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Download full textTimmons, Jaimie Ciulla; Foley, Susan; Whitney-Thomas, Jean; Green, Joseph; Casey, Judi – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that examined the impact of welfare reform on individuals with disabilities in Massachusetts and Wisconsin. New welfare reforms required individuals to develop marketable skills and acceptable work behaviors and move along a path to employment. For individuals with disabilities in the Temporary…
Descriptors: Adults, Day Care, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
This report recommends that Title I of the proposed Family Welfare Reform Act of 1987 (H.R. 1720) be replaced with a Fair Work Opportunities Program. H.R. 1720 is proposed to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program of the Social Security Act Title IV. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to assure that needy children…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Welfare, Children, Day Care
Porter, Toni – 1991
In spring and summer of 1991, five focus groups gathered information on the child care choices of welfare mothers and helped organizations participating in the Expanded Child Care Options Demonstration program develop a child care supply that met parents' needs. Three of the focus groups were made up of African-American women, with one of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Blacks
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1999
A study conducted a questionnaire survey of 70 refugee women in Illinois and 2 service provider focus groups to assess the effects of welfare changes on refugee women and to identify barriers to workforce participation. Survey findings were that refugee women in the workforce are concentrated in low-wage jobs and do not earn enough income to move…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Day Care, Employed Women
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1984
Testimony from a congressional hearing on the dual role women play as wage earners and as mothers is presented. Other focuses of the hearing include what is being done and what needs to be done by the public and private sectors to facilitate the entry of women into a broad range of occupations, including higher paid nontraditional areas.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Day Care
Boland, Kathleen A.; Sosland, Abby; Fishman, Michael E.; Gardiner, Karen N. – 2000
With the transformation of the welfare system, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reviewed the employment and training components of 13 of its programs. The evaluation begins with a literature review that identifies these four groups of elements associated with positive outcomes: employment services that have an employment…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
