TABLE ES-3
OUTCOMES AND ESTIMATED PROGRAM IMPACTS
Outcome Measures Regular-
Services
Group Mean		 Enhanced-
Services
Group Mean		 Estimated Impacts
Level

Percent Change
Activity Levels and Choices (Two Years Following Intake)
School, Job Training, or Employment (Percent) 66.4 78.8 12.4** 18.7**
Percent of Months Active 27.5 35.2 7.7** 28.0 **
In School (Percent) 29.3 41.6 12.3** 42.0**
In Job Training (Percent) 22.6 26.8 4.2** 18.6**
Employed (Percent) 43.1 48.2 5.1** 11.8**
In Job Club (Percent) 6.7 24.9 18.2** 273.7**
Income, by Source (Two Years Following Intake)
Monthly Earnings $114 $137 $23** 20.0**
Monthly AFDC Benefits $261 $242 -$19** -7.3**
Percent of Months Receiving AFDC 80.9 78.3 -2.6 -3.2
Monthly Food Stamp Benefits $127 $125 -$2 -1.6
Percent of Months Receiving Food Stamps 70.2 67.7 -2.5** -3.6**
Monthly Child Support $23 $20 -$3 -13.0
Social and Demographic Status (at Follow-Up)
Percent with Income Below Poverty 86.2 84.9 -1.3 -1.5
Living with Supportive Adult (Percent) 50.0 51.5 1.5 3.0
Living with Spouse or Male Partner (Percent) 8.8 9.9 1.1 12.5
Paternity Established (Percent) 46.2 49.8 3.6** 7.8**
Receiving Regular Financial Support from Child's Father (Percent) 10.0 9.3 -0.7 -7.0
In Regular Contact with Child's Father (Percent) 26.1 27.9 1.8 6.9
Number of Repeat Pregnancies 1.00 1.01 0.01 1.0
Number of New Births 0.60 0.64 0.04* 6.6*
Sample Size 1,924 - 2,275 1,943 - 2,284 3,867 - 4,559 3,867 - 4,559
Source:  Earnings, AFDC, food stamp, and child support data are from administrative records.  All other data are from follow-up surveys conducted an average of 28 months after sample intake.  The larger sample sizes pertain to those outcome measures derived from administrative data sources.

 *  Statistically significant at the 10 percent level, two-tailed test.
** Statistically significant at the 5 percent level, two-tailed test.