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Running Out of Time: Voices of Parents Struggling to Move from Welfare to Work
2002, 158 pp.
BY: DANIEL FLAMING, PATRICIA KWON, AND PATRICK BURNS, ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE
Chapter Headings:Front Matter
- Title Page
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Overview
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Overview of Report
Chapter 2. Profile of Survey Responses
- Overview
- Populations in Poverty, CalWORKs and the Survey
Chapter 3. Barriers to Good Jobs
- Overview
- Barriers to Employment
- Effect of Respondent Characteristics on Barriers Reported
- Probability of Women Reporting Barriers to Employment
- Linguistic Minorities
Chapter 4. Priorities for Acheiving Self-Suffiency
- Overview
- Priorities for Achieving Self-Sufficiency
- Effect of Respondent Characteristics on Priorities Identified
- Probability of Women Identifying Specific Priorities for Services
- Linguistic and Ethnic Minorities
- Conclusion
Chapter 5. Employment and Education
- Overview
- Strength of Labor Force Connections
- Employment Outcomes
- Distribution by Duration of Employment Last Year
- for those Who Worked Then
- Level of Education
Chapter 6. Survey Comments
- Overview
- Categories of Comments
- Specific Comments
Chapter 7. Focus Group Issues
- Overview
- Findings About Key Priorities
- Need for Affordable Childcare
- Meeting Program Eligibility Requirements
- Need for Affordable Housing
- Program Staff Seen as Disrespectful
- More Education and Training Programs to Obtain Better Jobs
- Greater Awareness of Program Services
- Other Concerns
- Conclusion
Chapter 8. Findings
- Employment Rate
- Level of Education and Employment Outcomes
- Effect of CalWORKs on Education
- Barriers and Priorities
- Needs of Different Groups
Appendices
- Focus Group Appendix
- Survey Methodology Appendix
- Survey Locations Appendix
- Data Appendix