This report, which examines social service enrollment reforms in FL, PA, TX, and WA, informs the state of California and stakeholders as they consider changes in the enrollment process for public health and social services programs.

This recent APPAM paper discusses techniques used to obtain a 72 percent response rate on a survey of 3,000 welfare recipients in Iowa (70 percent is considered the standard response rate for a high-quality welfare survey). It also provides lessons for other similar surveys (including TANF...

Examines the extent to which former welfare recipients who find jobs are likely to have monetary eligibility for Unemployment Insurance, how sensitive these rates are to varying eligibility rules, and the extent to which those who lose jobs file UI claims. Finds that potential monetary...

This four-page issue brief notes that government housing subsidies improve access to stable, affordable housing for low-income families. Current and former welfare families that receive these subsidies devote a smaller portion of their income to housing, face less housing instability, and live...

Examines the extent to which former welfare recipients who find jobs are likely to have monetary eligibility for Unemployment Insurance, how sensitive these rates are to varying eligibility rules, and the extent to which those who lose jobs file UI claims. Finds that potential monetary...

Based on four rounds of annual follow-up surveys with an early group of NJ TANF recipients, this issue brief focuses on those who have left the welfare rolls and are not working. About one in four recipients in this group were in this status throughout much of the study's follow-up period. The...

Using data from the year 2000, this study looked at married-parent families to determine their eligibility and participation rates in TANF and FSP. The study found that eligibility and participation rates in the two programs are considerably lower for married-parent families than for...