Used data from Baltimore Study to examine how African-American teenage mothers worked their way off welfare. Results revealed extensive labor market activity among young mothers on welfare. Found that education facilitated more rapid job exits and cumulative work experience among less-educated mothers allowed them to eventually work their way off…

Notes that Jobs Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program seeks to increase economic self-sufficiency of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Explains how, to track implementation of JOBS, 10-state, 3-year study is being undertaken that focuses on states' choices for implementing JOBS. Considers roles of broker…

Examined prevalence of alcoholism and drug abuse in 206 female Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients enrolled in welfare-to-work program. Findings support clinical reports of substance abuse problems among public assistance and child welfare populations. Prevalence of alcoholism and drug abuse in sample ranged from 16.1-20.8%.…

This study investigates the relationship between the welfare state and poverty with multiple measures of the welfare state and poverty in an unbalanced panel of 18 Western nations from 1967 to 1997. While addressing the limitations of past research, the analysis shows that social security transfers and public health spending significantly reduce…

We examined the influence of income source within the context of persistent poverty on children's disruptive classroom behavior at age 12 and whether these associations were mediated by maternal supervision at ages 10 and 11. Using a subsample (N = 1,112) from the Quebec Longitudinal Study, we coded four economic circumstances indicating…

Estimates the effects of welfare on marital dissolution and remarriage. Data from females indicated that those who received AFDC, food stamps, or other public assistance dissolved their marriages more frequently than those not receiving welfare. The relationship between welfare and marital dissolution decreased somewhat as duration of marriage…

Variations in welfare benefits and increments for additional children have no statistically significant impact on subsequent childbearing decisions of young mothers in general, nor of welfare recipients. Mothers who received welfare support for their first child were no more likely to have additional children through age 23. (SK)

Despite having higher poverty rates, higher unemployment, and lower educational attainment, rural counties have lower welfare participation rates than urban counties. Analysis of all U.S. counties indicates that population density is a major factor linking to high welfare participation. Contains 30 references. (SV)

Analyzed durability of child-care arrangements, using data from 1983-84 longitudinal survey of welfare mothers conducted in three cities. Findings indicated that family day care arrangements were least durable; however, care in a center was not more durable than care provided by a child's relatives. Only convenience, with respect to location and…

The influence of growing up in a welfare home on new mothers' chances of employment is investigated. Data are analyzed using logit and ordinary least-squares equations. Attitudes toward work and welfare are distinguished. Findings do not support a relationship between new mothers' employment and an intergenerationally transmitted welfare culture.…

Describes "Project Learn," a program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to assist individuals in getting off welfare by obtaining productive employment. Discusses the five components of the program: (1) referral/screening, (2) job placement, (3) case management, (4) mentoring, and (5) educational/employability skills. Includes…

The research reported in this paper examined the role of welfare reform in increasing the availability of entry-level workers to meet the rising demand for long-term care employees. Findings from national and statewide evaluations of welfare programs show mixed results in the extent to which beneficiaries could be shifted from welfare caseloads to…

In 1996, the US Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, changing the culture of welfare from a system of dependency to one of personal responsibility and economic self-sufficiency through workplace participation. Through the expert views of case managers and area employers of Wisconsin, this research…

Focuses on the effect of the Community Long Term Care project on nursing home utilization. Over an 18-month period of participation, experimental group clients experienced significantly fewer admissions and a 38 percent reduction in nursing home use. (Author/BL)

A Campus of Learners" is a program in a public-housing project in South Bend, Indiana that aims to get residents off welfare and into the labor market. "Core" empowerment through positive self-concept and persistence is a key feature. (JOW)