Design for an Impact Study of Four PREP Programs

Design for an Impact Study of Four PREP Programs

Published: Jan 30, 2015
Publisher: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

Associated Project

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP)

Time frame: 2011–2020

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

Clients

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Authors

Robert G. Wood

Susan Zief

Jean Knab

This report describes plans for an impact study of four programs funded through the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). The study, which is using a rigorous random assignment research design to assess the effects of these four PREP-funded programs, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and is being conducted by Mathematica Policy Research. This report describes the four programs being evaluated and the plans for the four site-specific evaluations.

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