ONYC-Family Rewards: A Conditional Cash Transfer Program to Improve Education, Health, and Employment Outcomes for Low-Income Families

ONYC-Family Rewards is a multi-pronged intervention that ties cash rewards to a pre-specified set of activities and outcomes in the areas of children's education, family preventive health care, and parents' employment. The program is intended to target low-income families in high-poverty communities. ONYC-Family Rewards promotes the extent to which children and their parents become connected and engaged with three key settings and systems - namely education, employment, and health care. The program is implemented through a network of local organizations, called Neighborhood Partner Organizations (NPOs), which recruit and enroll eligible families, provide ongoing customer service, and conduct informational workshops on how to earn and claim rewards. Families earn rewards by meeting certain conditions, such as children's attendance and academic performance, and parents' employment and health care utilization. Rewards are paid every two months, and families can access the money through bank accounts or stored value cards.