This research brief on FIELD's Welfare to Work Learning Assessment summarizes findings from the first wave of TANF clients enrolled in microenterprise programs.

This issue explores the challenges of recruiting TANF recipients to microenterprise programs and describes the assessment and screening components used to help clients determine whether self-employment is a sound option given the current time-limited welfare system.

This issue profiles the projects participating in the Welfare to Work grant cluster and describes some of the challenges posed by welfare reform laws.