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Raising Hope with Jobs-Plus
Promoting Work in Seattle Public Housing During a HOPE VI Redevelopment
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2005. Nandita Verma, James A. Riccio, and Howard S. Bloom, with Johanna Walter.
Early success for this ambitious employment program for public housing residents in Seattle was disrupted by a federal HOPE VI grant to tear down and revitalize the housing development.
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Reading First Impact Study
Interim Report
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U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
2008. Beth C.Gamse, Howard S. Bloom, James J. Kemple, and Robin Tepper Jacob.
This report, written by Abt Associates and MDRC and published by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, finds that Reading First increased the amount of time that teachers spent on the five essential components of reading instruction, as defined by the National Reading Panel. While Reading First did not improve students' reading comprehension on average, there are some indications that some sites had impacts on both instruction and reading comprehension. An overview puts these interim findings in context.
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Readying Welfare Recipients for Work
Lessons from Four Big Cities as They Implement Welfare Reform
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2002. Thomas Brock, Laura C. Nelson, Megan Reiter.
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Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
A Summary of the Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program
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2000. Virginia Knox, Cynthia Miller, Lisa A. Gennetian.
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Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program
Volume 1 Effects on Adults
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2000. Cynthia Miller, Virginia Knox, Lisa A. Gennetian, Martey Dodoo, Jo Anna Hunter, Cindy Redcross.
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Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program Volume 2 Effects on Children
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2000. Lisa Gennetian, Cynthia Miller.
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Reforming Welfare with Work
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Ford Foundation.
1987. Judith M. Gueron.
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Relationship Between Earnings and Welfare Benefits for Working Recipients
Four Area Case Studies
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1985. Barbara Goldman, Edward Cavin, Marjorie Erickson, Gayle Hamilton, Darlene Hasselbring, Sandra Reynolds.
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Resident Participation in Seattle’s Jobs-Plus Program
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2004. Edward B. Liebow, Carolina Katz Reid, Gabrielle E. O'Malley, and Scott Marsh:
Environmental Health and Social Policy Center, Seattle WA and Susan Blank: Consultant, MDRC.
Seattle Jobs-Plus — part of an MDRC national research demonstration designed to promote employment among public housing residents — succeeded in engaging a majority of residents, many of whom were immigrants from diverse parts of the world, in work-related services or supports.
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals
A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
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2007. Gordon L. Berlin.
In this article in The Future of Children journal, MDRC President Gordon Berlin answers the question: If you could do one thing to reduce poverty in America, what would it be? He explores the potential advantages of expanding the federal Earned Income Tax Credit to all low-wage adults who work full time — whether they have children or not and whether they marry or not.
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