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Dan Bloom
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Alternative Employment Strategies for Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients
Final Results from a Test of Transitional Jobs and Preemployment Services in Philadelphia
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2011. Erin Jacobs and Dan Bloom.
An evaluation of two different welfare-to-work strategies for long-term welfare recipients finds that: (1) transitional jobs substantially increased employment in the short term, but these effects faded after one year, and (2) it is difficult to engage welfare recipients in extensive preemployment services long enough to improve their employability.
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Subsidizing Employment Opportunities for Low-Income Families
A Review of State Employment Programs Created Through the TANF Emergency Fund
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
2011. Mary Farrell, Sam Elkin, Joseph Broadus, and Dan Bloom.
In 2009-2010, states placed more than 250,000 people in subsidized jobs using the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Fund established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This report reviews the experience of the largest subsidized employment initiative in the country since the 1970s.
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Staying on Course
Three-Year Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation
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2011. Megan Millenky, Dan Bloom, Sara Muller-Ravett, Joseph Broadus.
After three years, participants in National Guard Youth ChalleNGe, an intensive, “quasi-military” residential program for high school dropouts, are more likely than their control group counterparts to have obtained a GED or high school diploma, to have earned college credits, and to be working. Their earnings are also 20 percent higher.
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Work After Prison
One-Year Findings from the Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration
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2010. Cindy Redcross, Dan Bloom, Erin Jacobs, Michelle Manno, Sara Muller-Ravett, Kristin Seefeldt, Jennifer Yahner, Alford A. Young, Jr., and Janine Zweig.
The Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration is testing a program that provides temporary subsidized jobs, support services, and job placement help to former prisoners in four midwestern cities. This report describes how the demonstration was implemented and assesses how the transitional jobs programs affected employment and recidivism during the first year after people entered the project.
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Making the Transition
Interim Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation
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2010. Megan Millenky, Dan Bloom, and Colleen Dillon.
Interim results from a random assignment evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, an intensive, residential program for high school dropouts, show that young people who had access to ChalleNGe were much more likely than those in the control group to have obtained a high school diploma or a General Educational Development certificate. They were also somewhat more likely to be working, in college, or enlisted in the military.
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Transitional Jobs
Background, Program Models, and Evaluation Evidence
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2010. Dan Bloom.
Transitional jobs programs provide temporary, wage-paying jobs and other services to help individuals who have difficulty succeeding in the regular labor market. In the context of a new federal initiative to support and study these programs, this paper describes what is known about transitional jobs and offers ideas for program design and research.
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Building a Learning Agenda Around Disconnected Youth
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2010. Dan Bloom, Saskia Levy Thompson, and Rob Ivry.
Built on a research review and consultation with youth policy experts, this paper makes the case for developing a menu of approaches for the heterogeneous population of disconnected youth, building knowledge about mature programs (to better understand whether they work, for whom, and why), and creating new programs that address areas of unmet need. This framework may be particularly relevant for the Administration’s newly proposed Youth Innovation Fund.
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Alternative Welfare-to-Work Strategies for the Hard-to-Employ
Testing Transitional Jobs and Pre-Employment Services in Philadelphia
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2009. Dan Bloom, Sarah Rich, Cindy Redcross, Erin Jacobs, Jennifer Yahner, and Nancy Pindus.
Interim results from an evaluation of two different welfare-to-work strategies for long-term welfare recipients show that transitional jobs increase employment and earnings but that it is difficult to successfully engage participants in extensive pre-employment services.
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Transitional Jobs for Ex-Prisoners
Implementation, Two-Year Impacts, and Costs of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program
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2009. Cindy Redcross, Dan Bloom, Gilda Azurdia, Janine Zweig, and Nancy Pindus.
A random assignment study shows that participants in CEO’s transitional jobs program were less likely to be convicted of a crime, to be admitted to prison for a new conviction, or to be incarcerated for any reason in prison or jail over the first two years. The program also had a large but short-lived impact on employment.
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The Employment Retention and Advancement Project
Results from the Substance Abuse Case Management Program in New York City
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2009. John Martinez, Gilda Azurdia, Dan Bloom, and Cynthia Miller.
Participants in an intensive care management program for public assistance recipients with substance abuse problems were slightly more likely to enroll in treatment than participants in less intensive services. However, the intensive program had no effects on employment or public benefit receipt among the full sample.
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The Joyce Foundation’s Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration
Testing Strategies to Help Former Prisoners Find and Keep Jobs and Stay Out of Prison
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The Joyce Foundation
2009. Dan Bloom.
Each year, almost 700,000 people are released from state prisons, and many struggle to find jobs and integrate successfully into society. This policy brief describes an innovative demonstration of transitional jobs programs for former prisoners in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and St. Paul being conducted by MDRC.
