University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

New Hope Project (Milwaukee, Wis.).

Records, 1985-1999.

UWM Manuscript Collection 158

49.6 cubic ft. (47 record center cartons, 6 archives boxes, and 1 small archives box)


ABSTRACT: Records of the development and implementation of a welfare-alternative research project in Milwaukee. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, evaluation reports, news clippings, staff and committee reports, and participant and control member files. This collection portrays the evolution of the New Hope Project from its developmental roots within the Congress for a Working America to its independent pre-pilot experimental stage, and finally, to its full-scale three year implementation in two Milwaukee neighborhoods. The New Hope Project was designed to replace the welfare system with four work incentives: assistance in attaining jobs, wage supplements, health care assistance, and childcare assistance. The underlying premise of the New Hope Project is based upon the idea that with proper incentives people will work rather than seek welfare.

As a research project, a great deal of the collection is devoted to the selection of an appropriate evaluation team. Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) was selected as the independent evaluator. The collection contains records and reports of the MDRC's relationship and evaluations of the New Hope Project in addition to the evaluations and reports of several other agencies. Many of these reports place the New Hope Project within the context of other welfare-reform projects, most notably the Wisconsin state government implemented W-2. The implementation of the New Hope offer was continuously re-evaluated and rescheduled dependent on the vagaries of contributed funds as depicted in the committee reports to the Board of Directors.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Boxes 11-54 of the collection are restricted. The Archives Department will not permit access to anyone without first obtaining the written permission of the NHP president or executive director. The NHP president or executive director must also provide us with a written statement of the sample member authorizing disclosure or release of personally identifying information, and written assurance from the requester that such information will be held in confidence. Responsibility for acquiring these documents lies entirely with the person seeking access to the records.

There are no access restrictions for the Office Files section of the collection. The collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statues 19.21-19.39).

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The records of the New Hope Project are divided into four independent sections: Office Files, Control Files, Participant Files, and Pre-Pilot Files.

Office Files: This section consists of the working files and records of the administration of the New Hope Project. It features Board of Directors meeting minutes and materials; contracts and agreements between the New Hope Project and the different agencies that assisted with providing Community Service Jobs, wage supplements, health care, and child care; National Advisory Board meeting minutes and reports; and the records of the MDRC with relation to the New Hope Project. These records also consist of various staff and committee reports, independent reports and evaluations of the New Hope Project, and correspondence with relevant figures in the attempts to institute welfare alternatives. Also included is some of the records and correspondence of the Congress for a Working America, both before and after the New Hope Project became an independent entity.

Control Files: In implementing the New Hope Project, an equivalent number of participant and control members were randomly selected in order to make a balanced evaluation of the results of the New Hope Project. This section contains the personal files of those people who did not receive any of the New Hope benefits for the three-year project from 1995-1998. These files are not listed in the inventory and are currently restricted.

Participant Files: The complement to Control Files, the Participant Files section contains the personal files of those people who did receive the New Hope benefits. These files are not listed in the inventory and are currently restricted.

Pre-Pilot Files: Prior to the full implementation of the New Hope Project, the Project launched a pre-pilot program from 1992-1994 in order to make a preliminary evaluation and any necessary design changes to the New Hope Offer. The Pre-Pilot Files section contains the personal files of those participants who received the New Hope benefits during this phase. These files are not listed in the inventory and are currently restricted.


ARRANGEMENT: The Office Files are organized alphabetically by personal name, name of office, or by subject, then chronologically. Files can contain a variety of materials, including correspondence, staff memos, and reports.

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY: The New Hope Project was developed and initially designed by the Congress for a Working America (CFWA) in 1988. As an economic independence advocacy and action group, CFWA introduced the New Hope Project, as well as the Earned Income Tax Credit, as a means to provide poor people with an incentive to work their way out of welfare. The New Hope Project was designed with the intention of demonstrating that economically disadvantaged people do have the desire to work and be financially independent, but have not been provided with the proper incentives by the classic conception of welfare. As a result, participants must have been employed at least thirty hours a week to receive New Hope benefits. The benefits themselves would come from private local fundraising and grants from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor.

In order to provide incentives to work, the New Hope Project proposed four inter-related benefits. It sought to provide help for those seeking jobs, including the arrangement of Community Service Jobs for those participants unable to find work in the private sector. It sought to provide Wage Supplements that would put workers' families beyond 150% of the poverty level while not disadvantaging them with unworkable tax situations. Finally, it sought to provide reasonable health and child care to those participants who did not receive these benefits from their jobs.

Following the initial design period under the auspices of CFWA, the New Hope Project recruited a National Advisory Board of nationally recognized economic and social policy experts. The New Hope Project became incorporated and developed its own Board of Directors in 1992 while continuing to maintain ties with the CFWA.

In March of 1992, a pre-pilot group of fifty-two participants received New Hope Project benefits. This pre-pilot was designed to give the governing structure of the New Hope Project a working model with which to determine the specifics of the project's design as well as to make a preliminary evaluation. The pre-pilot was initially scheduled to last until 1994, but a few economic uncertainties caused it to last until 1995. Several independent agencies made evaluations of the New Hope model and the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) was selected to be the permanent, independent evaluator of the full-scale implementation of the project.

