states to study the characteristics of individuals receiving cash assistance from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. The funding allows states to enter cooperative agreements with ASPE to exa
ASPE awarded approximately $2.9 million in grants to states and counties in FY 1998 to study the outcomes of welfare reform on individuals and families who left the TANF program, who applied for cash welfare but were never enrolled because of non-financial eligibility requirements or diversion programs, and/or who appeared to be eligible but were
Including:
Background
Findings
Survey Questions and Administrative Data Measures
Background
A major focus of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program is moving families from welfare to work. Thus, one major indicator of the program's success is the extent to which former welfare recipients are employed and th
File Name
File Type
File Contents
Description
1999 survey instrument
Microsoft Word
Arizona DES Survey 1999
Questionnaire used for the 1999 study
2000 survey instrument
Microsoft Word
Arizona DES Survey 2000 Questionnaire
Questionnaire used for the 2000 study
AZ DES Admin Data 1999
Microsoft Word
File Name
Size
File Type
File Contents
Description
DC CD Contents.doc*
37KB
Microsoft Word
Table of Contents for the District of Columbia Public Use Files
Table providing file name, file size, file type, contents, and description of each file on the CD ROM.
DC Notes to Researchers*
21KB
Microsoft Word
File Name
Size
File Type
File Contents
Description
FL CD CONTENTS.doc*
42KB
Microsoft Word
Table of Contents for the CD ROM for the Florida Public Use Data Files
Provides the file name, file type, contents, and a brief description of each file on the CD ROM.
FL Notes to Researchers.doc*
24KB
Microsoft Word
File Name
Size
File Type
File Contents
Description
GA CD CONTENTS.doc*
35KB
Microsoft Word
Table of Contents for the CD ROM for the Georgia Public Use Data Files
Provides the file name, file type, contents, and a brief description of each file on the CD ROM.
GA Notes to Researchers*
36KB
Microsoft Word
File Name
Size
File Type
File Contents
Description
Notes to Researchers.doc*
24KB
Microsoft Word
Notes to Researchers Using the Illinois Study of Former TANF Clients Public Use Data Files
File Name
Size
File Type
File Contents
Description
LA-Overview.doc
89KB
Microsoft Word
Notes for Researchers Using the Los Angeles County Welfare Leavers Public Use Data Sets
MDRC compiled this document to facilitate the use of the public use data files by interested researchers. Contains important information abou the dat
File Name
Size
File Type
File Contents
Description
Notes to Researchers.doc*
28KB
Microsoft Word
Notes for Researchers Using the Missouri Study of Former AFDC Recipients Public Use Data Sets
File Name
Size
File Type
File Contents
Description
CD_CONTENTS.doc
35KB
Microsoft Word
Table of Contents for the CD ROM for the Texas Public Use Data Files
This file.
Doc/TX_admin_doc_title.doc
23KB
Microsoft Word
Title page
Shows full title of data documentation
Doc/TX_admin_doc_info.doc