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Reengaging High School Dropouts
Early Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program Evaluation
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2009. Dan Bloom, Alissa Gardenhire-Crooks, and Conrad Mandsager.
Very early results from a random assignment evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, an intensive, “quasi-military” residential program for high school dropouts, show that the program has large impacts on high school diploma and GED attainment and positive effects on working, college-going, health, self-efficacy, and avoiding arrest.
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Welfare Time Limits
An Update on State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families
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Published with the Lewin Group.
2008. Mary Farrell, Sarah Rich, Lesley Turner, David Seith, and Dan Bloom.
One of the most controversial features of the 1990s welfare reforms was the imposition of time limits on benefit receipt. This comprehensive review, written by The Lewin Group and MDRC, includes analyses of administrative data reported by states to the federal government, visits to several states, and a literature review.
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A Good Start
Two-Year Effects of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College
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2008. Susan Scrivener, Dan Bloom, Allen LeBlanc, Christina Paxson, Cecilia Elena Rouse, and Colleen Sommo, with Jenny Au, Jedediah J. Teres, and Susan Yeh.
Freshmen in a “learning community” at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY, moved more quickly through developmental English requirements, took and passed more courses, and earned more credits in their first semester than students in a control group. Two years later, they were also somewhat more likely to be enrolled in college.
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Transitional Jobs for Ex-Prisoners
Early Impacts from a Random Assignment Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program
Working Paper
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2007. Dan Bloom, Cindy Redcross, Janine Zweig (Urban Institute), and Gilda Azurdia.
After one year, CEO’s transitional jobs program generated a large but short-lived increase in employment for ex-prisoners. A subgroup of recently released prisoners showed positive effects on recidivism: They were less likely to have their parole revoked, to be convicted of a felony, and to be reincarcerated than the control group.
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Four Strategies to Overcome Barriers to Employment
An Introduction to the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project
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2007. Dan Bloom, Cindy Redcross, JoAnn Hsueh, Sarah Rich, and Vanessa Martin.
This demonstration is evaluating four diverse strategies designed to improve employment and other outcomes for low-income parents and others who face serious barriers to employment.
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The Employment Retention and Advancement Project
Results from the Personal Roads to Individual Development and Employment (PRIDE) Program in New York City
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2007. Dan Bloom, Cynthia Miller, and Gilda Azurdia.
A random assignment study of a welfare-to-work program for recipients with work-limiting medical and mental health conditions shows that participants had increased employment and decreased welfare payments.
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The Employment Retention and Advancement Project
Results from the Chicago ERA Site
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2006. Dan Bloom, Richard Hendra, and Jocelyn Page.
An evaluation of a retention and advancement program for recently employed welfare recipients shows modest increases in employment and large reductions in welfare receipt during the first two years of follow-up.
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Employment-Focused Programs for Ex-Prisoners
What Have We Learned, What Are We Learning, and Where Should We Go from Here?
Working Paper
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2006. Dan Bloom.
Each year, the more than 600,000 people released from prison face numerous obstacles to successful reentry into society, starting with the challenge of finding stable work. What does existing research say about the effectiveness of work-focused programs for ex-prisoners?
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The Employment Retention and Advancement Project
Early Results from Four Sites
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2005. Dan Bloom, Richard Hendra, Karin Martinson, and Susan Scrivener.
Early results are mixed for Employment Retention and Advancement project programs in four sites, but programs in two sites appear to help some welfare recipients work more steadily and advance to higher-paying jobs.
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Building Learning Communities
Early Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration at Kingsborough Community College
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2005. Dan Bloom and Colleen Sommo.
Opening Doors Learning Communities, a program serving mostly low-income freshmen at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY, improved course and test pass rates, particularly in English.
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WRP
Final Report on Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project
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2002. Susan Scrivener, Richard Hendra, Cindy Redcross,Dan Bloom, Charles Michalopoulos, Johanna Walter.
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Welfare Time Limits
State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2002. Dan Bloom, Mary Farrell, Barbara Fink with Diana Adams-Ciardullo.
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An Analysis of Vermont’s Community Service Employment Program
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2002. Leslie Sperber, Dan Bloom.
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New Strategies to Promote Stable Employment and Career Progression
An Introduction to the Employment Retention and Advancement Project
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2002. Dan Bloom, Jacquelyn Anderson, Melissa Wavelet, Karen N. Gardiner, Michael E. Fishman.
