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Evaluation of Family Self-Sufficiency Program

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To break the cycle of reliance on government assistance,
HUD's legislation includes a requirement that most public
housing authorities (PHAs) offering the Housing Choice
Voucher program develop action plans promoting family
self-sufficiency (FSS) for client families. Avenues to
family self-sufficiency include individual case
management, education, employment, childcare and
transportation, and a substantial delayed monetary
incentive for families that achieve increases in
earnings. PHAs' FSS plans rely on community partnerships
through which these opportunities and services are made
available to public housing and Housing Choice Voucher
families. Then, in a contractual arrangement of up to
five years, an individual family and the PHA jointly
target goals, utilizing the support services arranged by
the PHA that they believe will enable the family to
attain economic self-sufficiency.

HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research has just
released the publication, "Evaluation of the Family Self-
Sufficiency Program: A Retrospective Analysis, 1996-
2000." This study presents a descriptive profile of FSS
program participants and FSS programs in terms of size
across the country. Using site visits and 1996-2000 HUD
administrative data, the study also reports FSS program
outcomes and compares them with what changes occurred in
similar non-FSS program participants during the same
period.

The report is available as a free download at
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/econdev/selfsufficiency.html,
and can be ordered in hard copy for a nominal fee by
calling HUD USER at 1-800-245-2691.


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