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Further
Information
Programs and Organizations
Moving Up: Vocational Foundation, Inc., 902 Broadway,
New York, NY 10010; (212) 777-0700
Oregon Department of Human Services:
Adult and Family Services Division, 500 Summer
Street NE, Salem, OR 97301; (503) 945-5601; www.afs.hr.state.or.us
Southern Institute for Children
and Families: 500 Taylor Street, Suite 202, Columbia,
SC 29201; (803) 779-2607; www.kidsouth.org/home.html
Steps to Success: Mount
Hood Community College, 14030 Northeast Sacramento Street,
Portland Oregon, OR 97230; (503) 256-0432; www.steps-2-success.org
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Publications
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The
JOBS Evaluation:
Monthly Participation Rates in Three Sites and Factors
Affecting Participation Levels in Welfare-to-Work Programs.
1995. Gayle Hamilton. New York: MDRC.
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Promoting
Participation: 
How to Increase Involvement in Welfare-to-Work Activities.
1999. Gayle
Hamilton and Sue Scrivener. New York: MDRC.
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Southern
Regional Initiative to Improve Access to Benefits for
Low Income Families With Children.
1998. Sarah C. Shuptrine, Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G.
McKenzie. Princeton, NJ: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Steady
Work and Better Jobs:
How to Help Low-Income Parents Sustain Employment and
Advance in the Workforce.
2000. Julie Strawn and Karin Martinson. New York: MDRC.
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No. 7, December 2001
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Karin Martinson,
a consultant to MDRC and a lead researcher in the Employment
Retention and Advancement evaluation, has more than 15
years of experience as a researcher and policy analyst
on a range of issues related to low-income families. She
was formerly a senior policy analyst at the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and a
researcher at MDRC, playing a lead role on several evaluations
of welfare-to-work programs.
Jacquie Anderson joined the MDRC California staff
as a Research Analyst, in June 2000. She currently works
as an implementation researcher for the Employment Retention
and Advancement project and leads a study, funded by the
Welfare Policy Research Project, to identify promising
job retention and advancement strategies for welfare recipients
in California. Before coming to MDRC, Anderson worked
for Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She
has authored numerous reports on a various aspects of
welfare reform, many of which focus on providing services
to those with multiple barriers to employment.
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