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Peer reviewedHagen, Jan L. – Social Work, 1992
Notes that today's public welfare environment is driven by nation's most recent variation on welfare reform as embodied in Family Support Act of 1988. Reviews this act, focusing on welfare-to-work programs, and discusses implications for social work roles in public welfare. Delineates roles in direct practice, management, policy analysis, staff…
Descriptors: Employment, Federal Legislation, Public Policy, Social Work
Peer reviewedHagen, Jan L.; Davis, Liane V. – Social Work Research, 1996
Explores mothers' perceptions of child care under a job training program and the effects of program participation on their children. Findings suggest that some preschool children benefit from their mothers' participation due to an increase of new learning opportunities for the children and through the mothers' improved parenting abilities. (RJM)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Children, Employment Programs
