Did the Human Capital Development approach result in a subsequent change in welfare receipt and payments?
As shown in Table 2, there were significant AFDC savings for HCDs, although not as large as for LFAs. In the final month before the survey interview, receipt of AFDC was down from 69 percent for the HCD control group to 65 percent for HCDs. Average AFDC payments were down by $38 per month, or 14 percent, relative to the HCD control group. While this reduction is less than the 22 percent produced by the LFA approach, it is large, and at the high end of achievements from welfare-to-work programs evaluated during the 1980s, which provided primarily job search assistance. For HCDs, reductions in average payments appear to be the result of two factors: fewer HCD’s receiving welfare in the final month and lower grant averages for those still on AFDC. Also, one in four reported having received a sanction during the two-year survey follow-up period, again reflecting tough enforcement of the program’s mandate. There were no significant impacts on Food Stamp receipt. • Did the Human Capital Deve
