Higher Ground

http://www.newhopebook.com
New Hope for the Working Poor and Their Children, Greg Duncan, Aletha Huston, and Thomas Weisner (Russell Sage Foundation, 2007)

Handbook of Families and Poverty

http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdTOC.nav?prodId=Book230536
New Hope Project is examined in Chapter 3 of the Handbook of Families and Poverty from Sage Publications.

The Handbook of Families and Poverty
 covers hotly debated issues associated with public policy and funded research as they relate to families and poverty. Contributors, bringing multiple perspectives to bear, aim to show alternatives to welfare in subgroups facing specific challenges that are currently not adequately addressed by the welfare system.  Readers will appreciate the insightful summaries of research involving poverty and its relationship to couple, marital, and family dynamics.

Making It Work: Low-Wage Employment, Family Life and Child Development

http://www.russellsage.org/publications/books/060712.213816
H. Yoshikawa, T. Weisner, and E. Lowe, editors.

New Hope evaluation results, by MDRC

http://www.mdrc.org/project_8_30.html
(various years)

The Prisoners of Welfare: Liberating America's Poor from Unemployment and Low Wages

http://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Welfare-Liberating-Americas-Unemployment/dp/0275927059
David Riemer, 1988. (model for New Hope)