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Tuesday, August 21,
2001
Plenary Session (Chesapeake Ballroom)
8:30 am to 10:00 am Introduction: David Gruenenfelder, Illinois Department of Human Services Jack Tweedie, National Conference of State Legislatures Susan Golonka, National Governor’s Association Elaine Ryan, American Public Human Services Association Concurrent Sessions IV-A to IV-F. 10:15
am to 11:45 am Concurrent
Session IV-A (Potomac) Community-Based
Organizations: Changes Under
Welfare Reform Matching Needs and Services: An
Outcome-Based Needs Assessment Tool for Community-Based Service Systems Elan
Melamid,
RAND Graduate School, and Gabriel Brodbar, New York City Administration for
Children's Services Straining the New Social Safety Net:
Welfare Reform and Nonprofit Human Service Organizations Davis
Sommerfeld
and Michael Reisch, School of Social Work, University of Michigan-Ann
Arbor Meeting Basic Needs After Welfare:
Emergency Services Utilization in Milwaukee County Pamela
Fendt,
Center for Economic Development, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Kathleen
Mulligan-Hansel, Institute for Wisconsin's Future; and Marcus White,
Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee Concurrent
Session IV-B (Loch Raven I) Faith-Based
Organizations and Welfare Reform An Evaluation of the Impact of Welfare Reform on Charitable
Organizations in Utah Laurie
N. DiPadova
and Sara McCormick, Center for Public Policy and Administration,
University of Utah Community- and Faith-Based Welfare Innovations in Texas: Implementation and Outcome Evaluations of 29 Projects Miguel
Ferguson, Diana M. DiNitto, A. James
Schwab, and Jessica A. Ritter,
School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin Concurrent
Session IV-C (Chesapeake II) Promoting
Steady Employment and Career Advancement: Early
Lessons from Post-Employment Programs Across the Country Promoting Employment Retention Among TANF Recipients:
Lessons from the GAPS Initiative Robert
G. Wood and
Diane Paulsell, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Taking the Next Steps in California:
A Study of Job Retention and Advancement Services for CalWORKS
Participants Jacquelyn
Anderson,
Jennifer Miller, and Hans Bos, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation Early Implementation Findings from the Employment Retention and
Advancement (ERA) Evaluation Barbara
Goldman and
Dan Bloom, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation Discussant: Marilyn
Edelhoch, South Carolina Department of Social Services Concurrent
Session IV-D (Harborview Ballroom) The
Changing TANF Caseload: Implications
for Reauthorization Snapshots of the Active Caseload: A
Three Year Comparison of the Changing TANF Caseload Pamela
Caudill Ovwigho,
Leanne W. Charlesworth, Andrea H. Hetling, and Catherine E. Born, School of
Social Work, University of Maryland The Changing TANF Caseload: An
Examination of Non-Traditional Families Dorothy
Ruck, Leanne W. Charlesworth, Pamela Caudill Ovwigho, and Catherine E.
Born, School of Social Work, University of Maryland The Changing TANF Caseload: Examining
the Prevalence and Outcomes of Administratively-Identified Substance Abusers Darren
Lacey, Andrea H. Hetling, Pamela Caudill Ovwigho, and Catherine E. Born,
School of Social Work, University of Maryland Concurrent
Session IV-E (Camden) Family
Formation and Preservation Under TANF Models of Access and Visitation Programs for Never Married Parents:
The Illinois Experiment Jo
Ann Day and Joseph Mason, Illinois Department of Public Aid Kids and Their Parents: Learning
from the Implementation, Evaluation, and Refinement of a Visitation Program for
Noncustodial Parents Robert
L. Fischer, Ann Thomas and Gerry White,
Families First Concurrent
Session IV-F (Loch Raven II) Mini-Sessions Measuring Economic Well-Being Among Families Leaving Welfare Julia
Isaacs, ASPE,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Child
Support Enforcement and In-Hospital Paternity Establishment in Seven Cities. Mark
D. Turner,
Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University Speaking with Many Voices: The
Future of Welfare Reform in Appalachian Ohio Barry
Tadlock, Ann R. Tickamyer, Debra A. Henderson and Julie A. White, Ohio
University Moderator:
Carrie Jenkins, School of Social Work, University of
Maryland Concurrent
Sessions V-A to V-G ... 1:45 pm to
3:15 pm Concurrent Session V-A (Potomac) Findings
from ASPE-Funded Studies of TANF Applicants In
1998 and 1999, ASPE/DHHS awarded grants to six states and one consortium of
