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Jun 30, 2008
No. 119 Welfare Reform after Ten Years: A State-by-State Analysis
Heartland Policy Study - Gary MacDougal, Kate Campaigne, Dane WendellQuick Links News Release Executive Summary (html) Executive Summary (pdf) Welfare Reform after Ten Years assigns grades to the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on how they implemented the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), which gave states unprecedented ...
Jun 30, 2008
No. 119 Welfare Reform after Ten Years: A State-by-State Analysis (summary)
Diane Carol BastQuick Links News Release Executive Summary (pdf) Policy Study (pdf) This survey ranks and grades states by the success of their anti-poverty efforts and by the reform policies they adopted. We measured five variables that reflect states success in fighting poverty and seven welfare reform policies states can ...
Jun 30, 2008
No. 119 Welfare Reform after Ten Years: A State-by-State Analysis (summary PDF)
Diane Carol BastQuick Links News Release Executive Summary (html) Policy Study (pdf) This survey ranks and grades states by the success of their anti-poverty efforts and by the reform policies they adopted. We measured five variables that reflect states success in fighting poverty and seven welfare reform policies states can ...
Nov 1, 2006
Foundation Helps States Reorganize Social Services
Steve StanekB.J. Walker vividly remembers the call her department received shortly after she became commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Resources in May 2004. A woman and her two young daughters were living in a car. Local school officials reported the family to the state child welfare agency because of the living conditions ...
Aug 1, 2004
Feds Deny Minnesota Request for Ban on Junk Food Purchases with Food Stamps
John SkorburgThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has denied a March 2004 petition by the state of Minnesota for permission to prevent Food Stamp users from purchasing candy and soft drinks with the stamps. The request was denied in a May 4 letter from a regional administrator in Chicago. Minnesota is the first state to have ...
Jun 1, 2003
Income and Program Participation Among Early TANF Recipients: The Evidence from New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconisin
Maria Cancian, Marieka M. Klawitter, Daniel R. Meyer, Anu Rangarajan, Geoffrey Wallace, and Robert G. Wood12660 ...
Jun 1, 2003
TANF Families and the Child Protective System: Evidence From Illinois and Wisconsin
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Dec 1, 2001
Disappearing Wisconsin welfare recipients: Where did they go?
Sammis B. White, PhD & Loi A. Gedder8735 ...
Oct 1, 2001
Are California's Welfare Leavers Staying Off Public Assistance?
Charles Lieberman and David C. MancusoCalWORKs, California's welfare reform program, has dramatically reduced welfare rolls. But how do families fare after they leave aid? Do they rely on or return to any forms of public assistance? We find that welfare reform has been relatively successful in reducing welfare recidivism and in increasing the use of transitional ...
Jan 1, 2001
Does Arizona Works Work? Welfare Reform in Arizona. Summary
Karla Phillips and Robert Franciosi7930 ...
Jan 1, 2001
Does Arizona Works Work? Welfare Reform in Arizona. Part 2
Karla Phillips and Robert Franciosi7848 ...
Jan 1, 2001
Does Arizona Works Work? Welfare Reform in Arizona. Part 3
Karla Phillips and Robert Franciosi7849 ...
Jan 1, 2001
Does Arizona Works Work? Welfare Reform in Arizona. Part 1
Karla Phillips and Robert Franciosi7881 ...
Jun 1, 2000
What Drives California's Welfare Caseload (summary)
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Oct 1, 1999
Food Stamp Program: How States Are Using Federal Waivers
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May 1, 1999
The Determinants of Welfare Caseload Decline
Robert E. Rector and Sarah E. Youssef3882 ...