In August of 1994, the New Hope Project began its recruitment of participants. In order to facilitate the study and evaluation of this project, a control group was also recruited. These two groups were randomly selected from two zip codes in Milwaukee, 53208 on the Northside and 53204 on the Southside. The Social Science Research Facility of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee conducted a Neighborhood Research Survey to determine the demographics and awareness of the New Hope Project in the two areas. The two groups were equivalent in size, approximately 600 members in each group, and were periodically compared in order to determine the effects of the subsidies of the project.

The three year project began in December of 1995 and finished in December 1998. The project gained nationwide attention as the search for a viable replacement for welfare became more intense in the late 1990s. Several articles and independent reports have been created documenting the results and progress of the New Hope Project, and the MDRC continued to study the project and issues reports following its completion.

Executive Directors of the New Hope Project have been:

Donald Sykes 1992-1993
Sharon Schulz 1993-1997
Julie Kerksick 1997-1998

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:

New Hope Project (Milwaukee, Wis.). Records, 1985-1999. UWM Manuscript Collection 158. University Manuscript Collection. Archives. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

ACQUISITION: Julie Kerksick donated the majority of the collection to the Archives in March, 1999. Thomas Back donated the remainder of the collection in August, 1999.

PROCESSING: Richard Shrake, Amy Schindler, Leslie Heinrichs, Julie Kersson, Kathy Koch, Michael Rhodes, and Kathleen Strahan processed the collection at the Archives in May - August, 2000.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:

