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Acknowledgements
The Study of Work-Oriented Sanctions to Increase TANF Program Participation was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) under contract to the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S., Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Many individuals within these organizations assisted in conducting the study and producing this report with support from many individuals in the eight sites included in the study.
At DHHS, Leonard Sternbach monitored each project task and provided useful suggestions for improving the study and final report. He was also responsible for all business aspects of the study. Naomi Goldstein, Karl Koerper, Nancye Campbell, Peter Germanis, Ann McCormick, and Reuben Snipper also reviewed the final report and provided useful comments.
At MPR, Jacqueline Kauff and LaDonna Pavetti led and participated in all aspects of the study from beginning to end. Michelle Derr led five of the eight site visits with support from Emily Sama Martin and Rob Buschmann. Lindsay Crozier, Jason Markesich, Amy Levy, and Ellen Seigel managed data collection for the telephone survey of frontline TANF workers, Jennifer McNulty managed the survey sample and survey data file, and Linda Gentzik coded survey responses. Emily Sama Martin and Dominic Harris conducted the programming needed to prepare and analyze the administrative data and telephone survey. Alan Hershey provided quality assurance reviews of all study products, and Carol Soble edited this report. Alfreda Holmes provided administrative support throughout the study.
This report would not have been possible without the cooperation and support we received from staff at all levels in each of the study sites. State and local TANF administrators, case managers and supervisors, eligibility workers and other TANF program line staff, administrators and staff at contracted services providers, and staff who handle data collection and reporting as well as management information systems spoke with us openly about sanction policies and procedures. In each site, one to four individuals were responsible for arranging MPR’s in-person visit and serving as our primary contacts. These include Kimberly Staab in Suffolk County, New York; Denise Blackman and Peggy Feenan in Arizona; Eileen Schilling, Vicki Abrams, and Bryan Stone in Florida; Donna Gunter and Betty Ricks in Georgia; Irma Allen, Debby Kratky, Nicole Verver, and Linda Franco in Texas; Brenda J. Williams and Mayindi Mokwala in Los Angeles County, California; Diane Rosso and Susan Price in Kern County, California; Chris Webb Curtis and Charr Lee Metsker in the state of California; and Sarah Brenna and Karla Aguirre in Utah.
We would like to thank all of these organizations and individuals for their important contributions to this study. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the authors and should not be construed as representing the opinions or policy of any agency of the federal government.
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