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Show moreIn August, 1996 the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was signed into law. The Act limited Food Stamp benefits to able bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) to three months in a 36-month period unless they work at least 20 hours per week or participate in certain volunteer work or training programs. At the request of Cuyahoga County's Department of Health and Nutrition, the Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change conducted a follow-up study of Cuyahoga County's ABAWDs following the introduction of a time limit on their benefits. This study was undertaken to estimate how many recipients actually met time limits and to determine how they coped with this change. For example, did the loss of benefits affect recipients' ability to obtain food, their living arrangements, health, and job seeking efforts? In addition, the study attempted to measure earnings and employment among ABAWD Food Stamp recipients. Both administrative data and survey data were used for this analysis.
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Show moreAt the request of the Cuyahoga County Department of Entitlement and Employment Services, the Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change undertook a study of the number and characteristics of families and children that would qualify for and use child care subsidies under welfare reform. Persons who receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) are required to participate in work activities for at least 30 hours per week in order to retain their cash assistance. Children of these recipients who are under the age of 13 are eligible for subsidized child care while their parents participate in mandated work activities. This Briefing Report examines the characteristics of a sample of the 1996 exit cohort to determine those factors that might affect use of a child care subsidy. The exit cohort chosen included all single parent adults over 18 who exited the welfare rolls in Cuyahoga County in any quarter of 1996. These adults had income from employment in the quarter following their departure from welfare and they had at least one child aged 3, 4, or 5 at the time of the exit.
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Show moreBeginning in January, 1997, Food Stamp benefits to able bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) was limited to three months in a 36-month period unless the recipient works at least 20 hours per week or participates in certain volunteer work or training programs. Cuyahoga County was interested in the impact of policy changes in the Food Stamp program on local private and non-profit food providers. As part of a larger study conducted for Cuyahoga County, the Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change surveyed food stores and food programs in three neighborhoods in Cuyahoga County.
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Show moreMany adults who receive welfare leave the program for employment each year. However, many of these same individuals leave their jobs fairly quickly and, some of them, return to welfare as a result. These frequent job interruptions interfere with individuals' abilities to develop steady job histories and to provide income for their families. Therefore, in addition to moving recipients off of welfare, an important goal of welfare reform is to stabilize employment and earnings for these individuals and their families.
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Show moreMany of the new provisions of Ohio Works First (OWF) went into effect in October, 1997 including the 36 month time limit on cash benefits and work participation requirements. All family cases (i.e. assistance groups) and the adult members of these cases in the October, 1997 caseload became subject to these new limits and requirements. Cuyahoga Work and Training Department requested that the Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change examine the patterns of welfare use for this caseload from the time welfare reform went into effect through June, 1998.
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Show moreWelfare reform places a strong emphasis on employment and a major goal is moving recipients from the welfare rolls to the employment rolls. However, there is uncertainty as to whether recipients will be able to find work after leaving welfare and to earn enough income to support their families. The welfare caseload has been falling in Cuyahoga County since 1992 but little is known about how many people have been able to substitute earnings for their cash benefits when they left welfare.
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