The Family Transition Program: Implementation and Three-Year Impacts of Florida's Initial Time-Limited Welfare Program.

Autor/inn/en	Bloom, Dan; Farrell, Mary; Kemple, James J.; Verma, Nandita
Institution	Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY.
Titel	The Family Transition Program: Implementation and Three-Year Impacts of Florida's Initial Time-Limited Welfare Program.
Quelle	(1999), (252 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Demonstration Programs; Economically Disadvantaged; Employment Programs; Federal Legislation; Longitudinal Studies; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Program Implementation; State Programs; Wages; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Welfare Services; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Employment program; Employment programme; Employment programmes; Beschäftigungsprogramm; Bundesrecht; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Regierungsprogramm; Wage; Löhne; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Fürsorgeeinrichtung
Abstract	This report focuses on implementation, impacts, and time limit in Florida's Family Transition Program (FTP), a welfare reform initiative. Chapter 1 describes FTP and evaluation, target population, and data. Chapter 2 describes implementation of FTP in Escambia County: staffing and organizational structure of FTP and traditional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) programs and services provided, differences between FTP and AFDC, participation levels in employment-related activities among FTP and AFDC group members, and changes in FTP over time. Chapter 3 discusses the process when clients approach and reach FTP's time limit on cash assistance, including the following aspects: how quickly, how many, and which FTP participants are reaching the time limit; time-limit review process; time limit; and average earnings and welfare receipt of individuals whose benefits were terminated. Chapter 4 discusses early findings from the post-time-limit study. Chapter 5 uses administrative records data to examine FTP's impacts on employment earnings, welfare receipt, and family income during the 3 years after random assignment. Key findings are as follows: FTP has increased participants' total income, reduced reliance on public assistance, and produced different results for different subsets of the welfare population. Only a small proportion of FTP participants have reached the time limit, but almost all of these have had their benefits entirely canceled. Appendixes contain 21 references, additional tables, study sample, and methodology. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC