Mathematica Policy Research – Conducting In-Depth Assessments
]]>A significant number of TANF clients have a disability of some type that may impact their service needs. But assessing clients’ needs can prove difficult for TANF programs and staff. This practice brief describes different assessment strategies used by local agencies and organizations participating in the TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project, discusses strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to assessment, and offers some points for program administrators and practitioners to consider in choosing methods of assessment.
OPRE brief – Assessing and Serving TANF Recipients with Disabilities
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Kentucky’s Targeted Assessment Program is an innovative model for assisting low-income women by placing human services professionals in public assistance and child welfare offices to provide support services and promote integrated service delivery. Through a participant-centered, strengths-based approach, TAP identifies and focuses on decreasing and eliminating individual participant and broad systemic barriers to self-sufficiency using comprehensive assessment, pretreatment services, motivational interviewing, intensive case management, service coordination, and persistent follow-up services. At every level, TAP initiates collaboration and sharing of expertise.
Helping Low-Income Mothers Overcome Multiple Barriers to Self-Sufficiency: Strategies and Implications for Human Services Professionals
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University of Kentucky Targeted Assessment Program Summary
Kentucky’s Targeted Assessment Program Presentation
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