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Benefits Cliffs Coaching with the Atlanta Fed’s CLIFF Tools: Implementation Evaluation of the National Pilot

Benefits Cliffs Coaching with the Atlanta Fed’s CLIFF Tools: Implementation Evaluation of the National Pilot
2024
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Author(s): 
Alexander Ruder, Ellyn Terry
Benefits Cliffs Coaching with the Atlanta Fed’s CLIFF Tools: Implementation Evaluation of the National Pilot
Source Sector(s)
Government Agency
Benefits Program
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
CCDF: Child Care and Development Fund
CTC: Child Tax Credit
EITC: Earned Income Tax Credit
Housing
Medicaid/CHIP
TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Other Supplemental Nutrition Programs
WIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
Level of Government
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Location
Format
Non-Academic Article

The Atlanta Fed’s CLIFF tools provide greater transparency to workers about potential public assistance losses when their earnings increase. We find three broad themes in organization-level implementation of the CLIFF tools: identifying the tar- get population of users; integrating the tool into existing operations; and integrating the tool into coaching sessions.