This study evaluated the New Hope Project, a demonstration program implemented in two
inner-city areas in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The project offered low-income people willing to
work full time an earnings supplement to raise their incomes above poverty; subsidized
health insurance; subsidized child care; and help obtaining jobs. The evaluation enrolled
over 1,300 low-income adults. Half were assigned to a group eligible to receive New Hope's
benefits, and half were assigned to a control group that did not receive benefits. Evaluation …

This report summarizes an analysis of New Hope, a demonstration program designed to
improve the lives of low-income people willing to work full time by providing several benefits
(an earnings supplement to raise their income above poverty, subsidized health insurance,
and subsidized child care) and offering help obtaining jobs. New Hope was implemented in
inner city Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Half of the 1,300 adults in the sample were assigned to a
group that was eligible to receive New Hope's benefits, and half were assigned to a control …