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This was a quasi-experimental study. The treatment group consisted of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients who participated in JOBS, a program designed to help needs families with children obtain education, training, and employment to help avoid long term welfare dependence. The comparison group consisted of AFDC recipients who had similar characteristics but who did not participate in JOBS. To create the treatment group, the researcher selected administrative records of all JOBS participants who were active in the JOBS program between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 1992. To create the comparison group, the researcher used records for a randomly selected sample of AFDC recipients who were not in the JOBS program and who received cash AFDC benefits within the same time period.
Study participants are defined as those receiving AFDC benefits between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 1992.
Missouri's Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program
AFDC clients in the JOBS program had access to the following: life skills training; parenting classes; substance abuse programs; remedial educational activities, including adult education classes or enrollment in high school; job training or vocational training; on-the-job-training; job search and job readiness services; and postsecondary education activities in a college setting. Additional supportive services included the following: case management, child care, transportation assistance, and medical assistance. JOBS caseloads were kept relatively small because of the perceived importance of the case manager to the success of the JOBS participants.
Individuals in the comparison group received regular services under the AFDC program but did not receive JOBS services.
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The study analyzed sample members from four regions in the state of Missouri: Kansas City, St. Louis, northeastern Missouri (two counties—Lincoln and Pike), and southeastern Missouri (eight counties—Butler, Cape Girard, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, and Stoddard).