In 2003 CIBHS was asked by the Los Angeles County Department of
Mental Health to develop a system to monitor client outcomes in
the CalWORKs program. The system developed focused on substance
abuse (SA) treatment and domestic violence (DV) services as well
as mental health (MH) treatment. The primary outcomes are
completing services and finding employment. But transitional
steps (such as job training) and clinical outcomes are also
documented.
2011 Peer-Reviewed Article on CalWORKs Mental Health Services and
Outcomes
Three peer-reviewed articles describe the effects of MH/AOD and
DV among CalWORKs participants in Kern County and Stanislaus
County. These are the only reports in which findings from all
three years of the research interviews are included.
Here are the citations:
Meisel, J., Chandler, D., & Rienzi, B. (2003). Domestic violence
prevalence and effects on employment in two California TANF
populations. Violence Against Women, 9(10), 1191-1213.
Chandler, D., Meisel, J., Jordan, P., Rienzi, B. M., & Goodwin,
S. N. (2004). Substance abuse, employment and welfare tenure.
Social Service Review, 78(4), 628-651.
Chandler, D., Meisel, J., Jordan, P., Rienzi, B. M., & Goodwin,
S. N. (2005). Mental health, employment and welfare tenure.
Journal of Community Psychology, Forthcoming.
Click on the links below to view pre-publication drafts of these
articles.