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Download full textTumlin, Karen C.; Zimmerman, Wendy – 2003
This paper examines immigrant participation in welfare, employment patterns and barriers among immigrant welfare recipients, and opportunities for and limits to enrollment in English as a Second Language (ESL) and other training programs while on welfare. It stems from interviews with public officials, employment service providers, welfare office…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, English (Second Language), Immigrants
Quint, Janet; DiMeo, Cristina – 1997
Part of a much larger study of the JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) program, profiles were developed of programs in four communities: San Diego (California); Brooklyn (New York); Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); and Tucson (Arizona), that served welfare clients in innovative and promising ways. The case studies were conducted through site…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Compliance (Legal)
Campbell, David; Rankin, Nancy; Levitan, Mark; Waller, Margy – 2002
Work requirements in welfare reform proposed by the George W. Bush administration would impose much tougher work requirements on welfare recipients. Seventy percent of all adults would be required to work 40 hours per week, versus the 50 percent who are required to work 30 hours per week currently. In addition, states would be given little leeway…
Descriptors: Accountability, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Employment
