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The Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation:
Five-Year Impacts, Implementation, Costs and Benefits
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| Title Page | |||
| List of Exhibits | |||
| Acknowledgements | |||
| Executive Summary | |||
| Chapter 1: Introduction | |||
| 1.1 | Policy Differences Captured by the Random Assignment Design | ||
| 1.2 | Research Design and Approach for this Evaluation | ||
| 1.3 | Indiana’s Welfare Caseload and the Economic Environment | ||
| 1.4 | Organization of This Report | ||
| Chapter 2: The Implementation of Indiana's Welfare Reform Program | |||
| Summary of Key Findings | |||
| [Note: due to large graphics chapter 2 is split into two files: 2a and 2b] | |||
| 2.1 | The Organizational Structure of Welfare Reform in Indiana [2a] | ||
| 2.2 | Client Flow for Welfare Reform and Traditional Welfare Group Members [2a] | ||
| 2.3 | Implementation of Welfare Reform Policies and Services 2b] | ||
| 2.4 | IMPACT Program Implementation: Work Activities and Services [2b] |
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| 2.5 | Conclusion: Addressing Current Challenges [2b] | ||
| Chapter 3: Characteristics and Program Experiences of Participants | |||
| Summary of Key Findings | |||
| [Note: chapter 3 is split into five files: 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e] | |||
| 3.1 | Characteristics of Participants at Demonstration Enrollment [3a] | ||
| 3.2 | Participation in Employment and Training Activities [3b, 3c] | ||
| 3.3 | Time Limits, The Family Cap, and PRA Sanctions [3d, 3e] | ||
| Chapter 4: Five-Year Impacts on Clients Enrolled in the First Year | |||
| Summary of Key Findings | |||
| [Note: chapter 4 is split into four files: 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d] | |||
| 4.1 | Impacts on TANF and Food Stamp Payments and Receipt [4a, 4b] | ||
| 4.2 | Impacts on Earnings and Employment [4c] | ||
| 4.3 | Impacts on Income [4d] | ||
| 4.4 | Impacts on Health Insurance Coverage [4d] | ||
| 4.5 | Summary and Policy Implications [4d] | ||
| Chapter 5: Two-Year Impacts for a Later Cohort | |||
| Summary of Key Findings | |||
| 5.1 | Impacts on TANF and Food Stamp Payments and Receipt | ||
| 5.2 | Impacts on Earnings and Employment | ||
| 5.3 | Impacts on Income | ||
| 5.4 | Summary and Policy Implications | ||
| Chapter 6: Costs and Benefits for Clients Enrolled in the First Year | |||
| 6.1 | Analytic Approach | ||
| 6.2 | Costs | ||
| 6.3 | Employment-Related Effects of Welfare Reform | ||
| 6.4 | Transfer Program Effects of Welfare Reform | ||
| 6.5 | Overall Cost-Benefit Results |
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| References | |||
| Appendix A: Five-Year Impacts for Two-Parent Families | |||
| Appendix B: Impacts on Reported Child Maltreatment | |||
| Appendix C: Cost Data Used in the Benefit-Cost Analysis | |||
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