Few features of the 1990s welfare reforms have generated as much attention and…
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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…
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The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network coordinated this workshop in conjunction with the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Division. The purpose of this two-day workshop was to assemble a collection of varying levels of…
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With assistance from the Welfare Peer TA Network, the Partners for Community in Bloomington, Illinois and the Illinois Department of Human Services participated in a site visit to a model intermediary program in Oklahoma, the Cornerstone…
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Over the past thirty years, Federal and State policymakers have created various programs with the common goal of moving people from welfare to work. A long debated issue has been how to increase employment among welfare recipients. This research…
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This guide reviews how States have shaped their welfare reform strategies since 1996, in light of the flexibility afforded them by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. It describes how most States used their new…
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Traditional public housing rules that set rent as a percentage of a tenant's income have long been thought to discourage residents from taking jobs, because much of the extra income from employment is simply absorbed by an increase in rent. The…
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This is the fourth in a series of working papers designed to examine what has been learned since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 (effective through September 30, 2002). PRWORA…
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Authored by Deanna T. Schexnayder, Daniel Schroeder, Laura Lein, David Dominguez, Karen Douglas, and Freddie Richards. This research was conducted as part of the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, The University of Texas at…
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Written by Jo Ann Kauffman of the Kaiser Family Foundation, this paper describes case studies of eight Tribes. Of the Tribes studied, six operated their own Tribal TANF programs, one left TANF implementation up to the State, and the remaining…
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