General Assistance in Rural America: The Local Response to Poverty.

Winship, James P.

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ERIC Number: EJ362765

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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General Assistance in Rural America: The Local Response to Poverty.

Winship, James P.

Human Services in the Rural Environment, v10 n4, v11 n1 p76-78 Spr-Sum 1987

Studies of the amount of money spent by rural counties on General Assistance Programs identified three factors that contributed to the level of county support: the size of the population, local history of response to human needs, and the role of local public welfare and social service administrators. (JHZ)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Community Characteristics, Community Size, Community Support, County Officials, County Programs, Economic Climate, Local History, Poverty, Rural Areas, Welfare Services

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Support Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Georgia; Wisconsin

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