counties to study the outcomes of welfare reform on TANF applicants and
potential TANF applicants. An
overview of all six projects and a synthesis of findings that have been received
to date will be provided. Panelists
will include representatives from the Illinois, Wisconsin Works (W-2), and
Contra Costa/Alameda (CA) studies. Mark
Gritz,
SPHERE Institute; Phil Richardson,
MAXIMUS, Inc.; Alan Whitaker,
Illinois Department of Human Services; and Mark
E. Courtney, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago Concurrent
Session V-B (Loch Raven I) Accountability
in Child Welfare: Linking Finance and Permanency in the ACS Safe and Timely
Adoptions Reunifications Program (STAR) This
panel will present the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS)
recent efforts to increase the accountability of non-profit organizations
providing child welfare services. The
panel will focus on the Safe and Timely Adoptions and Reunifications program
(STAR), a program implemented on April 1, 2000, which allows foster
boarding home contractors to retain and reinvest savings from reduced lengths of
stay in foster care. Maryanne
Schretzman,
and Nancy Martin, The Office of Management Development and Research, New
York City Administration for Children's Services, and Fred Wulczyn and Britany
Orlebeke, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago Concurrent Session V-C (Loch Raven II) Studies of Employment Strategies
Using an Evaluation to Improve Employment Services for TANF Recipients Debbie
Kogan, Andrew Wiegand, Social Policy Research Associates; Nan
Hendrickson and Laura Luke, Kerber, Eck and Braeckel; and Marilyn
Okon, Illinois Department of Human Services The Impact of Employment Barriers on TANF Participants' Employment
Status, Earnings, and Recidivism Vincent
Valvano and Kendra Lodewick, Berkeley Policy Associates Concurrent
Session V-D (Harborview Ballroom) The
Challenging and Changing Human Services Landscape Five Years After Welfare
Reform: Observations, Insights and
Findings from the Assessing the New Federalism Case Studies The
Urban Institute’s New Federalism Project is a multiyear, twelve-state effort
to monitor and assess the devolution of social programs from the federal to
state and local levels. The study
focuses on the TANF, child care, child welfare, and workforce development
systems. This panel will present key findings from the case studies
component and the implications of the findings for human services agencies and
their clients. Pamela
Holcomb, Rob Geen and Gina Adams,
The Urban Institute Concurrent
Session V-E (Chesapeake II) Issues
in Data Collection for Low Income and Welfare Populations Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition:
Focus on the Data Needs for Evaluating
Welfare Reform Robert
Moffitt,
Johns Hopkins University Methods for Obtaining High Response Rates in Telephone SurveysDavid
Cantor and
Patricia Cunningham, Westat Measurement Error in Surveys of the Low Income Population Nancy
Mathiowetz, University
of Maryland and University of Michigan; and Charlie Brown and John Bound,
University of Michigan Paying Respondents for Survey Participation Eleanor
Singer, University
of Michigan; and Richard A. Kulka, Research Triangle Institute Concurrent Session
V-F (Camden) Staffing
and Operational Issues in Welfare Agencies Caseworkers and Welfare Reform: How
is it Working? Holly
Bell, Center
for Social Work Research, University of Texas at Austin A Methodology for Developing Workload Standards for Case Managers P.
Ann Cotten
and Laura Wilson-Gentry, School of Public Affairs, University of
Baltimore; Dennis McGrath, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of
Baltimore; and Susan Wiley, The George Washington University Performance Measurement under Welfare Reform: New York City Experiment Swati
Desai and
Andrew Bush, Human Resources Administration, City of New York Concurrent
Session V-G (Chesapeake I) Employment
Barriers: Challenges for All Barriers to TANF Exit: Who
is Left Behind and Why? Larry
Nackerud, Ed
Risler, Chris Larrison, and Michael Sullivan, School of Social Work, University
of Georgia
Barriers to
Self-Sufficiency among Welfare Leavers and Stayers in Missouri Jane
Mosley and Nancy Dunton, Midwest Research Institute From Welfare to Work: Stages
of Change in Two Economic Environments Richard
Speiglman
and Jean Norris, Public Health Institute Moderator:
Paul Smilanick, California Department of Social Services Concurrent Sessions VI-A to VI-F...
