55 research outputs found
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Child Care Devolution in Texas: The Relationship of Child Care Policies to Subsidy, Employment and Market Durations: Final Technical Report
A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Texas Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment Gaps Between Need and Availability of Early Care and Education
Texas Early Childhood Education
Needs Assessment
Gaps Between Need and
Availability of Early Care and EducationThe Ray Marshall Center is beginning work with the Texas Early Learning Council and University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston to identify and evaluate education programs and services in Texas for children under the age of 13. The project has four objectives:
1. To understand and estimate the number of children under age 13 who will be eligible for early childhood education programs and services and before and after school-age care programs and services in the near term (2012-2015).
2. To understand and document the current supply across the state of Texas of formal providers of early childhood education programs and services as well as school-age care for children under the age of 13 based on data from federal, state and local agencies and service providers.
3. To conduct a gap analysis based on objectives #1 and #2.
4. To generate a final, comprehensive state of Texas needs assessment analyzing Texas’ early childhood education and school-age care system; and provides recommendations for meeting identified gaps in programs and services and quality and recommendations for conducting periodic needs assessment.Texas Early Learning Council, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Hobby Center for the Study of TexasRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Achieving Change for Texans Evaluation: Final Summary Report
Using random assignment in sites around the state of Texas, this evaluation project analyzes the net impact of time limits, the personal responsibility agreement, increased resource limits and other features of the 1995 Texas welfare reform legislation (HB 1863) on a number of outcomes. Impacts of these reforms will be measured for the following client and family outcomes: welfare dynamics, economic self sufficiency, participation in workforce development services, education and immunization of children, access to subsidized child care, and use of child protective services. Net impacts will be measured over a five-year period.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (formerly Texas Department of Human Services)Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Statistical Measurement Issues Influencing the Comparison of Texas Pre-JOBS and JOBS Program Data
As part of the evaluation of the first year of the Texas Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, the Center for the Study of Human Resources contracted to produce a Pre-JOBS Welfare-to-Work Baseline Report. The main purpose of this report
was to statistically measure referral and enrollment patterns, activities and services, and program outcomes for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) caretakers from the year immediately preceding the beginning of the JOBS program. Because the REFOCUS pilot operated by the Texas Department of Human Services (OHS) formed the nucleus of what later became the JOBS program, results from this pilot were targeted as those with which results from the first year of the JOBS program were to be compared.
For reasons that will be explained in this paper, this approach proved unsuccessful. The use of many of the planned measures that relied on program data from the pre-JOBS period would not be valid comparisons with measures from the JOBS program. In lieu of the Baseline Report, the JOBS Evaluation Work Group requested a short report summarizing the nature of the problems encountered in using pre-JOBS program data as a baseline for the JOBS program. They also requested a presentation of those statistical measures for which comparison between the pre-JOBS and JOBS period was still appropriate.Texas State Department of Human ServicesRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Beyond the Numbers: Improving Postsecondary Success Through a Central Texas High School Data Center, PRP 148
This report culminated from the 2004-2005 academic year Policy Research Project on improving labor market and postsecondary transition patterns of Central Texas high school students. The research conducted was intended to inform and give shape to the creation of a Central Texas High School Graduate Data Center, the purpose of which is to identify key trends in the postsecondary behavior of high school graduates from Austin and the surrounding counties in the Central Texas region. The project was supported by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Education Agency.Public Affair
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Factors Affecting Participation in Programs For Young, Low-Income Fathers: Findings From the Texas Bookstrap Project
This project evaluated the impact of enhanced services offered to selected Texas Fragile Families local sites on the following measures: consistent payment of child support, employment rates and earnings for non-custodial parents, and the use of TANF by custodial parents. Local sites offering the services to be evaluated include Austin, Laredo, San Angelo, and Baylor/Houston.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas Office of the Attorney GeneralRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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The Use of Linked Employer-Employee UI Wage Data: Illustrative Uses in Texas Policy Analysis
his paper briefly examines the advantages and disadvantages of linked employer-employee administrative data drawn from UI wages and other records, based in part on experience with using them for state policy research. It then offers several illustrative uses to which researchers have put these data to inform Texas policy makers. It concludes with a series of observations and thoughts on future directions using these data.Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Coordination in Texas Pre-JOBS Job Training/Welfare Programs: Final Project Report
A multiyear research project was conducted to document and analyze state and local coordination among programs designed to move Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients in Texas from welfare dependency to economic self-sufficiency and to assess the degree to which coordination resulted in movement from welfare into employment. The project relied on two research components: (1) field visits to selected areas to document the nature and extent of local program coordination in 11 regions, and (2) statistical analysis of agency records to determine the impact of coordination on key outcomes for welfare recipients. Significant changes in the influence of selected program variables on AFDC duration and employment outcomes between the baseline and coordination periods were documented in all regions studied. It was concluded that coordination is indeed improving the performance of welfare-to-work programs in Texas. A series of recommendations for enhancing welfare-to-work program design and improving interprogram and interagency coordination were developed on the basis of insights developed throughout the project.Texas Department of CommerceRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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The Impact of Child Care on Low-Income Texas Families: A Research Review
Child care provisions in the federal welfare reform bill provide state policy makers new flexibility in allocating funds for child care among Texas’ low-income families. However, the increasing labor force participation of Texas mothers, the growth of the Hispanic population, and high poverty rates among Texas children all point to a need for further state investment in child care. This report, prepared for the 75th Texas Legislature, is a review of the existing research on the importance of child care programs to low-income families.
Researcher found that Texas will face tremendous pressure to meet a growing demand for child care services well into the next century, much of this coming from an increasing number of low-income working families. Unless policy makers understand the importance of high quality child care for all children — including children in low income working families who parents cannot afford the full cost of such care— many children in Texas will not receive the type of care needed to enable their parents to maintain productive employment and to enhance their chances of success in school.Texas Workforce CommissionRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Texas JOBS Program Evaluation: Summary Report
The evaluation addressed several key research questions covering the following areas: program participation patterns; service delivery; program impacts (labor market and other); program benefits and costs; perceptions of JOBS participants; and resource
availability.Texas Department of Human Services
Texas Department of Commerce,
Texas Education Agency
Texas Employment CommissionRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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