Life After Welfare : : Reform and the Persistence of Poverty / / Laura Lein, Deanna T. Schexnayder, Karen Douglas, Daniel Schroeder.
In the decade since President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 into law—amidst promises that it would "end welfare as we know it"—have the reforms ending entitlements and moving toward time limits and work requirements lifted Texas...
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- ONE. Families in a Changing Welfare Context
- TWO. The Context for Texas Poverty and Welfare
- THREE. The Weak (and Tangled) Safety Net
- FOUR. Making a Living After Welfare
- FIVE. Coping with Barriers to Self-Sufficiency
- SIX. Staying Employed and Off Welfare
- SEVEN. Low-Income Families and TANF Policies
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX