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Welfare to Work: Participants' Characteristics and Services Provided in JOBS

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 2, 1995
Report No. HEHS-95-93
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Summary:

GAO found that most adult welfare recipients do not participate in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) training program because of allowable exemptions and minimum participation standards. JOBS still reached only about 13 percent of single-female-headed households receiving welfare each month in 1992; about 60 percent were exempt from participation. Most of the 1.95 million exempt adult welfare recipients were excused from participation because they were caring for children under three years old. The low level of participation raises questions as to whether a program serving relatively few participants can bring about a widespread transformation of the welfare culture. In addition to discussing who is and is not being served under the JOBS training program, this report discusses (1) the range of services that JOBS participants are receiving and the extent to which participants' needs are being met and (2) the implication of servicing participants in a system of time-limited benefits.

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