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Training the Disadvantaged: Can it Reduce Welfare Dependence?
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Bassi, Laurie J. – Evaluation Review, 1987
The cost effectiveness of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act was evaluated in terms of moving economically disadvantaged individuals toward financial independence. Data analysis indicated small savings in welfare payments for female recipients, but not males. Data deficiencies in the Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey were also…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
The War on Fraud and Error in the Food Stamp Program: An Evaluation of Its Effects in the Carter and Reagan Administrations.
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Matt, Georg E.; Cook, Thomas D. – Evaluation Review, 1993
An evaluation of efforts by the Carter and Reagan Administrations to reduce fraud, error, and mismanagement in social programs is provided, examining the food stamp program as an example. Data available do not make it possible to say whether these administrative and political efforts actually decreased fraud and error. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Multimethod Assessment of a Child-Care Demonstration Project for AFDC Recipient Families: The Genesis of an Evaluation.
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Neenan, Peter A.; Bowen, Gary L. – Evaluation Review, 1991
This article describes the development of a multifaceted evaluation strategy to assess the effects of guaranteed subsidized child care on the subsequent attainment of welfare independence and aggregate welfare expenditures for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Advantages of a multimethod approach are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Day Care, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods