Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is…
The Innovative Employment Strategies project, conceived and funded by the U.S.…
Helping low-income families in rural areas find gainful employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency is an ongoing policy concern. The Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies demonstration is using rigorous experimental designs to build knowledge…
This resource provides results from a 2-year follow-up of a Texas job retention and advancement program for TANF recipients. Implemented in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Fort Worth, this study found that while pre-employment services were…
This paper considers four programs--Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), food stamps, child care subsidies, and the earned income tax credit (EITC)--that form the core work support system in the United States. It…