Browsing Employment and Training Institute Publications by Subject "AFDC"
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Background Paper on Institutional Data and U.S. Census Counts of Low-Income Populations in Milwaukee County
(1995-01-01)Comparisons of institutional data and the U.S. census estimates for the same or similar time periods revealed a large undercount of AFDC recipients. For both the CPS and decennial census surveys, respondents are asked to ... -
Child Care for the Working Poor: The Milwaukee Experience
(2002-01-01)In Wisconsin the state government administers the child care subsidy program and allocates federal funds earmarked to improve the quality and availability of child care services. The county government is charged with ... -
Child Care Selected by Families in the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program
(2006-01-01)As part of its technical assistance work for Milwaukee County, the Employment and Training Institute examines the participation in the child care subsidy program (Wisconsin Shares) by type of care used, the age of children ... -
Demographics of Milwaukee County Populations Expected to Work Under Proposed Welfare Reform
(1995-01-01)The Employment and Training Institute was asked to provide a detailed demographic analysis of Milwaukee County cases on public assistance and the working poor to assist policy makers in discussions of current welfare reform ... -
Employment and Earnings of Milwaukee County Single Parent AFDC Families: Establishing Benchmarks for Measuring Employment Outcomes Under "W-2"
(1997-01-01)This report tracks the earnings and employment experience for the 25,125 single parents receiving AFDC in Milwaukee County in December 1995 who are expected to work under the "W-2" new state welfare regulations. The Wisconsin ... -
Evaluation of the Impact of Wisconsin's Learnfare Experiment on the School Attendance of Teenagers Receiving AFDC (1992)
(1992-01-01)In June 1988 the Wisconsin legislature authorized that an independent evaluation of the state’s “Learnfare” experiment be conducted, and in July 1989 the Employment and Training Institute secured the contract for this ... -
Financial Impact of W-2 and Related Welfare Reform Initiatives on Milwaukee County AFDC Cases Identification of AFDC cases (including employed families) likely to leave AFDC prior to the implementation of "W-2"
(1996-01-01)Many of Wisconsin’s current and proposed welfare policy changes impacting AFDC are based on a simple caseload reduction model which combined a very strict work requirement with AFDC benefit reductions with the goals of ... -
Graphs of AFDC and "W-2" Caseloads and Unemployment Rates in 72 Wisconsin Counties: 1986-1998
(1999-01-01)The Employment and Training Institute prepared graphs of AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) and “W-2” (“Wisconsin Works,” the replacement family income support program using federal Temporary Assistance for ... -
Impact of Learnfare on Milwaukee County Social Service Clients (1990)
(1990-01-01)In July, 1987 the State of Wisconsin enacted legislation implementing a “Learnfare” policy for families receiving AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). As a condition for receiving aid, teenagers who had not ... -
Increasing Child Care Rates and the Rate Setting Process Under the Wisconsin Shares Program
(2002-01-01)The Wisconsin Shares program provides financial payments to child care vendors serving lower-income families in the state. The subsidy program was created in 1995 to aid eligible families needing child care help in order ... -
Initial Findings on Mobility and Employment of Public Assistance Recipients in Milwaukee County and Factors Relating to Changes in W-2 Regions Over Time
(1997-01-01)At the request of the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County, the Employment and Training Institute examined computerized caseload data of Milwaukee County Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Food Stamps and ... -
Integrating Milwaukee County AFDC Recipients into the Local Labor Market
(1995-01-01)This report examines the availability of jobs for mothers receiving AFDC and expected to find family-sustaining employment in the private sector under “W-2,” Wisconsin’s new welfare program. Despite the fact that many full ... -
Project Get Started: Comprehensive Assessment of 1,551 Mothers with Infants on AFDC, a project of Milwaukee Area Technical College (1997)
(1997-01-01)This project conducted by Milwaukee Area Technical College provides an in-depth analysis of the new populations of mothers (with children ages three to twelve months of age) that Wisconsin is now requiring to secure and ... -
Purchasing Power Profile: Cesar E. Chavez and National
(2001-01-01)To help identify the economic assets of central city neighborhoods and to further employment opportunities for city residents the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute prepared state-of-the-art ... -
Report to the Wisconsin Legislature on the Learnfare Evaluation (1991)
(1991-01-01)In July, 1987 the State of Wisconsin enacted legislation implementing a "Learnfare" policy for families with teenagers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and who have not completed high school or ... -
Report to Wisconsin Counties on Implementation Surveys
(1991-01-01)In August, 1990 as part of its evaluation of the Wisconsin “Learnfare” experiment for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Employment and Training ... -
Report to Wisconsin School Districts on Implementation Surveys
(1991-01-01)In April 1990 as part of its evaluation of the Wisconsin “Learnfare” experiment for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Employment and Training ... -
Research Brief on ETI Child Care Studies
(2016-01-01)Employment and Training Institute surveys of central city Milwaukee workers consistently identified two areas as barriers to employment: child care and transportation to jobs. The Institute studied child care issues in-depth ... -
Research Brief on ETI Welfare Evaluation and Impact Studies
(2016-01-01)The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute conducted evaluation of major Wisconsin welfare experiments for the state Legislature and worked with local governments and schools in Milwaukee County ... -
Testimony of Lois M. Quinn and John Pawasarat to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy
(1990-01-01)In June 1990 Lois Quinn and John Pawasarat of the Employment and Training Institute testified on the progress of their evaluation of the Wisconsin Learnfare experiment before the Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee ...