Abstract

This paper presents our findings regarding the Butler County Success Program, a program designed to assist students in grades K-6 (and their families) who qualify for Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF). The program follows an holistic case management approach centered around 15 community liaisons assigned to work in one or more of the 40 participating schools across 8 school districts in Butler County Ohio, in order to assess and help families meet non-cognitive needs (e.g., parental involvement/supervision, access to health care, childcare, healthy food, transportation and service utilization, and financial services/resources). This article reports on the quantitative portion of our evaluation, which followed a pre- and post-test design with data from four sources (children, teachers, parents, school records). Findings indicate several changes in positive outcomes from pre-test to post-test.