Welfare-to-Work
Report
Early Implementation Experiences of Employment Retention and Advancement Programs
October, 2003
Describing the initial experiences of 15 Employment Retention and Advancement programs in 8 states, this report emphasizes implementation issues and focuses on connections among the agencies and institutions that deliver retention and advancement services to low-income workers and hard-to-employ populations.
Report
Implementation of the SEID Program
August, 1991
Report
Toward an Employer-Led Approach to Welfare Reform and Workforce Development
March, 2000
Report
Lessons from Four Big Cities as They Implement Welfare Reform
March, 2002
Report
Five-Year Impacts of Pre-Employment Services in the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies
July, 2003
This report finds that — over a five-year follow-up period — both mandatory employment-focused and education-focused welfare-to-work programs helped young adults attain higher earnings.
Brief
Lessons from Research and Practice
May, 2011
This 12-page practitioner brief offers lessons for policy and practice from MDRC-conducted random assignment studies of five programs that provided earnings supplements to low-income parents to encourage employment and increase the payoff of low-wage work.
Report
How to Increase Involvement in Welfare-to-Work Activities
September, 1999
Report
Factors That Aid or Impede Their Receipt
January, 2001