Author: John Joseph MitchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Full employment policies
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Implementing Welfare-employment Programs
Author: John Joseph MitchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Full employment policies
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Implementing welfare-employment programs
Author: John J. MitchellWelfare Reform: Implementing DOT's Access to Jobs Program
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 dramatically altered the nation's system for providing assistance to the poor. Among the many changes, the act replaced the existing entitlement program for poor families (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) with fixed block grants to the states to provide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). TANF imposes work requirements on adults and establishes time limits on the receipt of federal assistance. However, for welfare recipients trying to move from welfare to work, a lack of transportation to the places of employment can pose significant barriers. Existing public transportation systems cannot always transport low-income people from their homes to the entry-level jobs they would likely fill. Many of these jobs are located in suburbs beyond the reach of public transportation, or they require shift work in the evenings or on weekends when public transportation is unavailable or limited.
Implementing welfare-employment programs
Author: John J. MitchellWhat Works in Work-first Welfare
Author: Andrew R. FeldmanPublisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN: 0880993758
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
This book is a case study of how New York City's welfare-to-work programs were managed and implemented in the mid 2000s. New York City's welfare system is unique in many ways, so the results may or may not be generalizable to other cities. Even so, the case study is intended to be a rich source for the generation of hypotheses and a compelling and interesting story in itself.
Implementing Welfare-employment Programs
Author: John Joseph MitchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Full employment policies
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Implementing Welfare-employment Programs
Author: John Joseph MitchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manpower policy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Welfare Reform
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commuting
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Welfare Reform
Author: Jeff GROGGERPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674037960
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In Welfare Reform, Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn Karoly assemble evidence from numerous studies to assess how welfare reform has affected behavior. To broaden our understanding of this wide-ranging policy reform, the authors evaluate the evidence in relation to an economic model of behavior.
From Welfare to Work
Author: Judith M. GueronPublisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 161044258X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
From Welfare to Work appears at a critical moment, when all fifty states are wrestling with tough budgetary and program choices as they implement the new federal welfare reforms. This book is a definitive analysis of the landmark social research that has directly informed those choices: the rigorous evaluation of programs designed to help welfare recipients become employed and self-sufficient. It discusses forty-five past and current studies, focusing on the series of seminal evaluations conducted by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation over the last fifteen years. Which of these welfare-to-work programs have worked? For whom and at what cost? In answering these key questions, the authors clearly delineate the trade-offs facing policymakers as they strive to achieve the multiple goals of alleviating poverty, helping the most disadvantaged, curtailing dependence, and effecting welfare savings. The authors present compelling evidence that the generally low-cost, primarily job search-oriented programs of the late 1980s achieved sustained earnings gains and welfare savings. However, getting people out of poverty and helping those who are most disadvantaged may require some intensive, higher-cost services such as education and training. The authors explore a range of studies now in progress that will address these and other urgent issues. They also point to encouraging results from programs that were operating in San Diego and Baltimore, which suggest the potential value of a mixed strategy: combining job search and other low-cost activities for a broad portion of the caseload with more specialized services for smaller groups. Offering both an authoritative synthesis of work already done and recommendations for future innovation, From Welfare to Work will be the standard resource and required reading for practitioners and students in the social policy, social welfare, and academic communities.