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By Susan Jekielek, M.A., Stephanie Cochran, B.B.A., and Elizabeth Hair, Ph.D.
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Short-Term employment Long-term employment Short-term earnings Long-term earnings Welfare receipt Quality of employment Participation in career development
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Participation in vocational courses Participation in job skills training or on the job training Type of job        
Self-Sufficiency (click for overall summary)

 Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies





Programs work:

- Fewer program group members received food stamps (27.5 percent vs. 31.1 percent)

Programs don't work:

- AFDC receipt and food stamp receipt not significantly different for treatment group at 30 month follow-up (out of school youth aged 16-21 at assignment)

- Program participation did not reduce the need for welfare assistance compared to control group

- Program participation did not reduce the receipt of AFDC among youth who were 16-17 at program assignment

Results for subgroups:

- Young women without children at program assignment were the only group who were significantly less likely than their counterparts to receive AFDC during the later years of follow-up




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