UWM MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 158.
Office Files.		 BOX FOLDER
1996 Planning, 1996 1 1
1997 Planning, 1997 1 2
53208 Closing Letters, 1995 1 3
Abt Associates, Evaluation of the New Hope Project: Cost Proposal, 1992 1 4
Abt Associates, Evaluation of the New Hope Project: Technical Proposal, 1992 1 5-6
Accounting Services, Correspondence, 1991-1992 1 7
Ad Hoc Tax Committee, Rosters, 1992-1993, 1996 1 8
Advisory Committee, Correspondence and Rosters, 1990, 1992-1993 1 9
Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1993-1994 1 10
Assembly Committee on Welfare Reform, Julie Kerksick Testimony, 1992 1 11
Assessment of New Hope Pre-Pilot, 1995 1 12
Assistant Director, Memos and Notes, 1990-1991 9 13
Audit, Coleman and Williams, 1994-1997 1 13
Audit, Reilly, Penner and Benton, 1998 1 14
Audit, Terrence K. Rice, 1993-1994 1 15
Audited Financial Statements, 1992-1993 1 16
Benefits and Support Services Subcommittee, Agenda, Roster and Correspondence, 1991, 1993, undated 1 17
Benefits Processing, Operation Manual, Working File, 1995 1 18
Benefits Processing, Survey and Results, 1996 1 19
Board and Staff Planning Day, Summary Report, 1995 1 20
Board of Directors, Board Member Duties, 1991, undated 1 21
Board of Directors, Board Member List, 1991-1998 1 22
Board of Directors, Board Members, Berry, Miguel, 1991-1993 1 23
Board of Directors, Board Members, Dee, Charlie, 1991-1992 1 24
Board of Directors, Board Members, Deleon, Lenor Rosa, 1993-1998 1 25
Board of Directors, Board Members, Kilgore, Earl, 1997-1998 1 26
Board of Directors, Board Members, MacIver, John K., 1990-1997 1 27
Board of Directors, Board Members, Reimer, David, 1993-1994 1 28
Board of Directors, Board Members, Schrader, Tom, 1991-1993 1 29
Board of Directors, Board Members, Schulz, Sharon, 1995-1997 1 30
Board of Directors, Board Retreat, 1993 1 31
Board of Directors, Committee Assignments, 1993, 1997-1999 1 32
Board of Directors, Conflict of Interest Policy, 1991, 1993, 1997 1 33
Board of Directors, General Correspondence, 1995-1996 1 34
Board of Directors, Meeting Materials, 1992 1 35-36
Board of Directors, Meeting Materials, 1993 1 37
Board of Directors, Meeting Materials, 1994 1 38
Board of Directors, Meeting Materials, 1995 1 39-40
Board of Directors, Meeting Materials, 1996 1 41
Board of Directors, Meeting Materials, 1997 1 42
Board of Directors, Meeting Materials, 1998 1 43
Board of Directors, Meeting Materials, 1999 1 44
Board of Directors, Minutes and Staff Reports, 1990-1991 1 45
Board of Directors, Miscellaneous, 1991 2 1
Board of Directors, Outgoing Correspondence, 1992-1993 2 2
Board of Directors, Resignations, 1997 2 3
Board of Directors, Thank You Letters to Resigning Board Members, 1992 2 4
Brochures, English and Hmong, undated 2 5
Budget, 1996 10 1
Budget, 1997 2 6
Budget, Correspondence, 1994 2 7
Budget, Information, 1993 10 2
Budget, Information, 1995-1997 10 3
Budget, Projection and Actuals, 1992 10 4
Bylaws, Restated, undated 2 8
Campaign for Human Development, Grantee Report, 1990 9 14
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Conference, 1996 2 9
Center on Poverty Research, Correspondence, 1997 2 10
Child Care, Committee Minutes and Notes, 1995-1996 2 11
Child Care, File, 1996 2 12
Child Care, Milwaukee County, 1995-1996 2 13
Child Care, Planning Council for Health and Human Services, 1996 2 14
Child Care, Rates and Co-Pays, 1993-1997 2 15
Child Care, Subsidy Analysis Project, 1996 2 16
Child Care, Voucher, undated 2 17
Child Care, W-2, 1996 2 18
Committee Structures and Assignments, 1991, 1993 2 19
Communications Task Force, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1995-1996 2 20
Community Aid Reporting Service (CARS), 1996 2 21
Community Based Organizations Questionnaire, undated 2 22
Community Outreach Subcommittee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1992-1994 2 23
Community Resource Information, undated 2 24
Community Service Jobs, Business Process Review, 1996 2 25
Community Service Jobs, Community Outreach Questionnaire, undated 2 26
Community Service Jobs, Correspondence and Forms, 1992-1996 2 27
Community Service Jobs, List of Sponsor Organizations and Jobs, undated 2 28
Community Service Jobs, Memorandum, 1996 2 29
Community Service Jobs, Orientation Packet (Spanish), undated 2 30
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, 16th Street Community Health Center, 1994 2 31
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, 4C - Community Coordinated Childcare, 1994 2 32
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Atkinson Capitol Teutonia Business Association Inc., undated 2 33
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Career Youth Development, 1993 2 34
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Center for Teaching Entrepreneurship, 1995 2 35
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, CHANCE, 1995 2 36
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Community Relation, Social Development Commission, 1993 2 37
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, CRT Inc., 1996 2 38
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Department of Public Instruction, WI Educational Opportunity Programs, 1995 2 39
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, ESHAC, 1992 2 40
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Esperanza Unida, 1995 2 41
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Exchange Center, 1994 2 42
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Fair Lending Corporation, 1993 2 43
