Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work:
The MFIP Model:
The MFIP Evaluation
MFIP Evaluation Looks at Results for Four Groups:
MFIP Substantially Increased Employment and Earnings
MFIP Increased Full-Time and Stable Employment
MFIP Promoted Earnings Growth and Employment in Moderate Quality Jobs
MFIP Increased Welfare Use But Decreased Reliance Solely on Welfare
MFIP Increased Income and Markedly Decreased Poverty
How Might Children Be Affected When Parents Move From Welfare to Work?
MFIP’s Impacts on Other Aspects of Children’s and Families’ Lives
PPT Slide
Who Are Two-Parent Recipient Families in the MFIP Evaluation?
MFIP’s Effects on Recent Applicants to Welfare
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Implications
The Self- Sufficiency Project at 36 Months MDRC MANPOWER DEMONSTRATION RESEARCH CORPORATION SRDC SOCIAL RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION CORPORATION The Self-Sufficiency Project is sponsored by Human Resources Development Canada
Basic Facts About SSP
SSP and MFIP Reward Work (Monthly Income for Single Parent with 2 Children Earning $6/Hour)
Differences between SSP and MFIP in program design
SSP Doubled Full-Time Employment
SSP Increased Earnings and Income
Extra jobs paid close to minimum wage, involved 30 or more hours per week
SSP Promoted Steady Full-Time Work and Growing Wages
Impacts in SSP and MFIP (Long-term welfare recipients only)
Child Study Sample
Sample and Measures
Impacts on Children
Impacts on Care and Activities
Impacts on Family Functioning
Findings in MFIP and SSP
Conclusion
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