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TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES WORK REQUIREMENTS REVISITED
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES WORK REQUIREMENTS REVISITED
Chapter 1 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF): WELFARE-TO-WORK REVISITED∗
BRIEF HISTORY: WORK REQUIREMENTS AND CASH AID FOR NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
WELFARE REFORM AND RESEARCH ON WELFARE, DEPENDENCY, AND WORK
Research on the Duration of Welfare Receipt
Pre-1996 Welfare-to-Work Experiments29
GAIN—Riverside (California)
The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS)
Earnings Supplement Programs
Post-Welfare Reform Research
The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project: 1998-2011
The Hard-to-Serve: 2001-2012
Current Experimental Evaluations
TANF WELFARE-TO-WORK PROVISIONS
TANF WORK-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS
Who Is a TANF Work-Eligible Individual?
TANF Assistance Families with and without Work-Eligible Individuals
Characteristics of TANF Work-Eligible Individuals
TANF’S WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR WORK-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS
Federal Requirements that Apply to Individual Recipients
Sanctions for Failure to Comply with Work Requirements
Activities of TANF Work-Eligible Individuals
Working While on the TANF Assistance Rolls
Participation of Work-Eligible Individuals by Selected Characteristics: FY2009
THE TANF WORK PARTICIPATION STANDARD: MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF STATE WELFARE-TO-WORK EFFORTS
The Numerical Participation Standard
The Caseload Reduction and “Excess MOE” Credits
Official Participation Rates for FY2009
A Note on the Two-Parent Family Standard
Implications of Failing Work Participation Standards
The Work Participation Rate
Families Included in the TANF Work Participation Rate
Engaged in Work: Countable Activities
Time-Limited Job Search and Readiness and Vocational Educational Training
Engaged in Work: Hours of Participation
Special Rule for Teen Parents Who Lack High School Diplomas
Hours of Participation of Single-Parent Families
Combining Education and Work
Trends in “Effective” Work Standards and Rates, FY2002-FY2009
Trends in “Effective” Work Standards
Trends in Work Participation Rates
THE 2002-2005 TANF REAUTHORIZATION DEBATE
LOOKING AHEAD: WELFARE-TO-WORK ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
Changing Employment Patterns (Again)? The Case of Youth
Measuring State Performance
APPENDIX A. ADDITIONAL TABLES
APPENDIX B. METHODOLOGICAL NOTES
Chapter 2 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES: WELFARE WAIVERS∗
TANF AND ITS WORK PARTICIPATION STANDARDS
The TANF Work Participation Standards
Rules for Being “Engaged in Work”
Rules for Being “Engaged in Work” and Work Requirements that Apply to Individual Recipients
The Caseload Reduction and “Excess MOE” Credits
Trends in “Effective” Work Standards
Trends in Work Participation Rates
Secretary’s Flexibility in Assessing Penalties for Failure to Meet Work Standards
LEGISLATIVE STATUS OF TANF
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S WAIVER INITIATIVE
Application and Approval Process
Ongoing Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
Implications for Welfare-to-Work Programs
GRANDFATHERING OF PRE-1996 WELFARE WAIVERS UNDER TANF
THE “SUPERWAIVER” PROPOSAL
Chapter 3 THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES BLOCK GRANT: AN INTRODUCTION∗
The State Maintenance of Effort Requirement
Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants
TANF CASH WELFARE PROGRAMS
Brief History of Cash Welfare
State Flexibility Within Federal Requirements
“NONWELFARE” ACTIVITIES UNDER TANF
APPENDIX. SELECTED STATE TABLES
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Work Requirements Revisited
( Social Issues, Justice and Status )
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