Income and Family Support | MDRC

We study programs that aim to improve the economic outcomes of people who are involved in public systems, including food and cash assistance, child support, and child welfare. We also study strategies to support parents and build healthier family relationships.

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Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Demonstration

Delivery, Take-Up, and Outcomes of In-Work Training Support for Lone Parents

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Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Young Children

New Findings on Policy Experiments Conducted in the Early 1990s

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Effects of Welfare and Anti-Poverty Policies on Adult Economic and Middle-Childhood Outcomes Differ for the "Hardest to Employ"

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Effects of Reducing Child Care Subsidy Copayments in Washington State

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Early Findings on Program Impacts in Three Sites

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Does Making Work Pay Still Pay?

An Update on the Effects of Four Earnings Supplement Programs on Employment, Earnings, and Income

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Does Child Care Assistance Matter?

The Effects of Welfare and Employment Programs on Child Care

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The Effects of Welfare and Employment Programs on Child Care for Pre-School-Aged Children

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Do Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Programs Affect the Well-Being of Children?

A Synthesis of Child Research Conducted as Part of the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies

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Do Mandates Matter?

The Effects of a Mandate to Enter a Welfare-to-Work Program

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Different Settings, Common Strategy

Using Earnings Supplements to Improve Employment Retention and Advancement Programs in Texas and the United Kingdom

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Designing a Marriage Education Demonstration and Evaluation for Low-Income Married Couples

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Creating New Hope

Implementation of a Program to Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare

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Connecticut's Jobs First Program

An Analysis of Welfare Leavers

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Connecticut Post-Time Limit Tracking Study: Three-Month Results