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| Ranking |
Evidence-Based Practice |
| Description |
The Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) is a welfare reform program for low-income families with children that encourages work, reduces reliance on public assistance, and reduces poverty. The program helps families secure work, and provides case and food assistance. The program helps families transition to economic stability by providing financial incentives to work, increasing a welfare recipient's basic grant by 20% to offset work-related expenses, and disregarding 38% of earnings when calculating the family's grant level. As a result, a parent who is working part- or full-time can receive more money through MFIP than under the traditional Aid to Families with Dependent Children system. Recipients who have received welfare for two of the prior three years are required to participate in employment and training services designed to move participants into the workforce. |
| Goal / Mission |
The goal of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) is to help families transition to economic stability by providing financial incentives to work. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
MFIP was evaluated by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation using a random assignment research design comparing MFIP recipients with families in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. MFIP significantly increased employment, earnings, welfare receipt and income through four years of follow-up for single-parent families (all p's < 0.01). In two-parent families, MFIP reduced employment among second earners, however, this reduction in family earnings was offset by higher welfare benefits, resulting in no effects on family income. Among more disadvantaged groups of single parents, including those with little employment history, long-term welfare receipt, and no high school diploma or GED, economic effects persisted through six years of follow-up (p's < 0.001). |
| Categories |
Economy / Government Assistance Programs
Economy / Employment
Economy / Poverty
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| Organization(s) |
Minnesota Department of Human Services |
| Source |
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) |
| Date of Publication |
Jul 2005 |
| Date of Implementation |
Apr 1994 |
| Location |
State: Minnesota |
| Primary Contact |
Minnesota Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
(651) 431-2000
DHS.info@state.mn.us
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcServi...
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| For more details |
http://www.mdrc.org/project/minnesota-family-in...
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| Target Audience |
Families |
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