INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Project: Innovative Strategies to Improve Economic Self-Sufficiency
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children and Families with the Urban Institute through Abt Associates
IPS Staff: Demetra Smith Nightingale and Burt Barnow
Purpose and Approach
This project is designed to test promising and innovative employment strategies and programs for low-income workers, welfare recipients, and former welfare recipients. The intent is to use rigorous experimental evaluation methods to test the impacts of innovative strategies in a selected number of sites. This multi-year experiment is considering approaches, programs, and initiatives operating in a range of operational and institutional settings, including welfare agencies, workforce development programs, educational institutions (secondary and post-secondary), and community-based organizations.
Results and Publications
Forthcoming.
