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Learning from Leaders: Welfare Reform Politics and Policy in Five Midwestern States.
Weissert, Carol S., Ed. – 2000
This book examines welfare reform, occasioned by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which abolished Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It is based on research in Ohio, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan that…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Children, Compliance (Legal)
Preparation of Mentally Retarded Youth for Gainful Employment: A Study Sponsored Jointly by the U.S. Office of Education, the U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Project on Technical Planning of the American Association on Mental Deficiency. Bulletin, 1959, No. 28
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Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
Public schools are finding that an educational program which serves as effective preparation for, and as an adequate transition to employment, may involve activities which have often been considered to be beyond the usual scope of school responsibility. Communities are finding that the task of preparing the mentally retarded for community living…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Public Schools
Income Replacement and Reemployment Programs in Michigan and Neighboring States. W.E. Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper.
Woodbury, Stephen A. – 2002
Income replacement and reemployment programs in Michigan and its neighboring states were examined in the context of recent changes in federal policy regarding compensation and services for individuals who have lost their jobs or sustained job-related injuries. The analysis focused primarily on the following programs: (1) Unemployment Insurance…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems