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Federal constraints and state innovation: Lessons from Florida's family transition program

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  • Robin H. Rogers-Dillon

    (Health Policy Research, Yale University)

  • Janet A. Weiss

    (School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220)

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Prevailing wisdom holds that limiting the federal role in welfare will free the states to be more innovative in welfare-to-work programs. Findings from Florida's Family Transition Program (FTP), a pilot welfare reform initiative, however, suggest that the relationship between federal “strings” and state innovation is more complex. A central feature of the welfare-to-work program in the FTP was the direct result of federal requirements imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services during waiver negotiations. Federal regulation, in this case, promoted innovation. Outcome-orientation, media and political attention, and fiscal structure are argued to be potentially important factors structuring the impact of federal regulation on state innovation. ©1999 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

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  • Robin H. Rogers-Dillon & Janet A. Weiss, 1999. "Federal constraints and state innovation: Lessons from Florida's family transition program," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(2), pages 327-332.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:18:y:1999:i:2:p:327-332
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199921)18:2<327::AID-PAM7>3.0.CO;2-Z
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