This paper presents an analysis of workers who persistently have low earnings in the labor market over a period of three or more years. Some of these workers manage to escape from this low-earning status over subsequent years, while many do not. Using data from the Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) program at the U.S.
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Advanced SearchStudy to Examine UI Eligibility Among Former TANF Recipients: Evidence from New Jersey, Final Report
Contents Key Findings Conclusions Endnotes Major welfare reform legislation and a strong economy have led to dramatic declines in welfare caseloads during the mid- and late-1990s, with many recipients leaving welfare and finding employment.
Understanding the Costs of the DOL Welfare-to-Work Grants Program
The Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grants program is one of several major federally funded initiatives to help welfare recipients and other low-income parents move into employment. In 1997, the Balanced Budget Act authorized the U.S. Department of Labor to award $3 billion in WtW grants to states and local organizations.
Implementation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program
Contents Three general program models for delivering services to the hard-to-employ were implemented in programs in the study sites. WtW grantees focus on the most disadvantaged, as specified in congressionally established provisions, but most programs have faced difficulties enrolling eligible in
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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002
The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence.
Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Final Report Robert M. Goerge, Principal Investigator Lucy Bilaver, Bong Joo Lee Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago Barbara Needell, Alan Brookhart, William Jackman Center for Social Services Research, University of California Berkeley March, 2002
Eligibility for CCDF-Funded Child Care Subsidies under the October 1999 Program Rules: Results from the TRIM3 Microsimulation Model
Eligibility for CCDF-Funded Child Care Subsidies Under the October 1999 Program Rules: Results from the TRIM3 Microsimulation Model Prepared by: Helen Oliver, Katherin Ross Phillips, Linda Giannarelli, and An-Lon Chen Urban Institute June 2002
Welfare Time Limits: State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families
by: Dan Bloom, Mary Farrell, and Barbara Fink with Diana Adams-Ciardullo