Recent wprp_tl items

Time Running Out: A Portrait of California Families Reaching the CalWORKs Time Limit in 2004, Detailed Research Findings

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Detailed research findings from a telephone survey conducted between June 2004 and August 2005 of 1,797 recipients in six focus counties who were within six months of reaching the sixty-month time limit according to county administrative records. The survey explores the demographic characteristics of the recipients as well as family employment and employment history, barriers to employment, material hardship, and knowledge of the time-limit policy and the amount of time on aid still available to them.

Time Running Out: A Portrait of California Families Reaching the CalWORKs 60 Month Time Limit in 2004, Policy Brief

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

An executive summary aimed at California policymakers describing CalWORKs families as they approach the time limit. Analysis of findings from a telephone survey conducted between June 2004 and August 2005 of 1,797 recipients in six focus counties who were within six months of reaching the sixty-month time limit according to county administrative records. The survey explores the demographic characteristics of the recipients as well as family employment and employment history, barriers to employment, material hardship, and knowledge of the time-limit policy and the amount of time on aid still available to them.

Working Against the Clock: Implementing Five-Year Welfare Time Limits in California - Policy Brief

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

A policy brief on the early implementation of the welfare time limit in California that includes analysis of statewide administrative data, onsite interviews with State officials and staff at six focus counties (Alameda, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, and Tulare), and a survey of all counties.

Working Against the Clock: The Implementation of Welfare Time Limits in California - Detailed Research Findings

Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The first in a series of reports resulting from a statewide study with six focus counties aimed at fully understanding the effects of the 60-month CalWORKs time limit. It describes the state’s and counties’ early efforts to implement CalWORKs timelimit policies.