{"product_id":"welfare-to-work-implementation-and-evaluation-of-transitional-benefits-need-hhs-action-hrd-92-118-9781289238827","title":"Welfare to Work: Implementation and Evaluation of Transitional Benefits Need HHS Action: Hrd-92-118","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on state implementation of transitional benefits, focusing on: (1) the proportion of eligible families receiving transitional child care (TCC) or transitional Medicaid benefits; (2) the reasons for variations among states; (2) state efforts to track the rates at which families return to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program when their transitional benefits expire; and (3) the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) efforts to evaluate and report on the effectiveness of these benefits. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) most states lack readily available data to evaluate the success of their efforts to deliver transitional benefits; (2) state case loads for transitional benefits increased during the first 15 months after the benefits became available; (3) not all states comply with legislative and regulatory requirements to inform families about transitional benefits; (4) not all states comply with HHS regulations that allow families to request TCC and begin receiving it after their AFDC benefits are terminated; and (5) mandated HHS evaluations of transitional benefits have not progressed beyond initial design work that HHS began in early 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46492243853463,"sku":"9781289238827","price":1565.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781289238827.jpg?v=1766352211","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/welfare-to-work-implementation-and-evaluation-of-transitional-benefits-need-hhs-action-hrd-92-118-9781289238827","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}