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Family Service of Milwaukee, 1994 2 44
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Goodwill, 1995 2 45
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Governor's Central Initiative, 1994 2 46
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Guest House of Milwaukee Inc., 1994 2 47
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Harambee Ombudsman Project, 1994 2 48
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Holton Youth Center YMCA, 1995 2 49
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Hope House, 1994 2 50
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Horizon House, 1994 2 51
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Housing Resources Inc., 1994 2 52
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Inner City Council on Alcoholism, 1994 2 53
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Institute of Child and Family Development, 1994 2 54
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Inter Faith Conference, 1996 2 55
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Journey House, 1994 2 56
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, La Causa, 1994 2 57
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Latino Health Organization Inc., 1995 2 58
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Lighthouse Gospel Chapel, 1993 2 59
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Lisbon Avenue Neighborhood Development, 1996 2 60
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Milwaukee 9 to 5, 1993 2 61
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Milwaukee Achiever Program, 1996 2 62
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Milwaukee AIDS Project, 1994 2 63
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Milwaukee Center for Independence, 1995 2 64
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Milwaukee Christian Center, 1994 2 65
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Milwaukee Housing Assistance Corporation, 1995 2 66
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Milwaukee Indian Health Board, 1994 2 67
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Milwaukee Urban League, 1994 2 68
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Neighborhood House, 1994 2 69
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Neighborhood Housing Services, 1994 2 70
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Next Door Foundation, 1994 2 71
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Open Door Community Center Inc., 1994 2 72
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Open Gate, 1994 2 73
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Parent Education Project, 1996 2 74
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Parents Anonymous, 1994 2 75
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Parkside Housing Cooperative, 1995 2 76
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Penfield Children's Services, 1994 2 77
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Project Hope, 1992 2 78
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Project Respect, 1994 2 79
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Project Return, 1992 2 80
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Right Alternatives, 1994 2 81
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Salvation Army, 1995 2 82
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Second Harvest Food Bank, 1994 2 83
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, SER-JOBS for Progress, 1995 2 84
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Shalom High School, 1994 2 85
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, SHARE, 1996 2 86
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, 1992 2 87
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, St. Vincent de Paul Meal Program, 1995 2 88
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Strive Foundation, 1994 2 89
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Task Force on Battered Women and Children, 1995 2 90
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, UMOS, 1993 2 91
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, United Community Center, 1994 2 92
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, V. E. Carter Development Group, 1994 2 93
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, 1994 2 94
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, West End Community Association, 1994 2 95
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Westside Conservation Corporation, 1995 2 96
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Westside Housing Co-Op, 1994 2 97
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Wisconsin Correctional Service, 1994 2 98
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Wisconsin Employment Network Service Inc., 1994 2 99
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Wisconsin Job Service, 1994 2 100
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Women's Business Initiative Corporation, 1994 2 101
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, Work for Wisconsin, 1994 2 102
Community Service Jobs, Participating Agencies, YWCA, 1995 2 103
Community Service Jobs, Manual, undated 2 104-105
Community Service Jobs, Publication, undated 2 106
Community Service Jobs, Report, 1995 2 107
Community Service Jobs, Sponsor Orientation, 1994 2 108
Community Service Jobs, Summary of Participants Who Left CSJ Employment, 1997 2 109
