A rose by any other name?lump-sum diversion or traditional welfare grant?

TY - CHAP

T1 - A rose by any other name?lump-sum diversion or traditional welfare grant?

AU - Hetling, Andrea

N1 - Funding Information: This study examines a critical assumption about the nature of diversion programs. That is, are diversion programs, specifically lump-sum cash grants, a cost effective alternative to traditional monthly cash grant programs? Are diverted clients actually “diverted” from welfare or are they just using equivalent funds in a different way? Funding Information: The research was supported by funding from the Maryland Department of Human Resources. Publisher Copyright: © 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

PY - 2012/1/1

Y1 - 2012/1/1

N2 - Critics of diversion grants, lump-sum payments designed to alleviate short-term emergencies and prevent the need for ongoing Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) receipt, claim that recipients use monetary amounts similar to traditional welfare recipients. This paper examines the total cash grants for two cohorts of TANF applicants: Those whose applications resulted in a TANF grant and those who received a diversion grant. Multivariate regression models show that diversion leads to a reduction of $1,841.44 in cash benefit receipt duringthe three-year tracking period (p <0.001). Findings suggest that diversion payments are not TANF under another name.

AB - Critics of diversion grants, lump-sum payments designed to alleviate short-term emergencies and prevent the need for ongoing Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) receipt, claim that recipients use monetary amounts similar to traditional welfare recipients. This paper examines the total cash grants for two cohorts of TANF applicants: Those whose applications resulted in a TANF grant and those who received a diversion grant. Multivariate regression models show that diversion leads to a reduction of $1,841.44 in cash benefit receipt duringthe three-year tracking period (p <0.001). Findings suggest that diversion payments are not TANF under another name.

KW - Diversion

KW - Temporary assistance to needy families (TANF)

KW - Welfare

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U2 - https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203824184

DO - https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203824184

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780203824184

SP - 43

EP - 60

BT - International Perspectives on Welfare to Work Policy

PB - Taylor and Francis

ER -