The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act emphasized the importance of finding and maintaining employment among welfare recipients. Important to maintaining employment is reliable and affordable child care. In this working paper,…

From the Institute for the Study of Labor, this study looks at the influence of child care subsidies on child health and well-being. Child care subsidies have recently played an increased role in supporting the transition from welfare to work,…

Funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, this study investigated a group of families over a two and a half year period on their child care use to understand how child care…

From the National Poverty Center, this working paper outlines the impact on welfare reform policies, such as work requirements, and child support enforcement policies on maternal health and health behavior by utilizing the Fragile Families and…

This article, published from the National Association of Social Workers, investigates the relationship of child sexual abuse, physical and psychological barriers to work, and employment outcomes among former and current welfare recipients.…

From California's Welfare Policy Research Project, this study was charged with investigating barriers to employment and services accessibility among TANF recipients in San Joaquin County, California. The following potential barriers were surveyed…

With the inception of welfare reform in 1996, the goal was to move recipients off welfare and into work. While many States have adopted supports for recipients moving to work, many former recipients have difficulty maintaining stable employment.…

Besides acting as a critical health problem, teen pregnancy is tied to a variety of other social issues, including welfare dependence, overall child well-being, out-of-wedlock births, fatherhood, and workforce development. Over half of all teen…

A National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) publication entitled "Broke But Not Deadbeat: Reconnecting Low-Income Fathers and Children" addresses the circumstances faced by low-income fathers who are not able to meet their required child…