Congress For a Working America, Board of Directors Materials, 1990-1992 3 1
Congress For a Working America, Brewer Tailgate Fundraiser for the New Hope Project, 1991 3 2
Congress For a Working America, Budget, 1989 3 3
Congress For a Working America, Budget, 1990 3 4
Congress For a Working America, Budget, 1992 3 5
Congress For a Working America, Budgets and Proposals, 1992 3 6
Congress For a Working America, Colloquium on New Hope Project, 1991 3 7
Congress For a Working America, Correspondence, 1992 3 8
Congress For a Working America, Descriptive File, 1991 3 9
Congress For a Working America, Development Board, Membership List, 1989 9 15
Congress For a Working America, Development Board, Membership List, 1993 3 10
Congress For a Working America, Development Board, Minutes, 1989-1990 9 16
Congress For a Working America, Executive Committee Members, undated 3 11
Congress For a Working America, IRS Name Change, 1983 3 12
Congress For a Working America, Lobby Report, 1991 3 13
Congress For a Working America, Long Range Planning Committee, 1991-1992 3 14
Congress For a Working America, New Hope Project Relationship Description, 1993 3 15
Congress For a Working America, Operating Procedures, 1993 3 16
Congress For a Working America, Organizational Plan, 1992 3 17
Congress For a Working America, Program Committee, 1991 3 18
Congress For a Working America, Programs, 1990-1992 3 20
Congress For a Working America, Program Objectives, 1988 3 19
Congress For a Working America, Welfare Alternative Project, 1988 3 21
Congressional Correspondence, 1995-1997 3 22
Congressional Delegation, Correspondence, 1989-1993 3 23
Contingency Planning, 1997 10 5
Contract with Block and Associates, Inc., 1993 3 24
Contract with Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, 1994 3 25
Contract with Kaiser Group, Inc., Correspondence, 1992-1994 3 26
Contract with the College of Professional Studies at Marquette University, 1997 3 27
Contract with William Durkin Associates, Inc. and Correspondence, 1994 3 28
Conversation with Alan Werner, 1992 9 17
Correspondence, Incoming, 1991-1997 3 29
Correspondence, Letter Sent to Wisconsin Legislators, 1991 3 30
Correspondence, Milwaukee Area Community Groups, 1989-1995 3 31
Correspondence, Outgoing, 1990-1994 3 32
Cost Analysis, 1993-1995 3 33
Data Meeting, Minutes, 1995 3 34
Database, Correspondence, 1993-1994 3 35
Demographic Information, 1993 3 36
Department of Health and Human Services Interim Reports, 1994-1995 3 37
Department of Health and Human Services, Correspondence, 1990, 1993 3 38
Department of Health and Human Services, Correspondence, 1994 3 39
Department of Health and Human Services, Correspondence, 1995-1998 3 40
Department of Health and Human Services, Financial Assistance Award, 1994-1995 3 41
Department of Health and Social Services, Correspondence, 1991-1993 3 42
Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Policy and Budget, Review of the Request for Proposal for Evaluation of the New Hope Project, 1992 3 43
Department of Labor, Correspondence, 1993, 1996 3 44
Director's Report, 1994 3 45
Earned Income Credit, Comparison of Petri Plan vs. Current Law, 1995 3 46
Employment and Training Subcommittee, Agenda, Correspondence and Minutes, 1991-1993 3 47
Employment and Training Subcommittee, Agenda, Correspondence and Minutes, 1994-1995 3 48
Employment Plan, 1995 3 49
Ethnic Breakdown of New Hope Project, 1997 3 50
Evaluating the New Welfare Reforms, 1996 3 51
Evaluation, Abt. Associates, 1992 3 52
Evaluation, Bidders' Conference, 1992 3 53
Evaluation, Bidders' Information, 1992 3 54
Evaluation, Evaluation Committee Report, 1992 3 55
Evaluation, Evaluation Proposal Rating Sheet, 1992 3 56
Evaluation, Evaluation Mechanism, Welfare Alternative Project, 1988-1990 3 57
Evaluation, La Follette Institute, 1990 3 58
Evaluation, La Follette Institute, 1991 10 6
Evaluation, La Follette Institute, Response to Request for Proposal, 1991 3 59
Evaluation, Momentum Unlimited of Milwaukee Inc., Evaluation Report: Pilot Phase, 1993 3 60
Evaluation, Process for Selecting the Principal Investigator, 1992 3 61
Evaluation, Proposal Evaluations, 1992 3 62
Evaluation, Request for Proposals for Evaluation of the New Hope Project, 1992 3 63
Evaluation Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1991-1992 3 64
Evaluation Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1994-1995 3 65
Evaluation Committee, Correspondence, 1991 3 66
Evaluation Committee, National Advisory Board, MDRC, MacArthur Network, 1996 3 67
Evaluation Committee, Report, 1992 3 68
Evaluation Community Outreach Committee, Agenda, Correspondence and Minutes, 1996-1998 3 69
Evaluator Selection, Correspondence and Reports, 1992 3 70
Executive Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1991-1992, 1994-1996 3 71
Executive Committee, Meeting Materials, 1992-1995 3 72
Executive Director's Report, 1989, 1991-1992 3 73
Facilitation Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1995 3 74
Family Definition, 1993 3 75
Family Service of Milwaukee, 1991 3 76
Financial Statements, 1991-1993 3 77
Financial Status Reports to DHSS, 1994-1995 3 78
Financials for Fundraising, 1994 10 7
Fiscal Management and Controls Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1991-1993 3 79
Fiscal Management and Controls Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1994-1996, 1998 3 80
Floor Plans of Office, undated 3 81
Flyers, undated 4 1
Focus Group, Correspondence, 1996 4 2
Foreign Visitors to New Hope Project, Memorandums, 1997 4 3
