Subsidized employment programs use public funds to create or support work opportunities for economically disadvantaged people. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) funded this study to rigorously evaluate up to seven promising programs serving parents who were directly or indirectly connected to TANF, the main cash welfare program for needy families. The evaluation used a random assignment design. MEF was a subcontractor to MDRC on this evaluation, and led evaluations of two programs and several tasks, including a study of how states implemented subsidized employment under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, site recruitment, and a benefit/cost analysis. MEF staff also prepared a short report on the use of subsidized employment in Tribal TANF programs.
