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Time Limits

 pdf logo  The TANF Time Limit: Barriers & Outcomes Among Families Reaching the Limit (November 2007)
Pamela C. Ovwigho, Kathryn Patterson, Catherine E. Born
  This report examines the characteristics and outcomes of families reaching the 60-month time limit, particularly, do they remain on TCA? and, Do they experience significant barriers to employment?
 pdf logo  The TANF Time Limit: Comparing Long-term and Other Welfare Leavers (February 2006)
Andrea Hetling, Kathryn W. Patterson, Catherine E. Born
  This report addresses one specific aspect of the need for more information about the time limited population. In short, what happens to individuals who leave welfare after reaching the limit?
 pdf logo  Time’s Up: Relative Disadvantages of Long-term and Short-term Urban Welfare Recipients* (July 2004)
Andrea Hetling, Catherine E. Born, Kirk Tracy
  This study provides Maryland policymakers and program managers with important, previously unavailable, information about our state’s time-limited population by examining the intersection of time limits and the urban concentration of cash assistance cases.
 pdf logo The TANF Time Limit: Profile of Families at Imminent Risk* (February 2001)
Welfare and Child Support Research and Training Group
  This report, using administrative data and case manager-provided survey data, profiles the characteristics of cases at most immediate risk of reaching the 60-month time limit on federally-financed assistance payments.


   
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