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Download full textKansas Action for Children, Inc., Topeka. – 2000
Since Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act in 1996, Kansas has dramatically reduced its welfare roles. Noting that achieving self-sufficiency is the real measure of success in combating poverty, this study examines welfare reform efforts in Kansas. To gather information, United Way member agencies and…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Children, Family Income
Weissert, Carol S., Ed. – 2000
This book examines welfare reform, occasioned by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which abolished Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It is based on research in Ohio, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan that…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Children, Compliance (Legal)
Mellard, Daryl; Johnson, Richard – 2002
The Road to Success (RtS) program was designed to introduce hard-to-employ adults with learning disabilities and other cognitive barriers to ways of learning that are will enable them to learn the skills and knowledge they will need as employees and in their everyday lives. Originally developed to serve welfare recipients in Kansas, RtS was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes
