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Download full textBaird, Peter; Walter, Johanna; Landers, Patrick; Timm, Jonathan; Luczywek, Beata – MDRC, 2017
The state of Kansas created the Child Support Savings Initiative (CSSI) in 2013 to help parents who owe child support pay off debt that is owed to the state while also saving for their children's future higher education. The program aims to encourage parents to make qualifying deposits into tax-advantaged college savings plans--529…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Children, Financial Support, Parent Financial Contribution
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S.; Van Manen, Karen W.; Mokrova, Irina L. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2018
The primary purpose of the 2016-2017 North Carolina (NC) Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) Evaluation study was to examine variability in enrollment practices within the statewide Pre-K Program. Four major categories of enrollment practices were examined: recruitment, application, placement, and waitlist. The study involved all 91 local NC Pre-K Program…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Enrollment, Student Recruitment, Student Placement
Farrell, Mary; Rich, Sarah; Turner, Lesley; Seith, David; Bloom, Dan – MDRC, 2008
Time limits on benefit receipt became a central feature of federal welfare policy in the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). Proponents of welfare reform argued that the time limits in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, would send a firm message to recipients that welfare is…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Family Income, Public Housing, Welfare Recipients
Sheared, Vanessa – 2001
A study focused on the effect of welfare reform legislation on literacy or social service providers and families participating in the programs. Program staff and participants in Wisconsin and California were surveyed and interviewed to determine how welfare reform impacted what they do programmatically or personally. Findings indicated receipt of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income, Family Literacy
Riccio, James; And Others – 1994
The cost-effectiveness and 3-year impacts of California's Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program, which is a statewide initiative aimed at increasing the employment and self-sufficiency of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), were evaluated by studying follow-up data for 33,000 people from 6 counties who entered…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, County Programs
