This research brief describes work documented in Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year (MR-1177-CDSS).
Summarizes a larger report that describes the implementation of California's Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program in its first two years.
Presents the results of the second annual All-County Implementation Surveys (ACIS) conducted as part of RAND's statewide evaluation of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program.
The California Department of Social Services contracted with RAND for an independent evaluation of CalWORKs to assess both policy implementation and its impact at both the state and county levels.
Here, the authors examine the first year of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, focusing on the planning and implementation processes and the effects of the program to date.
The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is California's response to the welfare reforms Congress set in motion in 1996.
This chapter has considered the likely effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on abortion and the research considerations in exploring that issue.
Updating of the 1971 paper that played a role in the passage of state and federal legislation, including the Equal Rights Amendment, reform of the California community property law, state child support laws, and Social Security Amendments of 1974, wh...
Most welfare reform programs incorporate negative income tax principles. However, if a program reduces the work incentive and therefore the hours of work of its new participants, projected income increases will be lower and subsidy costs higher than...
