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Welfare Reform: Assessing the Effectiveness of Various Welfare-to-Work Approaches

HEHS-99-179 Published: Sep 09, 1999. Publicly Released: Sep 09, 1999.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed research on the effectiveness of various welfare-to-work approaches, focusing on: (1) the effectiveness of a rapid employment approach, an education-based approach, and a combination of these two approaches in improving employment-related outcomes for welfare recipients and other low-income women with children; and (2) the effect of welfare recipients' educational attainment, including postsecondary education, on the educational attainment of their children.

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ChildrenComparative analysisDisadvantaged personsEmployment assistance programsPublic assistance programsSingle parentsState-administered programsWelfare benefitsWorkfareWelfare recipients