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Summary

Michigan Goal Progress Success (MI-GPS) provided coaching to help recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in Michigan achieve employment-related goals.

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.

27859-Study of Michigan Go
Populations and employment barriers: Public benefits recipients, Cash assistance recipients, Unemployed, Parents

Implementation at a glance

Primary service
Program services
Employment coaching, Job placement, Job readiness, Job search assistance, Performance- or behavior-based financial incentives, Transportation assistance, Tuition assistance/financial aid
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Setting(s)
Tested in multiple settings
Year evaluation began
2016
Implementing organization(s)Five local workforce agencies oversaw implementation. The program was operated jointly by the Michigan state TANF agency, which provided cash assistance, and the Michigan state workforce agency, which provided employment services.

Effectiveness rating and effect by outcome domain

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Outcome domain Term Effectiveness rating Effect in 2024 dollars and percentages Effect in standard deviations Sample size
Increase earnings Short-term Little evidence to assess support $0 per year 0.000 0
Long-term Cannot assess support
Very long-term Cannot assess support
Increase employment Short-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable -1% (in percentage points) -0.024 1908
Long-term Cannot assess support
Very long-term Cannot assess support
Decrease benefit receipt Short-term Supported favorable $-21 per year -0.006 2053
Long-term Cannot assess support
Very long-term Cannot assess support
Increase education and training All measurement periods Cannot assess support

Effectiveness ratings

  • Well- supported
  • Supported
  • Mixed support
  • Not supported
  • Insufficient evidence
  • Cannot assess support

Studies of this program

Study quality rating Study counts per rating
High High 1
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Program cost

No cost information available.

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Implementation details

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
60%
White, not Hispanic
33%
Unknown, not reported, or other
3%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
4%

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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