This article compares welfare participation and economic well-being among 849 teenage mothers who received case management services from the Adolescent Parenting Program (APP) with a comparison group of 700 teenage mothers. A higher proportion of APP participants received welfare either as a child or after giving birth to their first baby. However, the findings do not reveal any significant associations with APP participation and the likelihood of longer welfare cash assistance receipt. Programs for adolescent mothers may be helpful in connecting them with welfare assistance when they are at most in need of such services, in keeping with the intended short-term use of the welfare program. Implications for practice with adolescent mothers and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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