Lessons from the Implementation of Cash and Counseling in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey
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Associated Project
Evaluation of Three Cash and Counseling Programs
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
University of Maryland
Provides design and implementation lessons for states thinking about adopting a Cash and Counseling program. The lessons are based on the experiences of the Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey programs. Areas discussed include outreach and enrollment, use of consumer representatives, development of allowance spending plans and permitted purchases with the allowance, role of counselors and fiscal agents, prevention of exploitation and abuse, and program costs.
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