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Low-Income Populations

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Using Data to Monitor and Improve the Work Participation of TANF Recipients: Examples from New York City and Utah

  Strategies for Increasing TANF Work Participation Rates Using Data to Monitor and Improve the Work Participation of TANF Recipients: Examples from New York City and Utah December 2008 By: Jeffrey Max and Gretchen Kirby Mathematica Policy Research

Providing Unpaid Work Experience Opportunities for TANF Recipients: Examples from Erie County, New York; Montana; and Hamilton County, Ohio

  Strategies for Increasing TANF Work Participation Rates Providing Unpaid Work Experience Opportunities for TANF Recipients: Examples from Erie County, New York; Montana; and Hamilton County, Ohio December 2008 By: Michelle K. Kerr Mathematica Policy Research

Asset Building over the Life Course

  Poor Finances:  Assets and Low-Income Households Asset Building over the Life Course Final Report By: Mark R. Rank Center for Social Development Washington University in Saint Louis November 2008

Effects of Holding Assets on Social and Economic Outcomes of Families: A Review of Theory and Evidence

  Poor Finances:  Assets and Low-Income Households The Effects of Holding Assets on Social and Economic Outcomes of Families: A Review of Theory and Evidence November 2008 By: Robert Lerman and Signe-Mary McKernan The Urban Institute

Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs

The purpose of this exploratory study was to learn what factors and approaches utilized by Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) programs contribute to refugee economic self-sufficiency. The issue of whether these approaches were applicable to mainstream welfare-to-work programs was also addressed.

Well-Being of Children in Working Poor and Other Families: 1997 and 2004

When Congress reformed the welfare system in 1996, major goals of the legislation were to increase employment and income of needy families and to decrease child poverty. Another major goal was to improve child outcomes through increased parental employment and earnings along with other provisions of welfare reform.
Research Brief

Well-Being of Children in Working Poor and Other Families: 1997 and 2004: Research Brief

Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation By: ASPE Staff June 2008

UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients

Contents Data for Analysis Incidence of Unemployment UI Application UI Eligibility Receipt of UI Benefits Relationship between UI receipt and return to TANF

Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties

Contents Key Findings Youth who age out of foster care continue to experience poor employment outcomes at age 24 Youth who age out of foster care tend to follow one of four employment trajectories as they transition to adulthood Positive outcomes at age 24