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Tuesday, August 1, 2000
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Plenary Session
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Welfare Reform: Other Perspectives on Unfinished Business and New Challenges
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Jack Tweedie, National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, Colorado
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Susan Golonka, National Governor's Association, Washington, D.C.
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Elaine Ryan, American Public Human Services Association, Washington, D.C.
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Concurrent Session IV
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A: TANF Leavers' Studies: The Continuing Story
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When Families Leave TANF Behind: TANF Leavers in Illinois
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David Gruenenfelder, Bureau of Program Design & Evaluation, Division of Transitional Services,
Illinois Department of Human Services, Steve Anderson, George Julnes and Tony Halter, University
of Illinois
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Use of Community-Based Emergency Assistance by Kansas City Welfare Leavers
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Nancy Dunton and Jane Mosely, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
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State of Wisconsin Welfare Closure Study: A Study of All AFDC and W-2 Closures
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Chuck Brassington and Paul Saeman, Division of Economic Support, Wisconsin Department of
Workforce Development, Madison, Wisconsin
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B: Administrative Data: More Than Meets the Eye
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Harnessing the Power of Data: State TANF Agencies' Use of Administrative Data for
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Policy and Program Management
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Gary Cyphers and Kathleen Kinsella, Human Services Research and Information Center, American
Public Human Services Association, Washington, D.C.
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The Role of Data Mining in Examining Administrative Databases
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Richard E. Mantovani, Ph.D., Macro International, Inc., Calverton, Maryland
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Administrative Data: Confidentiality and Access Issues
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Henry Brady, Susan Grand, Anne Powell, Ph.D. and Werner Schink, Survey Research Center,
University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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C: Work, Work and More Work
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Helping Welfare Recipients Attain Longer-Term Employment Stability and Earnings Growth:
Findings from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies
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Stephen Freedman and Charles Michalopoulos, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
(MDRC), New York, New York
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Understanding the World of Work: Using a Large-scale Participative Research Process to Identify
Critical Employment Skills & Build Employer Involvement in Welfare Reform
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Dent C. Davis, Institute for Work and Learning, Knoxville, Tennessee
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From Welfare to Work: Job Retention Among Low-Skill Workers
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David Wagner, Regional Economic Studies Institute, Towson University, Towson, MD
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D: Child Welfare Practice: Measurement and Evaluation
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Performance Measurement in Child Welfare: Getting Managers to Use Data Effectively
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Beth Grismer Moore, Hamilton County Department of Human Services, Cincinnati, OH
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Making a Case for Reviewing the Case Record: Benefits and Challenges to Reviewing Child Welfare
Case Records for Research and Program Evaluation
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Ingrid Graf, Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Self-Evaluation as a Management Tool
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Nancy Lasky and Donna Johnston, Community Partnership for Protecting Children,
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Louisville, KY
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B: Innovations in Date Storage, Analysis & Use
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A Stock-Flow Analysis of the Welfare Caseload: Insights from California Economic Conditions
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Jacob Klerman and Steven Haider, RAND, Santa Monica, California
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Assessing the Impact of Continuous Eligibility Changes on Medicaid: Using Administrative Date to
Quickly Assess a Policy Change
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Dean Duncan, Michelle Dylan and Nan Sook Park, Jordan Institute for Families, School
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of Social Work, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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C: More on Leavers, but with a Twist...
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Barriers in the Transition from Welfare to Work: A Closer Look at the Issues Using Administrative and
Survey Data in Ohio
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Jill Cicarelli, MSW, Center for Human Resource Research, Ohio State University
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Former Clients of South Carolina's Welfare Program: Somewhat Different Pictures in Survey and
Administrative Data
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Donald M. Klos, Ph.D., Public Services Research Laboratory/Consultant, South Carolina Department of
Social Services, Columbia, South Carolina
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Cross-State Comparison of Findings from Leavers' Studies
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Julia B. Isaacs, Division of Data and Technical Analysis, Office of the Ass't Secretary for Planning &
Evaluation, U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
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D: How Are Families Doing? Leavers Studies in Two States
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Arizona's Cash Assistance Exit Study: Process and Findings
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Mark F. McCain, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Phoenix, Arizona
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Food Stamp Leavers in Arizona: How Are They Coping?
