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Commentary
Apr 4, 2022
For more than a quarter century, the U.S. government has been sending an unmistakable message to poor, single mothers: Get married. If America genuinely wants to address poverty and achieve gender equality, this has to change.
May 10, 2021
As schools and day cares closed due to the pandemic, millions of women were driven from the labor market. What is it worth to the United States to have mothers in the workforce?
Research
Jan 24, 2020
This report offers further findings from the evaluation of the Senate Bill (SB) 1041 reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, with a focus on ongoing implementation of SB 1041 and updates on participant outcomes.
Nov 2, 2016
This report provides initial findings from the evaluation of the Senate Bill 1041 reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, with a focus on the implementation of the policy changes and participant outcomes.
Mar 30, 2015
This report provides background on the Senate Bill (SB) 1041 reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, as well as an overview of a multiyear, multicomponent evaluation of the SB 1041 policy changes.
Research Summary
Dec 12, 2007
This research brief summarizes a review of the system of subsidized early care and education programs serving preschool-age children in California in order to assess the potential expansion of public funding for preschool education.
Jan 1, 2003
This report presents implementation and outcomes of California's CYSA/TANF Probation program statewide and in selected counties
In this paper the authors point out an identification problem confronting nonexperimental estimates of TANF effects.
Jan 1, 2002
This research brief describes work documented in Consequences of Welfare Reform: A Research Synthesis (DRU-2676-DHHS).
Jan 1, 2000
Welfare reform poses significant challenges and opportunities for California communities.
Jan 1, 1999
The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is California's response to the welfare reforms Congress set in motion in 1996.
