Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School

Title:	Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School
Description:	Financial incentives for teen parents are components of state welfare programs intended to encourage enrollment, attendance, and completion of high school as a means of increasing employment and earnings and reducing welfare dependence. The incentives take the form of bonuses and sanctions to the welfare grant related to school enrollment, performance, and completion. The programs typically provide case management and social services to supplement financial incentives.
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Cover Date:	December 2006
Web Release:	December 21, 2006
Publication #:	WWC IRDPFI06
Center/Program:	WWC
Type of Product:	Intervention Report
Keywords:	Completion Rates (high school) Dropout Rates (High School) Enrollment
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