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Child care subsidies and employment behavior among very-low-income populations in three states
Cochi Ficano, Carlena K., May 2006
The Review of Policy Research, 23(3), 681-698

An empirical analysis of the effects of child care subsidies on recipients' transition times to substantial employment, using merged administrative data from Florida, Minnesota, and Connecticut's welfare reform evaluations

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Child care subsidies and employment behavior among very-low-income populations in three states
Cochi Ficano, Carlena K., May 2006
The Review of Policy Research, 23(3), 681-698

An estimation of the effect of child care subsidies on single parent welfare recipients’ period of transition to substantial employment

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Can teacher training in classroom management make a difference for children's experience in preschool?: A preview of findings from the Foundations of Learning demonstration
Morris, Pamela A., September, 2009
New York: MDRC.

Preliminary findings from Newark, New Jersey, sites of an implementation and random-assignment impact evaluation of Foundations of Learning (FOL), a preschool teacher training intervention to support children's behavioral and emotional development, that examined FOL effects on children's behavior and classroom management and instruction

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Effects of welfare and employment policies on young children: New findings on policy experiments conducted in the early 1990s
Morris, Pamela A., 2005
Social Policy Report, 19(2)

A policy report analyzing previous research on how preschool children's development is affected by welfare policies, particularly those that increase parental employment and income

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Executive summary: Using classroom management to improve preschoolers' social and emotional skills: Final impact and implementation findings from the Foundations of Learning demonstration in Newark and Chicago
Morris, Pamela A., January, 2013
New York: MDRC.

A summary of findings from an evaluation of Foundations of Learning, a preschool teacher training intervention to support children's behavioral and emotional development, that examine program implementation, program impacts on classroom management and instruction and on children's behavior, and program costs and benefits, based on multiple sources of child, teacher, and classroom data collected at 71 randomly-assigned preschools in Newark, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois

Executive Summary


The Family Transition Program: Final report on Florida's initial time-limited welfare program
Bloom, Dan, 2000
New York: MDRC.

Findings from a long-term assessment of the Family Transition Program (FTP) in Escambia County, Florida comparing FTP program participants to those participating in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

Reports & Papers


The Family Transition Program: Final report on Florida's initial time-limited welfare program [Executive summary]
Bloom, Dan, 2000
New York: MDRC:

A summary of findings from a long-term assessment of the Family Transition Program (FTP) in Escambia County, Florida comparing FTP program participants to those participating in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

Executive Summary


The Family Transition Program: Final report on Florida's initial time-limited welfare program [Summary report]
Bloom, Dan, 2000
New York: MDRC:

A brief report of findings from a long-term assessment of the Family Transition Program (FTP) in Escambia County, Florida comparing FTP program participants to those participating in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

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The Foundations of Learning demonstration: Making preschool more productive: How classroom management training can help teachers
Morris, Pamela A., November, 2010
New York: MDRC.

Findings from Newark, New Jersey, sites of an implementation and random-assignment impact evaluation of Foundations of Learning (FOL), a preschool teacher training intervention to support children's behavioral and emotional development, that examined FOL effects on classroom management and instruction and children's behavior

Reports & Papers


The Foundations of Learning demonstration: Making preschool more productive: How classroom management training can help teachers: Executive summary
Morris, Pamela A., November, 2010
New York: MDRC.

A summary of findings from Newark, New Jersey, sites of an implementation and random-assignment impact evaluation of Foundations of Learning (FOL), a preschool teacher training intervention to support children's behavioral and emotional development, that examined FOL effects on classroom management and instruction and children's behavior

Executive Summary


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From statistical associations to causation: What developmentalists can learn from instrumental variables techniques coupled with experimental data
Gennetian, Lisa A., March 2008
Developmental Psychology, 44(2), 381-393

An employment of the Instrumental Variables Technique in a study of the association between maternal education and children's cognitive development on school entry

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Jobs First: Final report on Connecticut's welfare reform initiative
Bloom, Dan, 2002
New York: MDRC.

A study of the welfare form initiative, Job First program, imposing a statewide time limit on receipt of cash assistance and encouraging participation in employment-related services targeted toward quick job placement in Connecticut

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Jobs First: Final report on Connecticut's welfare reform initiative: Executive summary
Bloom, Dan, 2002
New York: MDRC.

A summary of a study of the welfare reform initiative, Job First program, imposing a statewide time limit on receipt of cash assistance and encouraging participation in employment-related services targeted toward quick job placement in Connecticut

Executive Summary


Jobs First: Final report on Connecticut's welfare reform initiative: Summary report
Bloom, Dan, 2002
New York: MDRC.

A study of the welfare reform initiative, Job First program, imposing a statewide time limit on receipt of cash assistance and encouraging participation in employment-related services targeted toward quick job placement in Connecticut

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Losing the safety net: How a time-limited welfare policy affects families at risk of reaching time limits
Morris, Pamela A., March 2009
Developmental Psychology, 45(2), 383-400

An account of the development of a risk index for single mothers at risk of reaching the time limit of a welfare program, and a study of the effect of welfare transition time limits on child care choice, parental employment and income, quality of home environment, parental aggravation and depression, parenting harshness, parental monitoring of children, children's health, behavior, and engagement and achievement in school, among families likely to reach welfare time limits, based on data collected in Escambia County, Florida during the implementation of the state's Family Transition Program (FTP)

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Out-of-school time-use during middle childhood in a low-income sample: Do combinations of activities affect achievement and behaviour?
Morris, Pamela A., 2004
(SRDC Working Paper Series No. 04-06). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Social Research Demonstration Corporation.

An examination of low income children's activity patterns while in out of school hours child care that considers how activities might affect children's cognitive and behavioral outcomes

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The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 months: Effects on children of a program that increased parental employment and income
Morris, Pamela A., 2000
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.

The 36 month report on the Self-Sufficiency Project, which is a research and demonstration project that examines the ways in which programs that increase employment and income affect low-income parents and children

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The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 months: Effects on children of a program that increased parental employment and income [Executive summary]
Morris, Pamela A., 2000
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.

Summary of the 36 month report on the Self-Sufficiency Project, which is a research and demonstration project that examines the ways in which programs that increase employment and income affect low-income parents and children

Executive Summary


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Using classroom management to improve preschoolers' social and emotional skills: Final impact and implementation findings from the Foundations of Learning demonstration in Newark and Chicago
Morris, Pamela A., January, 2013
New York: MDRC.

Findings from an evaluation of Foundations of Learning, a preschool teacher training intervention to support children's behavioral and emotional development, that examine program implementation, program impacts on classroom management and instruction and on children's behavior, and program costs and benefits, based on multiple sources of child, teacher, and classroom data collected at 71 randomly-assigned preschools in Newark, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois

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Welfare policies matter for children and youth: Lessons from TANF reauthorization
Morris, Pamela A., 2002
(Next Generation Policy Brief). New York: MDRC.

A brief on the effects welfare reforms targeted at parents have on the academic achievement of their elementary-school-age and adolescent children

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Welfare reform and child care: An investigation using random assignment experiments
Gennetian, Lisa A., 2001
Paper presented to the 23rd Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy, Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November

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Welfare reform and children: A synthesis of impacts in five states: The Project on State-Level Child Outcomes
Tout, Kathryn, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A compilation of findings from the Project on State-Level Child Outcome, a longitudinal evaluation of how welfare programs in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota impacted participating children and adults

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Welfare reform and children: A synthesis of impacts in five states: The Project on State-Level Child Outcomes [Executive summary]
Tout, Kathryn, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

The executive summary of a report evaluating the impact of pilot welfare reform programs on children and families in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota.

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