Moving People from Welfare to Work: Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.

Autor/in	Hamilton, Gayle
Institution	Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY.
Titel	Moving People from Welfare to Work: Lessons from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.
Quelle	(2002), (78 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Caseworker Approach; Children; Comparative Analysis; Cost Effectiveness; Delivery Systems; Employed Parents; Employment Level; Employment Patterns; Employment Programs; Employment Services; Family Financial Resources; Family Income; Family Life; Family Violence; Federal State Relationship; National Surveys; One Parent Family; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; Program Costs; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Salary Wage Differentials; Social Services; Socioeconomic Status; State Action; Strategic Planning; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Auslieferung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Employment program; Employment programme; Employment programmes; Beschäftigungsprogramm; Employment service; Arbeitsvermittlung; Familieneinkommen; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Staatliche Intervention; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Abstract	The findings of the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS) were analyzed to identify ways of improving the process of moving people from welfare to work. Selected lessons from the analysis were as follows: (1) welfare-to-work programs that rely on adult basic education programs for the general population are unlikely to improve welfare recipients' basic reading and math skills; (2) all 11 NEWWS programs increased single parents' employment and earnings and decreased their welfare receipt and payments relative to the levels found in the program's absence; (3) employment-focused programs generally had larger effects on employment and earnings than did education-focused programs; (4) the human capital development (HCD) approach did not produce more long-run economic benefits than the labor force attachment (LFA) approach did; (5) compared to the HCD approach, the LFA approach moved people into jobs more quickly and was much cheaper to operate; (6) welfare-to-work programs can decrease the incidence of physical domestic violence; (7) programs with mandates and services that also leave income unchanged have relatively few effects on young children; and (8) well-funded, well-run, integrated case management-based programs offer advantages over traditional programs. A table summarizing NEWWS program activities is appended. Twenty-five selected publications from the evaluation are listed. (Contains 20 tables.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, 16 East 34 Street, New York, NY 10016. Tel: 212-532-3200; Web site: http://www.mdrc.org. For full text: http://www.mdrc.org/Reports2002/NEWWS_Synthesis/NEWWS_Synthesis.p df.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC