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Summary

Moving Up provided case management and tailored employment services to help former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) participants find and maintain employment and advance into better jobs.

Moving Up participants received case management and additional services aligned to their individual needs. These additional services included pre- or post-employment services, career counseling, job-search help, education and training, and child care and transportation assistance. Moving Up provided incentives when participants achieved employment, education, or training milestones. The number of services participants received and the length of participation varied based on participants’ particular circumstances. Participants were parents who were former TANF participants and had stopped receiving TANF at least nine months before the program started. Moving Up was implemented in six rural counties in northeast South Carolina.

3094.3096.03-Study of Moving Up—S
Populations and employment barriers: Parents
3094.3094.05-Study of Moving Up—S
Populations and employment barriers: Parents

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 favorable $146 per year 0.004 2776
Long-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable $-328 per year -0.009 3035
Very long-term Cannot assess support
Increase employment Short-term Little evidence to assess support favorable 2% (in percentage points) 0.038 2776
Long-term Little evidence to assess support favorable 0% (in percentage points) 0.003 3035
Very long-term Cannot assess support
Decrease benefit receipt Short-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable $45 per year 0.013 2776
Long-term Little evidence to assess support unfavorable $62 per year 0.018 2776
Very long-term Little evidence to assess support favorable $-34 per year -0.010 1839
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 2
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Implementation details

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
79%
White, not Hispanic
20%
Unknown, not reported, or other
1%

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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