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Self-Sufficiency Domain
By Elizabeth Hair, Ph.D,  Thomson Ling, and Stephanie W. Cochran
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Employment Earnings Welfare Receipt Quality of Employment Family Formation Child Care Child Support
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vocational training living arrangements          
Self-Sufficiency (click for overall summary)

  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies

In comparison to control group:

- Program participants receive, on average, $300 less in public benefits.

- Program participants receive, on average, $460 less in public benefits over 4 years of program.

- Program participants are less likely to be receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) at the 3-year follow-up (84 percent vs. 88 percent).

- Program participants are on AFDC fewer months in years 3 and 4 (15 months vs. 16 months).

- Program participants receive less in AFDC benefits ($5,185 vs. $5,459).

In comparison to control group:

- Program participants do not reduce their need for welfare assistance.

- Participants who are Hispanic, black, or age 18 and older are on AFDC longer and receive food stamps for a longer period of time; participants who are Hispanic, black, or age 17 and older receive less in AFDC benefits.

- Program participants are more likely to have ever received welfare at the 42-month follow-up (99 percent vs. 98 percent).

- Program participants do not differ significantly in number of months on welfare.

- Program participants' receipt of AFDC and food stamps is not significantly different at the 30-month follow-up.



Program participants who earned a GED are less financially dependent than peers without a GED.

Most program participants are still on welfare or waiting to get on welfare at the 30-month follow-up.


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