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Title

Evaluation of the SB 1041 reforms to California's CalWORKS Welfare-to-Work Program : findings regarding the initial policy implementation and outcomes / RAND authors, Lois M. Davis, Lynn A. Karoly, Robert Bozick, Diana Catherine Lavery, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Beverly A. Weidmer, Praise Iyiewuare, Jonathan Schweig ; AIR authors, Gabriele Fain, Sami Kitmitto, Lori Turk-Bicakci, Cheryl Graczewski, Jennifer Anthony, Johannes M. Bos, Kaitlin Fronberg, Marina Castro, Melissa Arellanes, Andrew Horinouchi, Charles Blankenship.

Author

Davis, Lois M.

Publication

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016].
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Fain, Gabriele
• Rand Corporation, issuing body.
• American Institutes for Research

Description

xxxiv, 317 pages : illustrations (some color), color forms, graphs (some color); 28 cm

Summary

"The California Budget Act of 2012, through trailer Senate Bill (SB) 1041, contained significant reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. CalWORKs is California's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, a central component of the safety net that provides cash aid for low-income families with children. The SB 1041 reforms to CalWORKs aim to engage participants in more-intensive work activities as early as possible, while also providing more flexibility in work activity options and increased incentives for work as participants move toward self-sufficiency. The California legislature included a provision in the bill for an independent evaluation to determine if SB 1041 is achieving its objectives and if there are any unintended consequences. Following the background and study design report, this first evaluation report provides initial findings from the process study based on the first wave of an online All-County Survey (ACS) and qualitative data from state-level interviews and interviews and focus groups conducted in six focal counties. Findings from the status and tracking studies are based on analysis of state administrative data. Initial insights on participant outcomes in terms of welfare use and employment are explored with state administrative data and nationally representative data from the Current Population Survey. Future reports will be based on further qualitative and quantitative data collection, including a second wave of the ACS, additional interviews and focus groups in the focal counties, both state- and county-level administrative data, and the first wave of the California Socioeconomic Survey." --Publisher website.

Subject

• California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program)
• Aid to families with dependent children programs > California
• Welfare recipients > Services for > California
• Child care services > California

Note

• "RR-1348-CDSS"--Cover page 4.
• "The reforms ... included changes to work requirements and the exemption for having a young child, ... enhanced supports to address barriers to work, offer more flexibility in work activity options, and increase incentives to work ..."--Page iii.
• "Prepared for the Califormia Department of Social Services."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-317).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Sources of Data and Methods -- State-Level Perspectives on Initial Implementation of SB 1041 -- Initial Implementation of SB 1041 at the County Level: Results from the ACS -- A Six-County Perspective on Initial Implementation of SB 1041 -- Initial Descriptive Analyses for Status and Tracking Studies -- Initial Descriptive Analyses for the Impact Study -- Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Appendix A: Understanding How the CalWORKs Program Functions -- Appendix B: Additional Documentation for Primary Data Collection -- Appendix C: Additional Documentation for Administrative Data -- Appendix D: Additional Results for Chapter Four ACS Analyses -- Appendix E: Additional Documentation for Chapter Six Status and Tracking Studies Analyses -- Appendix F: Additional Documentation for Chapter Seven Impact Study Analyses.

ISBN

• 9780833095558
• 0833095552

OCLC

• 964331899
• SCSB-10187778

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Harvard Library