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WORK FIRST PROGRAM
EVALUATION
In August 1997 the
North Carolina General Assembly passed welfare reform into state law.
Part of the Work First statute is the requirement that there be an independent
evaluation of the Work First Program. MAXIMUS, Inc. was awarded the contract
for this evaluation after an open bidding process, and began work on the
evaluation of the Work First Program. The evaluation is comprised of telephone
surveys conducted over time with families who have left Work First, and
analyses of administrative data available through the School of Social
Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The evaluation of
Work First is continuing with MAXIMUS, Inc. following families through
the longitudinal database, and through a continuing survey of families
in both Standard and Electing Counties. These reports contain information
on the first families to leave Work First Family Assistance because of
the 24 month time limit in August 1998, on families who received Benefit
Diversion payments instead of ongoing cash assistance, and on families
who left Work First for any reason.
As further reports
from the Evaluation of Work First are available, they will be published
here on the website.
The following reports**
are now available:
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Able Bodied Adults Report**
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We will continue to
update this page as more publications are available.
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