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Greg Mills, Abt Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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How Food Stamp Leavers are Faring: Evidence from Illinois
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Phil Gleason and Anu Rangarajan, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ
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E: Child Care
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Head Start, TANF and Child Care Needs Assessments
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Emily Melnick, Joe Penkrot and Ianna Kachoris, Office of Evaluation & Inspections, Office of Inspector
General, U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services, Chicago, Illinois
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Parents' Perceptions: Child Care and Subsidy Use in Illinois
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Patricia Berndt, MSW, Bureau of Program Design and Evaluation, Illinois Department
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of Human Services, Springfield, Illinois
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Wisconsin Works (W-2) and Family Day Care Homes in Central Wisconsin: Quality Child Care and
Challenges of Providers
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Oluyomi Ogunnaike, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
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F: Final Results: Evaluation of Five State Health Reform
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Demonstrations
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Building a Newer Mousetrap: The Evolution of Medicaid Managed Care Expansions in 1115
Demonstrations
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Leighton Ku, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.
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Consequences of Inadequate Administrative Data on Survey Response Rates and
Health
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Policy Issues
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Ann Ciemnecki, Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ
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Expansion of Health Insurance Coverage in Hawaii and Tennessee
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Lorenzo Moreno, Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ
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SSI Enrollees' Experiences in TennCare
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Judith Woolridge, Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton NJ
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Concurrent Session VI
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A: Clients' Views on the New Welfare Era
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Supporting the Move from Welfare to Work: What Women Say
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Sue Pearlmutter, Ph.D., Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio and Elizabeth E. Bartle, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, California
State University at Northridge, Northridge, California
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Moving Forward or Falling Back: Chicago Women Talk about Their Experiences After Leaving
Welfare
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Steve Anderson and Anthony Halter, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, Illinois
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Getting Smart About Welfare: Policy Research on the Impact of Welfare Reform on Low Income
Women Enrolled in College
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Leslie R. Wolfe, Ph.D., and Jennifer Tucker, Center for Women Policy Studies,
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Washington, D.C.
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B: Beginning at the Beginning: Approaches to Assessment
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Charting the Path to Employment: A Study of State TANF Agencies' Client Assessment Policies
and Practices
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Gary Cyphers and Scott Brawley, MSW, Human Services Research and Information Center,
American Public Human Services Association, Washington, DC
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Transforming the Role of the Welfare System to Identify and Address Client's Chronic
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Barriers to Employment
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Alicia Meckstroth, Amy Johnson, LaDonna Pavetti, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.,
Princeton, New Jersey
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Working to Address Barriers to Self-Sufficiency: Lessons from the Families in Transition
Program
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Kendra Lodewick & Rebecca London, Ph.D.,Berkeley Policy Associates, Oakland, CA
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C: TANF: Leavers, Stayers & The Eligibility Context
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TANF Leavers and Stayers: Recent Evidence from New Jersey
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Anu Rangarajan and Robert G. Wood, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ
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How Has TANF Changed the Number and Types of Families Eligible for Cash Aid? A
Microsimulation Analysis
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Linda Giannarelli and Don Alderson, The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
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D: Family Literacy and School Performance
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The National Center for Family Literacy: Family Independence Initiative
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Judith A. Alamprese and Fumiyo Tao, Abt Associates, Bethesda, Maryland
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Family Literacy Program Serving Welfare Recipients: What Was Learned from Six Years of
Evaluation?
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Olga Ebert, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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Enhancing School Performance of Children of TANF Mothers
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Dennis K. Orthner, Ph.D. and Patty Cook, MSW, Jordan Institute for Families, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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E: Non-Experimental Evaluations of TANF Programs
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- An Update
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Evaluation of Ohio Works First - An Update
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Richard Mantovani, Macro International, Calverton, MD and Helen Anne Sweeney, Bureau of Research
& Evaluation, Ohio Dep't of Human Services, Columbus, Ohio
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New Hampshire Welfare Reform Evaluation - An Update
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Michelle Solloway, Health Management & Policy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH and
Roberta Bourque, New Hampshire Dep't of Health & Human Services
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Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Minnesota's WorkFIRST and Statewide MFIP Programs: An Update
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Robert Bleimann, MAXIMUS, McLean, VA and Gus P. Avenido, Minnesota Dep't of Human Services,
St. Paul, MN
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Discussant: Michael Wiseman, The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
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F: Intermediaries, Community Organizations and
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Welfare Reform
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The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs
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LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr, Jacquelyn Anderson, Carole Trippe and Sidnee Paschal, Mathematica
Policy Research, Inc., Washington, D.C.
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Community Innovations in Welfare Avoidance: Preliminary Findings from Reform Initiatives in Texas
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Miguel Ferguson, Ph.D., School of Social Work, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
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