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Peer reviewedHagen, Jan L.; Davis, Liane V. – Social Work Research, 1996
Explores mothers' perceptions of child care under a job training program and the effects of program participation on their children. Findings suggest that some preschool children benefit from their mothers' participation due to an increase of new learning opportunities for the children and through the mothers' improved parenting abilities. (RJM)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Children, Employment Programs
Download full textZaslow, Martha; Tout, Kathryn; Botsko, Christopher; Moore, Kristin – 1998
Findings from recent evaluations of welfare-to-work programs and child development research suggest that welfare reform can affect children in multiple ways. These studies focused on three welfare-to-work programs that differ from those that will be implemented under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Characteristics
Harvey, Mark – 1998
This annotated bibliography, arranged alphabetically by personal author, contains 235 citations of works examining welfare reform and its implications for rural areas. Items include journal articles, books, reports, and discussion papers from universities, private institutes, government agencies, and private presses. Topics include labor and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Welfare, Federal Legislation, Job Training
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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1988
This series of hearings, the second of three on welfare reform, focuses on the following legislation: (1) the Family Security Act (S. 1511); (2) child support enforcement bills (S. 1001 and S. 869); and (3) the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Employment and Training Reorganization Act. Among the speakers and witnesses were the following:…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Support, Child Welfare, Cost Estimates
AdvoCasey, 2000
This periodical provides accessible, in-depth profiles of programs and policies that have made measurable differences in the lives of children and families. A particular focus is on initiatives that have helped reform child-serving institutions and systems and that have strengthened the physical infrastructure, economic vitality, and social fabric…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Child Welfare, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This document reports on a congressional hearing on the George W. Bush administration's proposals for welfare reform and legislation to reauthorize the 1996 welfare reform law. Testimony includes statements from United States (US) Representatives John Boehner and Patsy Mink; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Advocacy, Child Care, Child Welfare
Gueron, Judith M.; Hamilton, Gayle – 2002
States have used variants of these three approaches to structure the welfare to-work component of welfare reform for single mothers: (1) put education or training first; (2) place job searching first; and (3) create a flexible program that allows staff and participants choice in the initial and subsequent activities. Research on these program…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Child Welfare, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs
Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., WI. – 1997
Milwaukee Area Technical College's (MATC) Project Get Started assesses mothers on welfare, analyzes their child care needs, makes recommendations, and engages 75% of the women in an appropriate job activity for at least 10 hours per week. Mothers attend an orientation that furnishes information on the project and on "W-2," the state's…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Births to Single Women, Child Welfare, Economically Disadvantaged
