Public benefits recipients

Earnings

Earnings

Jobs-First Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program had the largest effects on long-term annual earnings (an average of $4,483 per year). Jobs-First GAIN emphasized a rapid employment strategy to help recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) improve their earnings and employment outcomes. 

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.
Employment

Employment

Jobs-First Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program had the largest effects on long-term employment (an average of 6 percentage points). Jobs-First GAIN emphasized a rapid employment strategy to help recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) improve their earnings and employment outcomes. 

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.
Public benefit receipt

Public benefit receipt

Delaware's A Better Chance (ABC) Welfare Reform Program had the largest effects on long-term benefit receipt (decreasing the amount of public benefits received by $1,093 per year). ABC aimed to increase earnings for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) through personal responsibility requirements, work provisions, and time limits on benefit receipt.

Effects on long-term benefit receipt

Delaware's A Better Chance (ABC) Welfare Reform Program
$1,093

Decrease long-term benefit receipt

Education and training

Education and training

Transition WORKS had the largest effects on education and training (increasing the attainment of a degree or credential by an average of 28 percentage points). Transition WORKS aimed to empower youth receiving disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and improve their economic self-sufficiency through a series of workshops focused on self-determination, education and employment services, case management, financial incentives, work-based experience, and job development.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.

Substance Abuse Case Management Program

Intervention (standard name)
Substance Abuse Case Management

As part of the program, clinically oriented staff, such as psychologists or social workers, conducted a two- to three-hour-long substance use assessment to determine the appropriate type of substance use disorder treatment and whether the client was ready to participate in employment-related services. The evaluator assigned a case manager to the client and referred clients to appropriate substance use disorder treatment and other services that addressed clients’ barriers to employment. 

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