Forms, undated 4 4
Foundation File, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, 1993 4 5
Foundation File, Faye McBeath Foundation, 1990-1994, 1996 4 6
Foundation File, Ford Foundation, 1987-1994 4 7
Foundation File, Helen Bader Foundation, 1991-1993 4 8
Foundation File, Helen Bader Foundation, 1994-1996 4 9
Foundation File, Milwaukee Foundation, 1987-1995 4 10
Foundation File, Rockefeller Foundation, 1994-1995 4 11
Fundraising, 1994 4 12
Fundraising, 1995 4 13
Fundraising, 1997 4 14-15
Fundraising, Correspondence, 1990-1993 4 16
Fundraising, Solicitation Options for New Hope Prospects, 1995 4 17
Fundraising Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1989-1993 4 18
General Mailing List, undated 4 19
Goodwill Industries, Correspondence, 1993 4 20
Greater Milwaukee Committee, Meeting, 1996 4 21
Greater Milwaukee Committee, New Hope Project Review Task Force, 1990-1993 4 22
Greater Milwaukee Committee, Review Committee Notes, 1990 4 23
Greenberg, Dave, Memo Regarding Some Reactions to Resumes of New Hope Participants, 1996 4 24
Health Care, 1989 4 25
Health Care, Executive Benefits Company, 1993 4 26
Health Care, Family Health Plan, 1995-1996 4 27
Health Care, Health Maintenance Organizations, 1994 4 28
Health Care, Insurance Charting, 1993 4 29
Health Care, Managed Health Services, 1993-1994 4 30
Health Care, Milwaukee County Medical Assistance Delivery System, 1989 4 31
Health Care, Prime Care Health Plan, 1996 4 32
Health Care, Wisconsin Dental Services, 1996 4 33
Health Care Finance Administration, Funds Dispersal, Correspondence, 1996-1999 4 34
HMO Representative, Meeting Minutes, 1994 4 35
Information Systems Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1992-1995 4 36
Informational Pamphlet, undated 4 37
Internal Memo, 1995-1996 4 38
International Institute of Wisconsin, Foreign Visitors, 1995-1996 4 39
Investments, Reports and Correspondence, 1991, 1992 4 40
Jesuit Volunteer Position Description, 1994 4 41
Job Announcements, 1992 4 42
Job Descriptions, undated 4 43
Joint Finance Committee Hearings, Testimonies, 1995 4 44
Joyce Foundation Grant, 1997 4 45
June Update, 1995 4 46
Kaiser Group, Software Development, 1993 4 47
Kids Having Kids Conference, 1990 4 48
La Follette Institute, Consultant's Review Panel Report, 1991 4 49
La Follette Institute, Contract and Correspondence, 1990-1996 4 50
Las Noticias De New Hope, Newsletter, Spanish Edition, 1996-1997 4 51
Latino Health Organization and Family Exchange Center, Correspondence, 1997 4 52
Leadership for Jobs Project, 1991 4 53
Lease, 1992 4 54
Legislative Briefing and Dinner, 1996 4 55
Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 1992-1995 4 56
Legislative Mailing, 1995 4 57
Legislative Outreach, 1991-1993 5 1
Legislative Reference Bureau, 1991-1994 5 2
Letter to Participants Regarding Benefits, 1996 5 3
List of Community Group Contacts, 1992 5 4
Listing of Office Locations for Job Agencies, Economic Support, Financial Planning Resource Specialists, 1996 5 5
Lobbying Activities, 1991 9 18
Lobbying Activities, 1992-1995 5 6
Lobbying Activities, 1996-1998 5 7
Local Advisory Board, Correspondence, Notes and Rosters, 1992-1993, 1995-1996 5 8
MacArthur Networks, Focus Groups, 1996 5 9
Making "Wisconsin Works" Work: Suggestions From New Hope Project Experience, 1996 5 10
Management Reports, 1995-1996 5 11
MDRC, Background Materials on the New Hope Evaluation Design, 1993 5 12
MDRC, Community Service Jobs Review and Planning Meetings, Correspondence, 1994 5 13
MDRC, Community Service Jobs Staff Meetings, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1996 5 14
MDRC, Contract, 1993-1994 5 15
MDRC, Contract, 1996, 1998 5 16
MDRC, Correspondence, 1988-1989, 1992 5 17
MDRC, Correspondence, 1993-1994 5 18
MDRC, Correspondence, 1995 5 19
MDRC, Correspondence, 1996 5 20
MDRC, Correspondence, 1997-1998 5 21
MDRC, Data Analysis and Planning Meeting for the New Hope Project Impact Report, 1998 5 22
MDRC, Data Analysis and Planning Meeting II for the New Hope Project Impact Report, 1998 5 23
MDRC, Designing and Administering a Community Service Program Under TANF that Pays Wages, 1998 5 24
MDRC, Employment and Training Subcommittee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1994-1995 5 25
MDRC, Evaluation Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1994-1996 5 26
MDRC, Evaluation Contracts, Correspondence, 1995-1996 5 27
MDRC, Evaluation of the New Hope Project, Budget Proposal, 1992 5 28
MDRC, Fiscal Committee, Correspondence, 1994-1995 5 29
MDRC, Implementation Report, Correspondence, 1995-1997 5 30
MDRC, Implementing the New Hope Project, 1993 5 31
MDRC, Income and Employment Effects on Children and Families, Consent Forms, Correspondence and Scripts, 1997-1998 5 32
MDRC, Invoice, Correspondence, 1998 5 33
MDRC, Issues Related to the Proposed Enhancement of the New Hope Project’s Evaluation, 1995 5 34
MDRC, MacArthur Network Presentation, 1994 5 35
MDRC, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation 1992 Annual Report, 1992 5 36
MDRC, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation 1993 Annual Report, 1993 5 37
MDRC, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation 1994 Annual Report, 1994 5 38
MDRC, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Correspondence, 1992-1993 5 39
MDRC, Meeting Notes, 1995 5 40
MDRC, National Advisory Board, Agenda and Correspondence, 1996 5 41
MDRC, Neighborhood Survey, Correspondence, 1994-1996 5 42
MDRC, New Hope and Welfare Reform, 1994 5 43
