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Direct linkDeLuca, Stefanie; Rosenblatt, Peter – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background: Previous research has demonstrated that children growing up in poor communities have limited access to high-performing schools, while more affluent neighborhoods tend to have higher-ranking schools and more opportunities for after-school programs and activities. Therefore, many researchers and policy makers expected not only that the…
Descriptors: Transfer Students, Neighborhoods, Middle Class, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedSchiller, Bradley R. – American Journal of Sociology, 1970
It is concluded that a substantial portion of the AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) sons' socioeconomic and academic underachievement can only be explained in terms of a relative constriction in opportunities. The Constriction itself is based on the economic status of the origin family. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economic Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
This report recommends that Title I of the proposed Family Welfare Reform Act of 1987 (H.R. 1720) be replaced with a Fair Work Opportunities Program. H.R. 1720 is proposed to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program of the Social Security Act Title IV. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to assure that needy children…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Welfare, Children, Day Care
PDF pending restorationCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1979
Poverty remains a persistent problem for many women, and certain features of American life serve to keep them in a disadvantaged economic position. The welfare system is so arranged that many of its programs (such as the Work Incentive Program) favor men or (as in the case of Aid to Families with Dependent Children) force poor women to place their…
Descriptors: Child Care, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females
Ganzglass, Evelyn; McCart, Linda – Vocational Education Journal, 1990
The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program offers a chance to provide training and employment opportunities for people traditionally locked out of the labor market. It can stimulate greater cooperation among agencies and provide the impetus for creative approaches to serving the disadvantaged. It can boost enrollments and inspire new…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Employment Opportunities, Job Training
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
Characteristics were examined of participants in and services provided through the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) programs in 1992. National data concerning 1992 JOBS program participants that had been collected by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) were analyzed along…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Educational Opportunities, Federal Programs
Spalter-Roth, Roberta – 1994
The question of whether recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) can reasonably be expected to work full time year-round given their available employment opportunities and living conditions was examined in a ongoing study. The study used the U.S. Bureau of the Census' Survey of Income and Program Participation to develop a…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Mothers
Bloomquist, Leonard E.; And Others – Rural Development Perspectives, 1988
Examines the feasibility of "workfare," a key feature of welfare reform. Uses Current Population Survey (1986) and Bureau of Labor Statistics (1988) to estimate the ratio of potential workfare workers to available jobs. Concludes that, at best, this ratio is 6.2:1 in nonmetro areas and 11.0:1 in metro areas. (SV)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Feasibility Studies, Labor Market
Peer reviewedGarasky, Steven – Evaluation Review, 1990
Massachusetts' Employment and Training (ET) Choices Program--a work-incentive demonstration--assumes that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) would choose work over welfare if given genuine opportunities for economic improvement. Models for estimating caseload without the ET Program indicate that the program had only…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Opportunities, Employment Programs, Job Training
Illinois State Dept. of Public Aid, Springfield. – 1995
This report examines the operation and outcomes of Illinois' welfare programs in fiscal year 1995. The Illinois Department of Public Aid's new emphasis on providing incentives/assistance to move welfare recipients from welfare to work is explained. Next, the following programs are discussed: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Job…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annual Reports, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Colleges
De Simone, Peter, Ed.; Kunz, Julia, Ed. – 1987
This report outlines findings and recommendations of a committee study of whether the State of Missouri is in need of welfare reform. The major finding is that Missouri's current welfare system is substantially deficient and requires correction of laws, policies, practices, and resource allocation. Three major themes are the following: (1) welfare…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Family Income, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Carlin, Thomas A.; And Others – 1979
The two papers in this document were prepared in response to requests by the Department of Agriculture and the White House staff for briefs on welfare and poverty issues. The first paper, "The Administration's Welfare Reform Proposal: Impact on Rural Areas" by Robert Hoppe, discusses major provisions of (1) the proposed Welfare Reform…
Descriptors: Definitions, Employment Opportunities, Farmers, Federal Legislation
Maine State Dept. of Human Services, Augusta. – 1981
A committee examined the number, type, and quality of work and training opportunities available for heads of households under Maine's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program and suggested ways to improve them. Comprised of such representatives of the private and public sectors as employers, AFDC recipients, welfare advocates,…
Descriptors: Coordination, Economic Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Finance
Plein, L. Christopher – 2001
Structured work and training activities for welfare recipients in West Virginia began in 1962 when the state's entire caseload of two-parent families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children was enrolled in mandatory work and training activities. In 1980s-1990s, the Community Work Experience Program became an important tool in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Economic Climate, Economic Opportunities
Malone, Margaret – 1986
This report chronicles the history of the Federal role in welfare programs and training and employment programs since the New Deal. Part I presents a chronological summary of legislative action since 1935 and briefly discusses some major issues the Congress has tried to resolve, including: whether Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Family Income, Federal Aid
