Evaluation of the Family Self-Sufficiency Program
(April 2004, 145p)
To break the cycle of reliance of government assistance,
HUD’s legislation includes a requirement that most public
housing authorities (PHAs) offering the Housing Choice Voucher
program develop action plans promoting family self-sufficiency
(FSS) for client families. Avenues to family self-sufficiency
include individual case management, education, employment,
childcare and transportation, and a substantial delayed monetary
incentive for families that achieve increases in earnings.
PHAs’ FSS plans rely on community partnerships through
which these opportunities and services are made available
to public housing and Housing Choice Voucher families. Then,
in a contractual arrangement of up to five years, an individual
family and the PHA jointly target goals, utilizing the support
services arranged by the PHA that they believe will enable
the family to attain economic self-sufficiency.
This study presents a descriptive profile of FSS program
participants and FSS programs in terms of size across the
country. Using site visits and 1996–2000 HUD administrative
data, the study also reports FSS program outcomes and compares
them with what changes occurred in similar non-FSS program
participants during the same period.
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