MDRC, New Hope Core Survey, 1996 5 44
MDRC, New Hope Evaluation, Correspondence and Reports, 1995 5 45
MDRC, New Hope Impact on Families and Children, Teacher Involvement Proposal, Correspondence, Report and Survey, 1996 5 46
MDRC, New Hope Neighborhood Survey Final Report, Report and Correspondence, 1994-1995 5 47
MDRC, New Hope Personnel Policies, 1994, 1998 5 48
MDRC, New Hope Project Meeting, 1998 5 49
MDRC, New Hope Project Pilot Study, 1994 5 50
MDRC, New Hope Project Pre-Pilot Studies, undated 5 51
MDRC, New Hope Survey Pretest, Correspondence, Instructions, Report, 1996 5 52
MDRC, New Hope Survey Procurement Process, Correspondence, 1995-1996 6 1
MDRC, New Hope Wage Supplement Tables, 1994 6 2
MDRC, New Hope’s Effects on Family Functioning and Children, 1995 6 3
MDRC, Participant Focus Groups, Correspondence, 1995 6 4
MDRC, Personnel Committee, Agenda, Notes and Correspondence, 1994, 1996 6 5
MDRC, Policy Implementation Committee, Agenda, Notes and Correspondence, 1992-1994 6 6
MDRC, Program Closeout, 1997 6 7
MDRC, Proposal for an Enhancement of the Evaluation of the New Hope Project to Understand Program Effects on Children and Families, 1995 6 8
MDRC, Proposals for NHP Survey, Correspondence, 1995-1996 6 9
MDRC, Random Assignment Procedures Manual, undated 6 10
MDRC, Report on Financial Statements with Additional Information, Years Ended June 30, 1996 and 1995, 1996 6 11
MDRC, Research Design for the New Hope Demonstration, 1994 6 12
MDRC, The New Hope Private Opinion Questionnaire, undated 6 13
MDRC, Unpaid Work Experience for Welfare Recipients, 1993 6 14
MDRC, Wage Supplements, Correspondence and Tables, 1993 6 15
MDRC, Westat, Assess the Economic and Family Impacts of the New Hope Project, 1996 6 16
MDRC, Westat, Assess the Economic and Family Impacts of the New Hope Project, Response, 1996 6 17
MDRC, Westat Survey, Correspondence, 1997 6 18
MDRC, Wisconsin Works, Correspondence, 1993, 1995-1996 6 19
Milwaukee City and County, Correspondence, 1995 6 20
Milwaukee Community Service Corps/New Hope Adult Crew Handbook, undated 6 21
Milwaukee Urban Institute, Evaluation of the New Hope Project Volume One: Technical Proposal, 1992 6 22-23
Milwaukee Urban Institute, Evaluation of the New Hope Project Volume Two: Business Proposal, 1992 6 24
Moving the Story of Welfare Reform to Its Second Stage, Conference Correspondence, 1998 6 25
National Advisory Board, Agenda and Correspondence, 1992-1995 6 26
National Advisory Board, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1995-1996 6 27
National Advisory Board, Conference Call, 1999 6 28
National Advisory Board, Correspondence, undated 6 29
National Advisory Board, Meeting Materials, 1992-1994 6 30
National Advisory Board, Meeting Materials, 1995-1997 6 31
National Advisory Board, Meeting Transcript, 1992 6 32
National Advisory Board, Member File, Blank, Rebecca, 1992-1993 6 33
National Advisory Board, Member File, Ellwood, David, 1997-1998 6 34
National Advisory Board, Member File, Fernandez, Roberto, 1997 6 35
National Advisory Board, Member File, Hollister, Robinson, 1995 6 36
National Advisory Board, Member File, Lawrence Mead, 1995 6 37
National Advisory Board, Member File, Wiseman, Michael, 1992-1993, 1997 6 38
National Advisory Board, Membership List, 1993-1997 6 39
National Advisory Board, Memos, 1992-1993 6 40
National Advisory Committee, Agenda and Correspondence, 1991-1993 6 41
National Council of Crime and Delinquency, PASS Award, 1996 6 42
New Hope and Welfare Reform, 1994 6 43
New Hope Benefit Schedule: Making Adjustments for Inflation and for the Changes in EIC Benefits, 1997 6 44
New Hope Health Benefit Plan, 1994 6 45
New Hope Neighborhood Survey, 1994 6 46
New Hope News, Newsletter, English Edition, 1995-1998 6 47
New Hope Offer, The, 1996 6 48
New Hope Private Opinion Questionnaire, undated 6 49
New Hope Project, An Anti-Poverty Alternative, The, 1992 6 50
New Hope Project, Annual Report, 1996-1997 6 51
New Hope Project, Building Bridges to Work, 1993 6 52
New Hope Project, Committee Structure, 1991 9 19
New Hope Project, Forms, Blank, undated 10 8
New Hope Project, Newsletter, 1995 6 53
New Hope Project, Outline of History of Project, 1991 9 20
New Hope Project, Pre-Pilot Studies, 1991 9 21
New Hope Project, Pre-Pilot Summary, 1995 6 54
New Hope Project, Updates, 1992-1993, 1995 6 55
New Hope Project Implementation: Program Planning, Development and Operations for the New Hope Project," 1993 6 56
New Hope Survey, Additional Materials, 1996 6 57
New Hope Survey, CFS Child, undated 10 9
New Hope Survey, CFS Child, Answer Booklets, undated 6 58-60
New Hope Survey, CFS Parent, Answer Books, undated 6 61
New Hope Survey, Core and CFS Parent, undated 10 10
New Hope’s Effects on Family Functioning and Children, 1995 6 62
Nominating Committee, Correspondence, 1992 7 1
Office Move, Correspondence, 1996 7 2
Offner Response Group, Correspondence, 1993 7 3
Operating Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1991-1993, 1997-1998 7 4
Operating Procedures Manual, 1992 7 5
Operating Procedures Manual, 1993 7 6
Operations Manual, 1996 7 7
Operations Manual, Update, 1996 7 8
Organizational Charts, 1995-1997 7 9
Outreach Team Meeting, Agenda, Minutes, Contact Lists, 1995 7 10
Outreach Update, 1995 7 11
Participant Advisory Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1992-1993 7 12
Participant Board Meeting, Correspondence and Minutes, 1992-1994, 1999 7 13
Participant Comparison Report of AFDC/NHP Data, Memorandum, 1995 7 14
Participant Comparison Report of DILHR/NHP Data, 1995 7 15
