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.
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.
Populations and employment barriers: Parents
Populations and employment barriers: Parents, Single 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 | 
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$84 per year
|
0.004 | 2776 |
| Long-term |
|
$-188 per year
|
-0.009 | 3035 | |
| Very long-term |  |
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| Increase employment | Short-term |
|
2% (in percentage points)
|
0.038 | 2776 |
| Long-term |
|
0% (in percentage points)
|
0.003 | 3035 | |
| Very long-term | |
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| Decrease benefit receipt | Short-term |
|
$36 per year
|
0.013 | 2776 |
| Long-term |
|
$50 per year
|
0.018 | 2776 | |
| Very long-term |
|
$-28 per year
|
-0.010 | 1839 | |
| Increase education and training | All measurement periods | |
* 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:
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Well-supported
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Supported
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Not supported
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Mixed support
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Insufficient evidence
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No evidence
Studies of this intervention
| Study quality rating | Study counts per rating |
|---|---|
 High
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2 |
Implementation details
State(s) where implemented
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