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Download full textWashington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2005
WorkFirst is Washington State's welfare-to-work program. The program's mission is to help citizens get "a job, a better job, a better life." Inaugurated in 1996, it is based on the 1996 federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) welfare reform legislation. As part of this new program, the community and technical college system…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Brandon, Richard N.; Plotnick, Robert D. – 1996
This report examines data from a study of the relationship among work status, wage levels, marital status, education, age of youngest child and use of child care in allowing low income households to remain off welfare. The study described looking separately at public assistance status (whether a household received welfare) and recidivism (how long…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Day Care, Day Care Centers