Participant Data Forms, undated 7 16
Participant Earnings Comparison: DWD vs. NHP Income Records, undated 7 17
Participant Handbook, 1990 9 22
Participant Handbook and Orientation Packet, undated, 1995 7 18
Participant Planning Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1995 7 19
Participant Survey, 53204 Zip Code, South Side Office, undated 7 20
Participant Survey, 53204 and 53215 Zip Codes, Mailed In, undated 7 21
Participant Survey, 53204 and 53215 Zip Codes, North Side Office, undated 7 22
Participant Survey, 53208 Zip Code, South Side Office, undated 7 23
Participant Survey, 53208 and 53210 Zip Codes, Mailed In, undated 7 24
Participant Survey, 53208 and 53210 Zip Codes, North Side Office, undated 7 25
Participant Survey, Unmarked, undated 7 26
Participant Survey Responses, undated 7 27
Participant Weekly Status Summarized Report, 1992-1994 7 28
Personnel Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1994-1995 7 29
Personnel Policies, 1994 7 30
Photograph, Unidentified, undated 7 31
Planning Council for Health and Human Services, City of Milwaukee’s Community Housing Affordability Strategy Focus Group, 1993 7 32
Planning Day, 1991 7 33
Policy Committee, Correspondence, 1992 7 34
Policy Implementation Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1991-1993 7 35
Policy Implementation Committee, Agenda, Minutes and Correspondence, 1995-1997 7 36
Preliminary Evaluation Report, Pilot Phase, 1993 7 37
Pre-Pilot Experience Summary, 1992 7 38
Pre-Pilot Notes and Correspondence, 1988-1991 7 39
Pre-Pilot Summary, 1995 7 40
Presentation for Grant Abert and Nancy Ward, Fundraising Proposal, 1994 7 41
Program Committee, Minutes, 1991 9 23
Press Coverage, 1991-1997, undated 7 42
Press Releases, 1993-1995 7 43
Private Industry Council, Contract and Correspondence, 1992, 1994, 1996 7 44
Program Goals, 1997 7 45
Program Staff Meeting, Agenda and Minutes, 1994-1996 7 46
Program Staff Outreach Questionnaires, undated 7 47
Program Summary Report, 1997 7 48
Progress Reports, 1995-1996 7 49
Project New Hope Neighborhood Effects, undated 7 50
Project Representative Manual, undated 7 51
Project Start-Up Timeline, 1994 7 52
Project Updates, 1992-1993, 1995 7 53
Promotional Packet, undated 7 54
Proposal for an Enhancement of the Evaluation of the New Hope Project to Understand Program Effects on Children and Families, A, 1995 7 55
Proposal to the Office of Community Services, Application and Correspondence, 1990 7 56
Proposals for Training Services, 1994 7 57
Public Phase Campaign Plan for the New Hope Project, 1994 7 58
Public Relations Campaign Reports, 1995 7 59
Putting It All Together, undated 7 60
Report on Financial Statements with Additional Information, 1994-1995 7 61
Report on Jobs Training Workshop for NHP Participants, undated 7 62
Research Design for the New Hope Demonstration, 1994 7 63
Review of NHP Policy Relevance to Welfare Reform in '95, 1995 7 64
Search Committee, Correspondence, 1993 7 65
Self-Employed Participants, Correspondence, 1994 7 66
South Side Office Opening, Announcements and Correspondence, 1994-1995 7 67
Staff Capacity BLDG Discussion, undated 7 68
Staff Meetings, Agendas and Minutes, 1992 7 69
Staff Meetings, Agendas and Minutes, 1993 7 70
Staff Meetings, Agendas and Minutes, 1994 8 1
Staff Meetings, Agendas and Minutes, 1995-1996 8 2
Staff Meetings, Agendas and Minutes, 1997-1999 8 3
Staff Training, Correspondence and Schedule, 1992-1994 8 4
Staff Transition, Correspondence, 1998 8 5
State Budget Funding, Correspondence, 1994-1995 8 6
State Department of Workforce Development/New Hope Project Participant Comparison Reports, 1995-1998 8 7
Status Report Summaries, 1995-1996 8 8
Sublease Agreement, 1996 8 9
Suggested Contract Language for the State of Wisconsin, undated 9 24
Summary of New Hope's Usefulness to Welfare Reform, 1997 8 10
Summary of NHP Policy Decisions, 1994 8 11
Survey, Parent and Family Measures Under Consideration, undated 8 12
Tax Forms, 1991 8 13
Testimonial Letters, 1995 8 14
Testimony Before Joint Finance Committee, 1995 8 15
Testing Procedures for Files, undated 8 16
Transportation Services, Agreement, 1995 8 17
Understanding, Evaluating and Sharing New Hope, Conference Agenda, 1997-1998 8 18
United Way Community Initiatives Fund, Correspondence and Proposal, 1990 8 19
Urban Institute, Correspondence, 1990-1993 8 20
Voices of Hope, Newsletter, 1993 8 21
W-2 (Wisconsin Works), Comparison with New Hope, 1995-1996 8 22
W-2 (Wisconsin Works), Policy Recommendations, 1997 8 23
Wage Supplement, Addendum to Wage Supplement Explanation, 1992 8 24
Wage Supplement, Correspondence, 1992-1993 8 25
Wage Supplement, Correspondence, 1994-1995 8 26
Wage Supplement, Correspondence, 1996 8 27
Wage Supplement, Monthly Wage Supplement Tables, 1996 8 28
Wage Supplement, Tables, 1992 9 1
Wage Supplement, Tables, 1994 9 2
Wage Supplement, Tables, 1995-1997 10 11
Welfare Alternative Project, Correspondence, 1988-1989 9 3
Welfare Reform in Wisconsin: What Have We Learned So Far? Conference Correspondence and Program, 1998 9 4
Welfare Reform, Correspondence, Responses to Letter of Sherry Singer, 1985 9 5
Welfare Reform, Proposals, 1994 9 6
Welfare Reform Projects, Comparisons, undated 9 7
Welfare Reform Work Group, Chicago, Unidentified Photos, 1993 9 8
Who Got New Hope? 1997 9 9
Wisconsin Ethics Board Lobbying Report, 1993-1996 9 10
Wiskids Count Milwaukee Project: Is New Hope New?, 1993 9 11
Zeidler, Frank P., Correspondence 9 12

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