Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
New York, NY
| Total Grants to Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation | |
| Total $ Granted: | $ 600,000 |
| For Years: | 2001 2000 1998 1996 1995 |
| # Grants: | 6 |
Grants to Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
| Date | Amount | Purpose | Funder |
| 12-31-2001 | 15,000 | Smith Richardson Foundation | |
| 12-31-2000 | 150,000 | Opening Doors to Earning Credentials: Access and Retention for Low-Wage Working Students in Community College Lisa Matus Gooden will lead an effort to look at how low-wage workers and welfare recipients enroll in and successfully complete community college degree certificate and targeted short-term training programs. The project will conduct background research and field work at six community college sites around the country. The project will result in two policy papers. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
| 12-31-1998 | 25,000 | No purpose given. | Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation |
| 12-31-1996 | 150,000 | Survey Enhancement of the Connecticut Jobs First Evaluation This grant supports research on the job holding behavior of welfare recipients subjected to a 21-month time limit on benefits and provided with strong financial support for work. A random sub-sample of 1,200 people will be drawn from the 6,000-person sample being studied in an evaluation of Connecticut's Jobs First welfare reform program. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
| 12-31-1996 | 130,000 | Evaluation of Trenton, New Jersey, Parents Fair Share Program This grant supports an evaluation of the Parents Fair Share program in Trenton, New Jersey, as part of a nine-state demonstration project designed to learn if services and outreachcan encourage absent fathers of children on welfare to play a more active role in financial support and parenting. The five-year project will produce studies on program implementation and report on the lessons learned from the project to both program planners and policy makers. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
| 12-31-1995 | 130,000 | Evaluation of Trenton, New Jersey, Parents Fair Share Program This grant supports an evaluation of the Parents Fair Share program in Trenton, New Jersey, as part of a nine-site demonstration project designed to learn if services and outreach can encourage absent fathers of children on welfare to play a more active role in financial support and parenting. The five-year project will produce studies on how the program was implemented and the lessons learned that will be disseminated to both program planners and policymakers. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |