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Implementation, Participation Patterns, Costs, and Two-Year Impacts of the Portland (Oregon) Welfare-to-Work Program: Executive Summary
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Prepared for:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Education
Office of the Under Secretary
Office of Vocational and Adult EducationPrepared by:
Susan Scrivener
Gayle Hamilton
Mary Farrell
Stephen Freedman
Daniel Friedlander
Marisa Mitchell
Jodi Nudelman
Christine SchwartzManpower Demonstration Research Corporation
The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) is conducting the National Evaluation of WelfaretoWork Strategies 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. 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 portion of the study is provided by the following foundations: the Foundation for Child Development, the William T. Grant Foundation, and an anonymous funder. -
Acknowledgments
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Executive Summary
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Overview of the Findings
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Portland’s Evaluation Context
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Findings on Program Implementation and Participation
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Findings on Program Costs
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Findings on Program Impacts
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Discussion and Implications of the Findings
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Future Research
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Notes
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Other Publications from This Evaluation
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