Author: Theodora OomsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hispanic American families
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Latino Families, Poverty, and Welfare Reform
Author: Theodora OomsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hispanic American families
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Families, Poverty, and Welfare Reform
Author: Lawrence B. JosephPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780962675553
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This volume combines essays by public policy scholars with comments by social project directors who speak from their experiences in the field. Essays include critical assessments of policies to reduce dependency on welfare and a discussion of the effects of poverty on women and children, as well as a look at welfare reform in Illinois.
American Poverty in a New Era of Reform
Author: Harrell R. RodgersPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317477146
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This new edition of American Poverty in a New Era of Reform provides a comprehensive examination of the extent, causes, effects, and costs of American poverty nearly ten years after the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996. The author includes the most current available demographic, budget, evaluation, and program data to evaluate the impact of this sweeping legislation on federal and state policies, as well as on poverty populations. This revised edition takes into account the economic slowdown that took place in 2001 through 2003. It examines the state decisions about how to implement PRWORA, and how changes have affected the poverty population and overall welfare system. The author identifies the positive implications of welfare reform along with problems that must be addressed. New features for this edition include an appendix of Internet sources a state-by-state tables of poverty rates.
Not Working
Author: Alejandra MarchevskyPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 081475709X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Not Working chronicles the devastating effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that ended welfare as we know it. For those who now receive public assistance, “work” means pleading with supervisors for full-time hours, juggling ever-changing work schedules, and shuffling between dead-end jobs that leave one physically and psychically exhausted. Through vivid story-telling and pointed analysis, Not Working profiles the day-to-day struggles of Mexican immigrant women in the Los Angeles area, showing the increased vulnerability they face in the welfare office and labor market. The new “work first” policies now enacted impose time limits and mandate work requirements for those receiving public assistance, yet fail to offer real job training or needed childcare options, ultimately causing many families to fall deeper below the poverty line. Not Working shows that the new “welfare-to-work” regime has produced tremendous instability and insecurity for these women and their children. Moreover, the authors argue that the new politics of welfare enable greater infringements of rights and liberty for many of America's most vulnerable and constitute a crucial component of the broader assault on American citizenship. In short, the new welfare is not working.
Welfare Reform Issue Brief
Author: Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts
Author: C. Anne BroussardPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135694974
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts addresses the context of poverty in the United States and focuses on poverty issues that family members must confront as they move through the life course. This edited collection provides a unique perspective that draws together macro and micro research about how poverty affects families throughout their lives, increasing risks and reducing opportunities at every stage. Individual chapters emphasize the context of poverty in the United States, then go on to examine specific life cycle stages and what happens when poverty intersects with family concerns. Contributing authors are respected experts in their fields and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives including child development, community health, education, family studies, gerontology, disability, public policy, social work and sociology. Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts includes a range of pedagogical features to enhance learning such as exercises and discussions relating to each chapter, which will encourage readers to think critically and apply the knowledge to their own lives. It will interest students, academics and researchers of sociology, family studies, social work and health as well as other related disciplines.
Before and After Welfare Reform
Author: Avis Jones-DeWeeverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poor families
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Welfare Reform and Its Long-Term Consequences for America's Poor
Author: James P. ZiliakPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521764254
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Leading poverty experts address the longer-term effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
Child Poverty and Inequality
Author: Duncan LindseyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195305442
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Duncan Lindsey shows in this volume that it is possible to provide true opportunity to all children, insuring them against a lifetime of inequality. When we do, the walls dividing the United States by race, ethnicity, and wealth will begin to crumble.
Stretched Thin
Author: Sandra L. MorgenPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 080145784X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However, assessments about the assumptions and consequences of this radical change to the nation's social safety net were actually far more varied and disputed than the label "consensus" suggests.By examining the varied realities and accountings of welfare restructuring, Stretched Thin looks back at a critical moment of policy change and suggests how welfare policy in the United States can be changed to better address the needs of poor families and the nation. Using ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews with poor families and welfare workers, survey data tracking more than 750 families over two years, and documentary evidence, Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt question the validity of claims that welfare reform has been a success. They show how poor families, welfare workers, and welfare administrators experienced and assessed welfare reform differently based on gender, race, class, and their varying positions of power and control within the welfare state.The authors document the ways that, despite the dramatic drop in welfare rolls, low-wage jobs and inadequate social supports left many families struggling in poverty. Revealing how the neoliberal principles of a drastically downsized welfare state and individual responsibility for economic survival were implemented through policies and practices of welfare provision and nonprovision, the authors conclude with new recommendations for reforming welfare policy to reduce poverty, promote economic security, and foster shared prosperity.