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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 at mdrc.org>

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>John Hutchins

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>-----Original Message-----

>From: updates at mdrc.org [mailto:updates at 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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