Those Left Behind: Enduring Challenges Facing Welfare Applicants

This issue brief from the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reviews a study of 1,075 TANF applicants in Milwaukee County agencies between March and August 1999. Unlike recent TANF leavers studies, this study tracked the progress and outcomes for TANF applicants specifically.