Recent wprp_scts items

CALWORKS Sanction Patterns in Four Counties - A Technical Analysis

Fri, 5 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

An analysis of sanctioned and non-sanctioned cases relying on administrative data from four counties (Alameda, Fresno, Kern and San Diego). This authors' report examines sanction rates; describes and compares the characteristics of sanctioned and non-sanctioned households; examines how sanctions affected recipients’ employment, earnings, and reliance on welfare; and models the likelihood that households with certain characteristics will be sanctioned within their first year of CalWORKs participation.

CalWORKs Sanction Policies in Four Counties: Practices, Attitudes, and Knowledge - Policy Brief

Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A policy brief providing an executive summary of a process analysis drawn from site visits to four focus counties (Alameda, Fresno, Kern and San Diego) that examines how the counties implemented sanctions under CalWORKs, including how the counties conveyed sanction policies to recipients, how well recipients understood sanctions, recipients’ experiences with sanction and compliance processes, and how counties attempted to prevent or “cure” sanctions.

CalWORKs Sanction Patterns in Four Counties: An Analysis of Administrative Data - Briefing Paper

Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The executive summary of an analysis of sanctioned and non-sanctioned cases that relies on administrative data from four counties (Alameda, Fresno, Kern and San Diego). It examines sanction rates; describes and compares the characteristics of sanctioned and non-sanctioned households; examines how sanctions affected recipients’ employment, earnings, and reliance on welfare; and models the likelihood that households with certain characteristics will be sanctioned within their first year of CalWORKs participation.

CalWORKs Sanction Policies in Four Counties: Practices, Attitudes, and Knowledge - Detailed Research Findings

Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Detailed research findings of a process analysis drawn from site visits to four focus counties (Alameda, Fresno, Kern and San Diego) that examines how the counties implemented sanctions under CalWORKs, including how the counties conveyed sanction policies to recipients, how well recipients understood sanctions, recipients’ experiences with sanction and compliance processes, and how counties attempted to prevent or “cure” sanctions.