Search Results for: Family And Child Well Being After Welfare Reform

This book examines the effects of work requirements imposed by welfare reform on low-income women and their families. The authors pay particular attention to th

Since their historic high in 1994, welfare caseloads in the United States have dropped an astounding 59 percent--more than 5 million fewer families receive welf

Examines the forms that poverty takes in American families and what can be done to remedy it.

Since their historic high in 1994, welfare caseloads in the United States have dropped an astounding 59 percent--more than 5 million fewer families receive welf

The contributors find little evidence that welfare reform has hurt the poor, especially poor children, as was once feared. Topics vital to low-income families a