Welfare, Work, and Self-Sufficiency

TANF "Leavers", Applicants, and Caseload Studies

This is the ASPE-sponsored web site on Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) \"leavers\", applicants, caseload studies, and other state studies of welfare outcomes. This site has been developed to provide technical assistance to ASPE-funded grantees and other researchers, background on the ASPE-funded grants to states and counties, access...

Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI): An Overview of the Longest-Running Statewide Marriage Initiative in the U.S.

Background...

Selected Publications From This Evaluation

Moving People from Welfare to Work. Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.. Selected Publications From This Evaluation

Moving People from Welfare to Work: Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies . Prepared by Gayle Hamilton, MDRC, 2002. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and U.S. Department of Educatio...

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Microsoft Word version of report (contains raw data for tables)

(All files below are in Microsoft Word format)...

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Microsoft Word version of report (contains raw data for tables)

(All files below are in Microsoft Word format)...

Are Homeless Families Connected to the Social Safety Net?

New analysis of data from HUD's Family Options Study of families' experiences in shelter and 20 months later shows that families experiencing homelessness are generally connected to public benefits at similar rates to other families in deep poverty. This non-experimental analysis finds that homeless families receive TANF, publicly funded health i...

Evaluation of the New Jersey Substance Abuse Research Demonstration

An Intervention for Welfare Recipients with Substance Abuse Problems...

State Implementation of Major Changes to Welfare Policies, 1992 - 1998

From: State Implementation of Major Changes to Welfare Policies, 1992 - 1998

Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs

From: Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. Appendix

Characteristic Alabama Florida Michigan New Jersey APPENDIX TABLE 1 LOGISTIC REGRESSION OF THE PROBABILITY OF MAINTAINING MEDICAID COVERAGE WHEN ADULTS LEAVE AFDC (Adults in HMOs Excluded) Estimated Odds Ratio a ...

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. References

Czajka, John L. “Analysis of Children’s Health Insurance Patterns: Findings from the SIPP.” Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 1999. Dubay, Lisa, and Genevieve Kenney. “Effects of Medicaid Expansions on Insurance Coverage of Children.” Future of Children , vol. 6, no. 1, 1996, pp. 152-61. Ellwood, David T., and E. Ka...

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. Discussion

Study findings add to the body of evidence--that declines in the welfare caseload which began in 1995 are likely to have a noticeable effect on state Medicaid programs in the future, in terms of overall enrollment, caseload mix, and per capita expenditure levels. The findings also point to problems of continuity in Medicaid enrollment, which may b...

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2006

From: Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2006

Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs: Final Report

From: Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs: Final Report

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. How Much Turnover and Churning Occurs in Medicaid Caseloads?

A final study objective was to look at the extent to which turnover and churning in each state’s Medicaid caseload might be contributing to enrollment declines. As background for understanding these additional measures, it is useful to review the different ways Medicaid enrollment is counted. Most analyses of trends in Medicaid enrollment rely o...

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. Were the Welfare Leavers Staying on Medicaid Different From Those Who Left?

Policymakers and Medicaid officials are understandably interested in whether welfare leavers who also leave Medicaid are different from those who remain enrolled in Medicaid. In particular, they want to know whether welfare leavers who continue on Medicaid are likely to be more costly than those who leave Medicaid would have been. Differences in e...

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. Did Welfare Leavers Stay on Medicaid?

A key part of our analysis was to see what happened to the Medicaid status of individuals leaving AFDC. We focused on those who left from February through July 1995, so that we could follow the Medicaid status for six months after AFDC exit. Six months seemed to us a sufficient time to assess whether Medicaid coverage continued. We counted persons...

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. Did Medicaid Enrollment Decline?

Consistent with the national pattern, all five study states experienced a decline in Medicaid enrollment for children and adults during 1995, although the extent of the decline varied (Table 3). New Jersey’s Medicaid enrollment in December was only 0.8 percent below its January level, compared to a 4.2 difference in Florida by year end. The othe...

Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. Results

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Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995. Eligibility Policies of Study States in 1995

By 1995, interstate differences in Medicaid eligibility policy had been considerably reduced as a result of the federally mandated poverty-related expansions for children. That same year, all states were required to extend Medicaid coverage to children under age six and pregnant women with family income below 133 percent of the federal poverty lev...

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