We use longitudinal, qualitative interview data collected from 38 initially welfare-reliant women in Cleveland, Ohio to examine the factors driving instability in child-care arrangements when women transitioned from welfare to work. Grounded theory analysis revealed that decisions about care were circumscribed by scarce social and economic…

The promotion of marriage and two-parent families as a strategy to reduce welfare dependency continues to be a major public policy goal of the 1996 welfare reform. Based on the assumption that women will marry employed men and that their earnings will lift poor mothers and their children from public dependency, this objective raises important…

The authors examined the effects of antipoverty programs on children's cumulative poverty-related risk and the relationship between cumulative poverty-related risk and child outcomes among low-income families. Samples included 419 children ages 3-10 years in the New Hope program and 759 children ages 2-9 years in the Minnesota Family …

Changes in parenting behavior have led to the troubling situation called the "feminization of poverty." Families headed by divorced women are doing better than is commonly supposed. Families headed by never-married women are doing worse. Public policy should reflect the differing needs of these two groups. (VM)

This paper suggests that the relationship between women and the welfare state is shaped by a "family ethic" that in many ways parallels the work ethic known to shape the relationship between the welfare state and men. The family ethic is defined and applied to major income maintenance programs. (Author/MH)

Provides a prototype measure of employability to be used as a tool in public employment programs. Considers political and ethical implications pertaining to the use of such a selection instrument for welfare recipients. (Author/ABB)

Liberals should acknowledge that there is no such thing as a perfect welfare plan and honestly discuss the problems in the welfare system. The class conflict undergirding the welfare debate will not be eliminated by liberals taking a more practical approach, but perhaps will make it easier to implement reform. (Author/ML)

Analyzed the relationship between access to social welfare programs and the extent potential rehabilitants pursue vocational rehabilitation. Vocational rehabilitation clients (N=200) completed a benefit survey. Benefits variables were consistently related to vocational rehabilitation outcome variables. The more sources of benefits, the less likely…

Investigated possible score bias on the MMPI among Blacks and Mexican-Americans who were receiving aid to families with dependent children. (Author)

Examines challenges Asian children and families face in accessing the child welfare and day care systems and explores challenges to political organizing in terms of attitudes and processes. Some successful interventions in building coalitions to advocate for Asian American children are highlighted. (SLD)

Presents a resiliency model of job training that emphasizes applicant recruitment, assessment, and development. The model can increase program success rates by using psychological assessment and professional development goals of the individual. Discusses the effectiveness of federal jobs training and the need for training versus the ability to use…

Discusses the growth in Social Security Administration (SSA) disability programs and suggests that one means of assisting SSA beneficiaries to reduce dependence is for the SSA to directly or indirectly fund competitive employment initiatives focusing on vocational rehabilitation for individuals who are currently served in nonremunerative day…

Examines the extent to which urban community colleges are able to develop new programs for welfare recipients under welfare reform. Reports that, according to a survey of New York City's community colleges, although the policy environment has dampened new programming for welfare recipients among these institutions, some exemplary programs have…

Analyzed whether parents' receipt of welfare affected children's educational attainment in early adulthood, independent of its effect through changing family income. Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics indicated that greater exposure to welfare significantly associated with children's poorer educational attainment. Although exposure to…

Analysis of Current Population Survey and Social Security data through 1985 did not support hypothesis that increase in median earnings of Black men after 1964 reflects labor force withdrawal of large numbers of low-income Black men who received government transfers. Of the total gain in relative earnings from 1964-85, only 14 percent can be…