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Concurrent
Session VI-A (Potomac) Case
Management Approaches and Their Impacts Quintin
E. Sullivan,
Dennis E. Crowell, Katherine
Jones, and Cheryl Stampley, School of Social Work, Illinois State University Earnings and Benefit Paths of Clients in Welfare-to-Work Programs:
The Role of Case Managers and Specialists Carolyn
Hill, Harris
Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Susan Scrivener, Johanna Walter, Thomas Brock and Gayle Hamilton, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation Concurrent
Session VI-B (Loch Raven I) TANF
Implementation Issues Evaluation of the South Carolina Family Independence Program . .
.Guidance for TANF Reauthorization Nancy
M. Pindus
and Robin D. Koralek, The Urban Institute Implementation of Welfare Reform under Devolution:
Welfare in Maryland Laura
Wilson-Gentry,
School of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore; Ann
Cotten, Dennis McGrath, Ron Crites, and Christopher Scalchunes, Schaefer
Center for Public Policy, Universtiy of Baltimore; and Susan Wiley, Department
of Political Science, George Washington University What Makes a Difference: Helping
Families Move From Welfare to Self-Sufficiency Ellen
Shelton and Greg Owen, Wilder Research Center Concurrent
Session VI-C (Loch Raven II) Issues
of Child Care and Child Development Developing National Standards for the Child and Family Services Reviews John
Gaudiosi,
Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human
Services Policy Analysis and Cost Projections in Childcare Using Microsimulation
Techniques John
V. Spears,
RESI, Towson University South Carolina Child Care 2001: A
Study of the Workforce Janet
GH Marsh,
Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University Concurrent
Session VI-D (Harborview Ballroom) Examining
Time Limits and Sanctions for TANF Families An Examination of Time Limits in Tennessee Angela
Thacker,
Donald Bruce and Karie Barbour, Center for Business and Economic Research,
University of Tennessee Exploration of Sanctions under the Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families Program William
C. Rainford,
University of California at Berkeley; and Sydelle Raffe and James Cunniff,
County of Alameda Social Service Agency The Effects of Involuntary Removal for Families Leaving the Welfare
Rolls Ronald,
J. Mancoske
and Taryn Lindhorst, School of Social Work, Southern University at New
Orleans; and Donald J. Moore, Louisiana Department of Social Services Concurrent
Session VI-E (Chesapeake II) The Evaluation of Supported Work: Emerging
Work-Based Strategies for Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients Debra
A. Strong
and LaDonna A. Pavetti, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Orientation to the Future: Welfare
Reform 2002 Diana
D. Woolis,
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University Moving Hard-to-Employ Welfare Recipients into the Workforce Kathryn
Larin, U.S.
General Accounting Office Concurrent
Session VI-F (Camden) Mini-Sessions"Structure of Intellect":
Evaluating a Model for Assessing and Improving Cognitive Abilities with
Welfare-to-Work Clients Olga
Ebert and Mary Ziegler, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee Work First or Education First Mary
Ziegler and Olga Ebert, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee An Economic Approach to Income, Family Structure, and Physical Violence Toward Children: Theoretical and Empirical Implications Lawrence
M. Berger,
School of Social Work, Columbia University Special
Sessions 5:15 pm to 6:45 pm TANF High Performance Bonus Roundtable (Chesapeake II) A
facilitated discussion of TANF High Performance Bonus issues focusing on states'
experiences with the employment measures, the challenges of new food stamp,
Medicaid, child care and family formation measures, and desired changes to the
HPB system during TANF reauthorization. Individuals
from state, county or tribal TANF administrations and anyone interested in program
performance measurement should attend this session. Urban Institute Research Resources: Welfare Rules, State Database, &
NSAF CrossTabMaker (Harborview
Ballroom) Learn
how to search the Welfare Rules Database. Use
data from the National Survey of America’s Families through the CrossTabMaker.
See a demonstration of the data available in the State Database.
Harold Leibovitz, Linda Gianarelli, and Adam Safir, Urban Institute
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