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General Accounting Office. 1995. Welfare to work: Participants' characteristics and services provided in JOBS. Washington, DC: General Accounting Office, 32 pp.

Annotation: This report presents the results of an analysis of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program which was designed as a transition program which would provide welfare recipients the skills they needed to gain employment. This report includes background information on the JOBS program and reviews the implications of program reforms being considered in the Personal Responsibility Act of 1995. It assesses the characteristics of those served and not served by the program, describes the services provided, and discusses the impact of imposing time limitations on the delivery of welfare services.

Keywords: Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Employment, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Policy development, Program descriptions, Welfare programs, Welfare reform

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1995. Welfare to work: Measuring outcomes for JOBS participants. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 43 pp.

Annotation: This report considers what outcome evaluation techniques have been established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and by state programs to measure the employment outcomes of participants in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program. It presents the results of interviews of DHHS officials and welfare research and interest groups and a questionnaire sent to state JOBS administrators. It also examines issues that should be included in establishing a national approach to measuring the JOBS participant outcomes and setting performance goals. It presents the results in brief and in full, describes the scope and methodology, and includes a copy of the questionnaire.

Keywords: Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Employment, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Outcome evaluation, Welfare reform

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1994. Families on welfare: Focus on teenage mothers could enhance welfare reform efforts. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 28 pp.

Annotation: This report reviews data on adolescent mothers who are the heads families which are enrolled in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program to determine which characteristics influence their length of stay on welfare. It contains background information on Aid to Families with Dependent Children and the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program, on initiatives to reform the programs, and on the methodology used in the study. The report provides information on the level of education for single adolescent mothers, the time elapsed since they were last employed, and the number and age of their children; factors which affect their participation in Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The report presents and discusses the findings and reviews the implications for developing future policies regarding welfare.

Keywords: Adolescent mothers, Adolescent parents, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Federal programs, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Participants, Policy development, Single parents, Statistics, Welfare programs, Welfare reform

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1994. Welfare to work: Current AFDC program not sufficiently focused on employment. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 41 pp.

Annotation: This report assesses the progress the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program has made in 1) serving an increasingly larger portion of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children caseload, especially those who are at risk of long welfare stays, and 2) ensuring that program participants get work and leave Aid to Families with Dependent Children. It combines the preliminary results from several studies currently being conducted with findings from previously published GAO reports and other current research.

Keywords: Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Employment, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Vocational education, Welfare reform

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1994. Welfare to work: Most AFDC training programs not emphasizing job placement. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 96 pp.

Annotation: This report focuses on the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program, which was created in 1988 to strengthen work requirements in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. The report provides an overview to the JOBS program, considers examples of employment-focused programs, notes that most programs do not focus strongly on employment, and cites factors that prevent program administrators from placing participants in positions. Appendices include federal rules governing work activities for recipients, a sample of questionnaire, a description of the methodology used to gather information, and comments from the Administration for Children and Families.

Keywords: Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Employment programs, Federal programs, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Program evaluation, Vocational education

Levin-Epstein J. 1993. Teen parents and JOBS: 1992 statistical snapshot. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy, 28 pp.

Annotation: This report presents the findings from an survey of 39 states about the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program. Specifically, the survey attempted to determine what statistics were being kept on the adolescent parent participants, and the effects of the program. The appendices include a copy of the survey instrument, and more detailed reports from three states, Tennessee, Massachusetts, and Florida.

Keywords: Adolescent parents, Demographics, Employment programs, Family Support Act, Federal legislation, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), State programs, Statistics, Surveys, Vocational education

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1993. Welfare to work: States move unevenly to serve teen parents in JOBS. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 60 pp.

Annotation: This report presents the findings of a random sampling of adolescent parents in 16 states who were receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children and were also participating in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program. It includes information on the states' efforts to enroll adolescent mothers in the JOBS program and to help them complete their secondary education so they can obtain employment, the approaches the states have used to serve adolescent parents in the JOBS program, and barriers that have kept the adolescent parents from completing their education. The report describes the scope and methodology, provides selected characteristics of the study group and the JOBS services reviewed, and includes a sample of the questionnaire. The results are given in brief, and in detail; and policy recommendations are included.

Keywords: Adolescent mothers, Adolescent parents, Education, Federal programs, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Program evaluation, State programs, Statistics, Surveys, Vocational education, Welfare programs, Welfare services

Ooms T. 1990. Encouraging fathers to be responsible: Paternity establishment, child support and JOBS strategies. Washington, DC: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Research and Education Foundation, Family Impact Seminar, 27 pp. (Family impact seminars)

Annotation: This report examines the failure of a large majority of absent fathers to pay child support. It identifies six possible points of intervention to encourage unwed fathers to be responsible including: preparation for fatherhood, prenatal care, birth registration, paternity adjudication process, child support awards and collection, and enhancing income through Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) type programs. Interventions that encourage responsibility for fatherhood are examined. An extensive bibliography on the subject is included.

Keywords: Adolescent fathers, Adolescent health, Adolescent parents, Adolescent pregnancy, Child health, Child support, Employment programs, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Parenting, Paternity testing, Paternity testing, Policy analysis, Single fathers, Single parents, Vocational education

Ooms T, Owen T. 1990. Encouraging unwed fathers to be responsible: Paternity establishment, child support and JOBS strategies—Background briefing report and meeting highlights. Washington, DC: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Research and Education Foundation, Family Impact Seminar, 27 pp. (Family impact seminars)

Annotation: This report is aimed at policy makers and focuses on the problem of unwed fathers' lack of responsibility towards their children. The first part of the report presents the highlights of the seminar co-sponsored by the Consortium of Family Organizations on November 16, 1990. The remaining sections of the report describe the problem of unwed fathers, establishing paternity, child support, and employment opportunities available through programs such as Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS).

Keywords: Adolescent fathers, Adolescent parents, Child support, Fathers, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Paternity testing, Policy analysis, Single parents, Vocational education

Ooms T, Herendeen L. 1988. Young unwed fathers and welfare reform. Washington, DC: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Research and Education Foundation, Family Impact Seminar, 12 pp. (Family impact seminars)

Annotation: This report examines the implications of the Family Support Act of 1988 for young unwed fathers. Key features of the law which would have a significant impact on the problem of welfare dependency are summarized including strengthening child support enforcement through automatic wage-withholding from the absent parent, requiring states to use uniform guidelines for setting child support awards, and establishing the new Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program. The report also describes a demonstration program aimed at increasing the capacity of unemployed or underemployed absent parents so that they can meet their court-ordered child support payments.

Keywords: Adolescent fathers, Adolescent health, Adolescents, Employment programs, Family Support Act, Federal legislation, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Single fathers, Vocational education