Hawaii Food Stamp Employment and Training/JOBS Conformance Demonstration: Impact Evaluation Final Report

Hawaii’s Food Stamp Employment and Training/JOBS Conformance Demonstration was in operation on the island of Oahu between November 1993 and September 1996. Its goals were:

To maximize the employability of Food Stamp recipients and reduce Food Stamp dependency through improved consistency and coordination between the JOBS and Food Stamp Employment & Training programs.
To coordinate across programs to reduce administrative and service costs.
To enhance FSE&T services through the use of a new case management system.
To add new barrier removal and family social support services.
To expand emphasis on educational activities.
To decrease program errors due to reduced complexity of and conflicts between program regulations for the FSE&T and JOBS programs.

The impact analysis was designed to address questions about client participation patterns, services and employment outcomes.