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General Information
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| Evaluator(s) |
Center for Social Services Research, School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
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| Investigator(s) |
Jill Duerr Berrick
(University of California at Berkeley)
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| Domain |
Income Security/TANF
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| Status |
Completed with continuing analysis
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| Duration |
Jul 1998 - Jun 2001
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| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation
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| Program/Policy Description |
The purpose of this study is to identify welfare recipients in California that may be at high risk for adverse outcomes under welfare reform, and to determine how those families are coping. Study components: 1) focus groups with current, long-term welfare recipients regarding their experiences with CalWorks, 2) in-depth, qualitative interviews with a small number of "precarious" families for one year to elucidate the fundamental challenges of coping with welfare reform, and 3) a survey of approximately 600 families, to include topics such as housing status, recent employment history, use of social support systems, child care, and education and training.
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| Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Last Updated |
03/21/00
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| Type of Summary |
Unreviewed
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| Contact(s) |
Jill Duerr Berrick (cssr@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
University of California at Berkeley
16 Haviland Hall #7400
(T) (510) 642-1899
(F) (510) 642-1895
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| Submitter(s) |
Karie Frasch (kfrasch@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Center for Social Services Research, School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
University of California at Berkeley
16 Haviland Hall #7400
(T) (510) 643-6557
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Populations Studied
| Target Population |
Recipients/participants/clients
Former recipients ("leavers")
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| Subgroups Analyzed |
Single parent families
Low-wage workers
Persons with substance abuse problems
Domestic violence victims
Children 1-6
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| Sample Size and Unit |
Focus groups: N=30
Precarious families: N=20-25
Unit of analysis: children and family, as subset of 600 survey families
Survey: N=600
Unit of analysis: adult head of family
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| Execution |
Not yet available.
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Sites Studied
Alameda and Los Angeles Counties, California
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