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Reports are free of charge, and may be downloaded from this page.
You may also send an e-mail to request hard copies of the reports marked with an *.
Life After Welfare Series
Maryland's large-scale, longitudinal study of what happens to families after they exit the TANF rolls. Measured outcomes include employment, recidivism, receipt of transitional benefits, and involvement in the child welfare system. Each subsequent report includes additional samples and additional follow-up data.
 Life After Welfare: Annual Update* (October 2007)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Correne Saunders, Kathryn Patterson, Nicholas Kolupanowich, Catherine E. Born
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Our twelfth report in the Life After Welfare series profiles families that exited Maryland's TANF program between October
1996 and March 2007 and presents up to ten years of follow-up data.
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Life After Welfare: Eleventh Report* (October 2006)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Correne Saunders, Valerie Head, Nicholas Kolupanowich, Catherine E. Born
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Our eleventh report in the Life After Welfare series profiles over 11,000 families that exited Maryland's TANF program between October
1996 and March 2006 and presents up to nine years of follow-up data.
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Life After Welfare: Tenth Report* (October 2005)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Catherine E. Born, Correne Saunders
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This report, the tenth in the series, presents a wealth of data on the characteristics and
post-exit outcomes of 9,550 families who left Maryland’s TANF rolls for at least one
month between October 1996 ( the first month of reform) and March 2005.
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Life After Welfare: Ninth Report* (October 2004)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Catherine E. Born, Correne Saunders, Kirk Tracy
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This report, the ninth in the series, presents a wealth of data on the characteristics and
post-exit outcomes of 9,550 families who left Maryland’s TANF rolls for at least one
month between October 1996 ( the first month of reform) and March 2004.
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Research Brief: Estimating Welfare Work Exits: Case Closing Reasons vs. UI Data (September 2004)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Kirk Tracy, Catherine E. Born
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In this research brief, we utilize a subset of data from the Life After Welfare study to more closely examine the relationship between employment and administrative case closing reasons.
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Life After Welfare: Regional Analysis of Recent Leavers* (May 2004)
Catherine E. Born, Kirk Tracy
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This report examines and reports on data describing recent welfare leavers in Baltimore City and Prince George's County--the jurisdictions with
the largest caseloads and the largest numbers of exiting families--and compares the findings with those for the balance of the state.
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Life After Welfare: Eighth Report* (October 2003)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Catherine E. Born, Dorothy C. Ruck, Kirk Tracy
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The eighth in the Life After Welfare series, this report provides information about the demographic patterns for a random sample of 8,567 families that left Temporary Cash Assistance for at least one month during the first six and one-half years of reform.
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Life After Welfare: Child Abuse & Neglect Reports Among Early & Later Leavers* (February 2003)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Katharine Leavitt, Catherine E. Born
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Rates of child abuse or neglect reports are higher among children in later cohorts of welfare leavers than in earlier cohorts. This report presents analysis of post-exit child abuse and neglect reports among children in families leaving TANF.
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Life After Welfare: Seventh Report* (October 2002)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Catherine E. Born, Dorothy C. Ruck, Shafali Srivastava, Carolyn S. Owens
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The seventh in the Life After Welfare series, this report differs from the previous six in that it excludes cases which returned to TANF within one month and includes up to five years of post-exit data for some families.
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Life After Welfare: Sixth Report* (October 2001)
Catherine E. Born, Pamela C. Ovwigho, Katharine L. Leavitt, Melinda L. Cordero
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The sixth report examining welfare leavers during the first 4 1/2 years of welfare reform.
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Life After Welfare: Fifth Report* (October 2000)
Welfare and Child Support Research and Training Group
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The fifth report includes families who exited TANF between October 1996 and March 2000.
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Life After Welfare: Regional Patterns* (September 2000)
Catherine E. Born, Pamela J. Caudill, Melinda L. Cordero
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The data from Life After Welfare: Fourth Interim Report are revisited and examined by geographical region to provide a picture of trends occurring across Maryland and how those trends may differ from patterns for the state as a whole.
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Life After Welfare: A Look at Sanctioned Families* (November 1999)
Catherine E. Born, Pamela J. Caudill, Melinda L. Cordero
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A detailed analysis of the use and effects of full-family sanctions for non-compliance with work and non-cooperation with child support during the first 18 months of welfare reform.
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Life After Welfare: Fourth Interim Report* (October 1999)
Welfare and Child Support Research and Training Group
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The fourth report on welfare leavers during the first 2 1/2 years of welfare reform.
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Life After Welfare: Third Interim Report* (March 1999)
Welfare and Child Support Research and Training Group
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The third report examining what happens, over time, to families who leave cash assistance in the era of welfare reform.
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Life After Welfare: Second Interim Report (March 1998)
School of Social Work, University of Maryland
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The second report examining Maryland families who exit welfare during the first 12 months of welfare reform.
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Life After Welfare: An Interim Report* (September 1997)
Welfare and Child Support Research and Training Unit
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The first report from a longitudinal research study examining the characteristics of families after they exit the welfare rolls during the first nine months of welfare reform.
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