Welfare reform has resulted in millions of low-income parents replacing the receipt of public cash assistance with income from employment. But what strategies will help the new workforce entrants find more stable jobs, advance in the labor market, and achieve long-term self-sufficiency? The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) evaluation is a comprehensive effort to explore this urgent public policy question.
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Jobs First
Final Report on Connecticut's Welfare Reform Initiative
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2002. Dan Bloom, Susan Scrivener, Charles Michalopoulos, Pamela Morris, Richard Hendra, Diana Adams-Ciardullo, Johanna Walter with Wanda Vargas.
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Sanctions and Welfare Reform
Policy Brief
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The Brookings Institution.
2002. Dan Bloom, Don Winstead.
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How Welfare and Work Policies Affect Employment and Income
A Synthesis of Research
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2001. Dan Bloom, Charles Michalopoulos.
This monograph synthesizes the results of rigorous studies of 29 welfare reform initiatives evaluated by MDRC over the past 15 years. It examines how three policies that form the core of most state's current welfare programs — mandatory employment services, earnings supplements, and time limits on welfare receipt — affect employment, welfare receipt, and income.
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Three-Year Impacts of Connecticut’s Jobs First Welfare Reform Initiative
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2001. Richard Hendra, Charles Michalopoulos, Dan Bloom.
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The Family Transition Program
Final Report on Florida's Initial Time-Limited Welfare Program
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2000. Dan Bloom, James J. Kemple, Pamela Morris, Susan Scrivener, Nandita Verma,
Richard Hendra with Diana Adams-Ciardullo, David Seith, Johanna Walter.
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Connecticut's Jobs First Program
An Analysis of Welfare Leavers
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2000. Laura Melton, Dan Bloom.
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Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project
Key Findings from the Forty-Two-Month Client Survey
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2000. Dan Bloom, Richard Hendra, Charles Michalopoulos.
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Jobs First
Implementation and Early Impacts of Connecticut's Welfare Reform Initiative
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2000. Dan Bloom, Laura Melton, Charles Michalopoulos, Susan Scrivener, Johanna Walter.
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The Family Transition Program
Implementation and Three-Year Impacts of Florida's Initial Time-Limited Welfare Program
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1999. Dan Bloom, Mary Farrell, James J. Kemple, Nandita Verma.
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Welfare Time Limits
An Interim Report Card
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1999. Dan Bloom.
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Connecticut Post-Time Limit Tracking Study
Six-Month Survey Results
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1999. Jo Anna Hunter-Manns, Dan Bloom.
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WRP
Implementation and Early Impacts of Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project
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1998. Dan Bloom, Charles Michalopoulos, Johanna Walter, Patricia Auspos.
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Connecticut Post-Time Limit Tracking Study
Three-Month Survey Results
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1998. Jo Anna Hunter-Manns, Dan Bloom, Richard Hendra, Johanna Walter.
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The Family Transition Program
Implementation and Interim Impacts of Florida's Initial Time-Limited Welfare Program
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1998. Dan Bloom, Mary Farrell, James J. Kemple, Nandita Verma.
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Jobs First
Early Implementation of Connecticut's Welfare's Reform Initiative
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1998. Dan Bloom, Mary Andes, Claudia Nicholson.
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The Family Transition Program
Implementation and Early Impacts of Florida's Time-Limited Welfare Program
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1997. Dan Bloom, James J. Kemple, Robin Rogers-Dillon.
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The View From the Field
As Time Limits Approach, Welfare Recipients and Staff Talk About Their Attitudes and Expectations
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1997. Amy Brown, Dan Bloom, David Butler.
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After AFDC
Welfare-to-Work Choices and Challenges for States
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1997. Dan Bloom.
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Early Data on the Implementation of Connecticut's Jobs First Program
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1997. Mary Andes, Dan Bloom, Claudia Nicholson.
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Implementing Time-Limited Welfare
Early Experiences in Three States
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1995. Dan Bloom, David Butler.
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The Family Transition Program
An Early Implementation Report on Florida's Time-Limited Welfare Initiative
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1995. Dan Bloom.
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Matching Opportunities to Obligations
Lessons for Child Support Reform from the Parents' Fair Share Pilot Phase
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1994. Dan Bloom, Kay Sherwood.
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Child Support Enforcement
A Case Study
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1993. Dan Bloom with Bridget Dixon.
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LEAP
Interim Findings on a Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents
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1993. Dan Bloom, Veronica Fellerath, David Long, Robert G. Wood.
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LEAP
Implementing a Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents
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1991. Dan Bloom, Hilary Kopp, David Long, Denise Polit.
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