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Download full textCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1985
This report details findings of the Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources Subcommittee concerning the strengths and weaknesses of current and proposed Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) work programs for promoting self-sufficiency among poor women; the role of support services such as day care; successful innovations in State…
Descriptors: Day Care, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Females
Jenkins, Susan; And Others – 1989
This paper considers the rising phenomenon of one-parent, female-headed households in Georgia, identifies family service needs of these families, and explores availability of services. Female-headed families account for 16.4% of all families in Georgia, making it second-highest in the nation. From 1970 to 1980, the number of female-headed families…
Descriptors: Day Care, Employment Opportunities, Fatherless Family, Heads of Households
Foster, Terry, Ed. – 1980
This executive summary of a 1979 household survey of 1,033 Texas families with children under six years of age updates previous (1973) findings. Of the households surveyed, 50% reported an annual income of less than $14,500. A single parent, usually a woman, headed 15% of these households. Most of the parents worked; 98.5% of the fathers and 40.6%…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Day Care, Discipline
Schroeder, Patricia – USA Today, 1983
Faulty laws, unfair practices, and years of tradition in the workplace keep women from economic equality. The Economic Equity Act proposed by Congress will address inequalities in tax and retirement matters, the need for better dependent care, nondiscrimination in insurance, regulatory reform, and child support enforcement. (IS)
Descriptors: Day Care, Discriminatory Legislation, Displaced Homemakers, Divorce
Burke, Rebecca A. – 1984
Concluding that Iowa women are suffering more and in greater numbers than before, this report contains testimony from the 1983 public hearings initiated by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women. Each section contains background information and testimony from women who have had firsthand experience of poverty--such as female…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Criminals, Day Care, Disabilities
Barrett, Nancy S. – 1984
This examination of structural changes in the U.S. economy and its effect on the role of working women presents a policy agenda for alleviating some of the economic strains facing today's working woman. Material is arranged into 3 parts. Part 1 provides an historical backdrop and discusses women's shift out of housework, women as providers, and…
Descriptors: Day Care, Displaced Homemakers, Dual Career Family, Employed Parents
