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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454361703321

Autore

Klerman Jacob Alex

Titolo

Sanctions in the CalWORKS program [[electronic resource] /] / Jacob Alex Klerman, P. Jane McClure Burstain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corporation, 2008

ISBN

1-281-73673-2

9786611736736

0-8330-4604-7

0-8330-4499-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Technical report ; ; TR-540-CDSS

Altri autori (Persone)

BurstainP. Jane McClure

Disciplina

362.5/8409794

Soggetti

Aid to families with dependent children programs - California

Welfare recipients - California

Fines (Penalties) - California

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-154).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- CalWORKS sanction policy -- Implementation of sanction policy -- Why clients are sanctioned and home visits -- Prevalence of sanction and characteristics of those sanctioned -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In 2004, the California legislature passed a bill that tightened the participation requirement for California?s welfare program, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program (CalWORKs) and mandated a study of CalWORKs sanction policy for participant noncompliance in the welfare-to-work program. RAND was asked by the California Department of Social Services to carry out this study. Researchers found that county welfare caseworkers? implementation of the state?s statutory sanction policy makes the sanctions weaker in practice than might have been expected given stated policy