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Summary

New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project was a college bridge program for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients that aimed to provide them with educational skills necessary for longer term academic success, foster lifelong learning, and promote job advancement.

Participants in New Visions worked at least 20 hours a week, had a high school diploma (or general educational diploma), and had children. The program was a partnership between Riverside Community College and the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services in Riverside, CA.

The program consisted of a one-week orientation session followed by 24 weeks of academic instruction focused on college preparation, occupational training, or both.

The academic instruction included courses in math, English, reading, and office-related computer software. After the 24-week program, participants were placed in occupational training that lasted up to five months.

The occupational training consisted of course modules with breaks in between so participants could more readily combine training sessions with work and family demands. Participants received credit for this training.

Riverside Community College and Riverside County Department of Public Social Services covered tuition and college fees, and books and other supplies were made available to participants at no cost. Case managers helped participants balance education and work by helping find employment and training opportunities. New Visions took place in Riverside, CA.

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Populations and employment barriers: Cash assistance recipients, Parents

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
Increase earnings Short-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable $-899 per year -0.043 1043
Long-term Little evidence to assess support $0 per year 0.000 0
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Increase employment Short-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable 0% (in percentage points) -0.009 1043
Long-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable -3% (in percentage points) -0.066 1043
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Decrease benefit receipt Short-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable $473 per year 0.172 1043
Long-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable $344 per year 0.125 1043
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Increase education and training All measurement periods Little evidence to assess support favorable 3% (in percentage points) 0.060 1043
* 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:

  • Well-supported Well-supported   
  • Supported  Supported   
  • Not supported  Not supported   
  • Mixed support  Mixed support   
  • Insufficient evidence  Insufficient evidence   
  • No evidence  No evidence
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Studies of this intervention

Study quality rating Study counts per rating
High High 1
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Implementation details

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
31%
White, not Hispanic
34%
Another race
5%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
31%

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.

State(s) where implemented

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