[NIFL-POVRACELIT:1531] Fwd: New from MDRC

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Posted at the request of John Hutchins, Publications Director of 
MDRC.  MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization 
with headquarters in New York City and a regional office in Oakland, 
California.

>Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:28:55 -0400
>From: John Hutchins <john.hutchins@mdrc.org>
>
>Please feel free to post this material to the appropriate NIFL
>discussion lists....
>
>Thanks!
>
>John
>
>
>John Hutchins
>Publications Director
>MDRC
>16 E. 34th Street
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: updates@mdrc.org [mailto:updates@mdrc.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:53 PM
>To: John Hutchins
>Subject: New from MDRC
>
>MDRC is pleased to announce new material on its web site at
>http://www.mdrc.org.
>
>
>NEW PUBLICATIONS
>
>Welfare Reform in Los Angeles:
>Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and
>Neighborhoods
>
>http://www.mdrc.org/sps/go.cgi?c=PxjBqv_eC9GxdaUUDF_R
>
>Welfare caseloads fell, employment increased, and neighborhood
>conditions improved in Los Angeles during a period of economic growth
>and welfare reform. However, most welfare recipients still remained
>poor, the concentration of poverty increased, and those who worked were
>usually in low-wage jobs without benefits. Overall, MDRC's Urban Change
>project found no evidence that welfare reform caused widespread hardship
>in the cities it examined - Los Angeles, Cleveland, Miami, and
>Philadelphia. Yet, families were not substantially better off
>financially, even though many parents went to work.
>
>Does Making Work Pay Still Pay?:
>An Update on the Effects of Four Earnings Supplement Programs on
>Employment, Earnings, and Income
>
>http://www.mdrc.org/sps/go.cgi?c=xblfu1lIQMN3JKliznCb
>
>Four programs that supplemented the earnings of low-income adults
>increased employment, earnings, and income - particularly for long-term
>welfare recipients and those with less education and work experience.
>While the effects generally faded after the programs ended, these
>earnings supplement programs achieved their goals of increasing both
>work and income, and their effects on income and poverty would likely
>have been sustained if the supplements had been offered for a longer
>period.
>
>
>MDRC NEWS
>
>Report on Minnesota Family Investment Program Featured in Minneapolis
>Star-Tribune Editorial
>
>http://www.mdrc.org/sps/go.cgi?c=wVvhC6vQ_oCGZloNrhBd
>
>
>Thank you for your interest in MDRC and our research. Please feel free
>to forward this announcement to others.
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