To evaluate the effects of New Hope's benefits and services.
Program/Policy Description
The New Hope Project is a test of a new policy alternative that seeks to alter the employment of low-income people and address welfare issues such as too few jobs, too low wages, and a welfare system that stacks the deck against work. It offers an alternative vision of public assistance that links income support to full-time work. The program has four eligibility requirements: applicants must live in two targeted neighborhoods, are 18 or over, are willing and able to work full time (at least 30 hours a week), and have a household income at or below 150 percent of the federally-defined poverty level. Individuals on public assistance, as well as other low income persons, could volunteer if they met the eligibility requirements.
Judith Greissman (not reported)
MDRC 16 East 34th Street
19th Floor
(T) (212)-532-3200
(F) (212)-684-0832
Publications Department
MDRC Publications (publications@mdrc.org)
MDRC 16 East 34th Street
19th Floor
(T) (212) 532-3200
(F) (212) 684-0832
Populations Studied
Target Population
Recipients/participants/clients
Applicants
Children
Subgroups Analyzed
Low-wage workers
Sample Size and Unit
1357 low-income individuals.
Random sample of 678 program group (receiving New Hope services) and 679 control group (not eligible for New Hope services but able to use other community services) members.
Children 1-10 at baseline studied.
