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WHAT'S
WORKING, WHAT'S NOT,
AND WHY?
During the morning session of the summit, Express Interactive Solutions moderated an evaluation of MFIP using keypad technology. Participants were then grouped together as similarly-situated stakeholders focused on: Welfare Experiences, Employer Issues,
Policy and Planning, Social Services, Auxiliary Services, Recipient Advocacy, Workforce Training, and Research and asked to elaborate upon "What's working, what's not and why." Percentages below reflect the opinions of all the summit attendees.
RESULTS OF KEYPAD EVALUATION
How successful has MFIP been in meeting its three stated goals?
Increasing work among recipients:
- Not successful - 2.97%
- Somewhat successful - 20.79%
- Moderately successful - 44.55%
- Successful - 27.72%
- Very successful - 3.96%
Reducing dependence on public assistance:
- Not successful - 10.78%
- Somewhat successful - 34.31%
- Moderately successful - 45.10%
- Successful - 8.82%
- Very successful - 0.98%
Reducing poverty:
- Not successful - 28.43%
- Somewhat successful - 28.43%
- Moderately successful - 40.20%
- Successful - 2.94%
Providing adequate training and education:
- Not successful - 53.33%
- Somewhat successful - 32.38%
- Moderately successful - 9.52%
- Successful - 2.86%
- Very successful - 1.90%
All things considered - Minnesota's current welfare-to-work plan is:
- Better than the former welfare system - 59.79%
- No better, no worse - 21.65%
- Worse than the former welfare system - 18.56%
B. COMMON FINDINGS OF SMALL GROUPS:
| What's Working |
What's Not |
- Dialogue
- Collaboration
- Work Expectation Empowers
- Job Placement for Some Participants
- Housing
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- Education and Training
- Living Wage Jobs
- Job Retention
- Child Care Supply
- Spatial Mismatch and No Affordable Transportation
- Helping the Hard to Employ
- Parts of the System Itself, e.g. Respecting Recipients, Large Caseloads,
Excessive Paperwork
- Involving Fathers
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Why?
- Lack of Integration, Money, Time, Data, Public Relations
- Racism, Sexism, Classism, Language and Cultural Barriers
Next: Conclusions of Large Group
Top | Introduction
| Statistical Snapshot | What's
Working
Conclusions of Large Group | Where Do We Go From
Here?
Conclusion | Contact Information
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