Joanna Weissman, MPA

Center Investigator

Executive Director of Planning and Research
New York City Department of Homeless Services

Publications

Do Mandates Matter? The Effects of a Mandate to Enter a Welfare-to-Work Program," with Jean Tansey Knab, Johannes M. Bos, and Daniel Friedlander.  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, November 2000; Prepared by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.

"Alternative Poverty Measures as Indicators of Hardship," with Marcia Meyers and Irwin Garfinkel.  Working paper presented at the Population Association of America conference, March 2000.

"New York City's 'JobStat' Program:  Managing for Performance in Large Welfare-to-Work Organizations," with Andrew S. Bush and Swati Desai.  Presented at the Association for Public Policy and Management conference, November 1999.

Evaluating Two Welfare-to-Work Program Approaches; Two-Year Findings on the Labor Force Attachment and Human Capital Development Programs in Three Sites, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Education, 1997; Prepared by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.  (co-author)