Program Take-Up Among CalWORKs Leavers: Medi-Cal, Food Stamps, and the EITC: An Evaluation of Participation in Work-Support Programs by CalWORKs Leavers

85 Pages Posted: 19 Jan 2010

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Jacob Alex Klerman

The RAND Corporation

Amy G. Cox

RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices

V. Joseph Hotz

Duke University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Charles Mullins

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: January 19, 2010

Abstract

This report is one of two from a research study commissioned from RAND by the Welfare Policy Research Project’s advisory board on behalf of the State of California. Welfare reform of the mid-1990s was intended to encourage recipients to leave cash assistance while continuing their participation in other work-support programs, in particular, the Food Stamp, Medi- Cal, and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) programs. Early reports suggested that participation in, or “take-up” of, such programs was low. In response, WPRP issued a Request for Proposals (RFP), “Employed Former Recipients’ Use of Income Support Programs,” to study the use of Food Stamps, Medi-Cal, and the federal EITC among Californians who left cash assistance. The RFP focused on people who left cash aid with paid employment and who remained eligible for one or more of the three programs.

Suggested Citation

Klerman, Jacob Alex and Cox, Amy G. and Hotz, V. Joseph and Mullins, Charles, Program Take-Up Among CalWORKs Leavers: Medi-Cal, Food Stamps, and the EITC: An Evaluation of Participation in Work-Support Programs by CalWORKs Leavers (January 19, 2010). RAND Working Paper Series WR- 730, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1539165 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1539165

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