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...

Final report from the first rigorous study of four employment retention programs shows that broad case-management approaches alone are unlikely to promote employment success. Notes that future program designs may need to explore more structured services, incentives for participants, or stronger...

This report, the third in a series tracking the progress of WFNJ clients, notes that TANF receipt continues to fall, and only 24 percent of a representative statewide sample remain on TANF three and a half years later. Furthermore, the fraction employed and off TANF increased from 34 percent in...