AFDC = Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFDC-UP = Aid to Families with Dependent Children--Unemployed Parent
APDP = Assistance Payments Demonstration Project (California)
CAPI = Computer-assisted personal interviewing
CATI = Computer-assisted telephone interviewing
CPREP = Colorado Personal Responsibility and Employment Program
CPS = Current Population Survey
DHHS = U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
JOBS = Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
MDRC = Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
MFIP = Minnesota Family Investment Program
MPR = Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
OBRA = Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OMB = Office of Management and Budget
PPS = Probability proportional to size
RTI = Research Triangle Institute
SFA = State Family Assistance (Michigan)
TSMF = To Strengthen Michigan Families
UI = Unemployment Insurance
UP = Unemployed Parent
USDA - U.S. Department of Agriculture
VISTA = Volunteers in Service to America
WNW = Work Not Welfare (Wisconsin)
WPDP = Work Pays Demonstration Project (California)
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