MI-GPS participants worked with a TANF-employed career development facilitator or coach to set and support progress toward their employment-related goals. Once participants set goals, the coaches worked with participants to identify and complete small activities to advance their goals. The coaches let participants have ownership of their goal-setting process and activities. Coaches typically encouraged participants to develop incremental goals that they could accomplish in three to six months. People could only receive MI-GPS services while they received TANF benefits. Services were provided to TANF applicants and returning recipients who were eligible for cash assistance and determined to be subject to mandatory work requirements. MI-GPS was implemented in Genesee and Wayne Counties, MI.
Summary
MI-GPS provided coaching to help recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in Michigan achieve employment-related goals.
Populations and employment barriers: Cash assistance recipients
Effectiveness rating and effect by outcome domain
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| Outcome domain | Term | Effectiveness rating | Effect in 2018 dollars and percentages | Effect in standard deviations | Sample size |
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| Increase earnings | Short-term | 
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$0 per year | 0.000 | 0 |
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| Increase employment | Short-term |
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-1% (in percentage points)
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-0.024 | 1908 |
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| Decrease benefit receipt | Short-term | 
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$-17 per year
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-0.006 | 2053 |
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| Increase education and training | All measurement periods | |
* This intervention was assessed as supported for this domain, meaning it achieved one or more statistically significant, favorable effects. However, the intervention has an average effect size that is unfavorable because the average includes all effects in this domain - both statistically significant and favorable effects and statistically insignificant but unfavorable effects.
Effectiveness rating key:
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Insufficient evidence
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No evidence
Studies of this intervention
| Study quality rating | Study counts per rating |
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 High
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1 |
Implementation details
State(s) where implemented
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