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Download full textChild Care Action Campaign, New York, NY. – 1997
On December 11, 1997, the Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC) hosted an audioconference to explore the issue of how parents seeking to get off welfare can learn about subsidies available for child care in the transition from welfare to work. Presenters were Doug Baird, president of Associated Day Care Services in Boston, who discussed lessons of a…
Descriptors: Day Care, Diffusion (Communication), Early Childhood Education, Grants
Peer reviewedGrindereng, Margaret P. – Journal of Extension, 1976
In an examination of the accuracy of verbal labels generally attributed to AFDC groups, data revealed the majority of AFDC recipients do not fit the public's stereotypes. The AFDC family, in addition to economic stresses, experiences psychological and social stresses. Ways in which Extension can help AFDC groups are suggested. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Extension Education, Public Affairs Education, Public Opinion
Margolin, Ilene; And Others – 1986
This report highlights the interconnectedness of welfare reform and broader strategies concerning the economy, education, and the conditions of work. Recommendations are presented for policies that would help working poor families avoid dependence on welfare. The report is divided into five chapters. Chapter I summarizes major findings and…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Labor Market, Poverty
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
This hearing before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources focuses on national goals for employment and poverty reduction. Testimony was heard from government officials, union representatives, economists, and other interested persons. Excerpts from articles and publications were submitted for review. The testimony included the following…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment, Influences, Job Training
Hollenbeck, Kevin; And Others – 1986
A study examined the effects of the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC) program on the employment and earnings of disadvantaged persons. Three outcomes--average quarterly wages, average number of quarters employed, and average wages during employed quarters--were studied for various categories of disadvantaged persons (economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This report provides information about programs that can be replicated and resources that can be tapped to design and implement strategies for helping women on welfare become productive employees. The first part describes major welfare programs in the United States and welfare-to-work programs initiated in selected states over the past several…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Neuber, Manfred, Ed. – Inpress, 1988
While West Germany is an affluent society, it is also progressive in terms of its social weflare system. This country's constitution of May, 1949, known as The Basic Law, formed the foundation of the system that simultaneously guarantees human dignity and free personal development and promotes social justice and progress. A national economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Social Action, Social Responsibility
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1986
This document presents a transcript of a Joint Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy hearing on the impact of the Federal "War on Poverty" programs. Testimony and submissions for the record included: (1) a paper by Lowell Gallaway et al., "The 'New' Structural Poverty: A Quantitative Analysis," which examines the effects…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Poverty
Texas State Legislature, Austin. Senate Interim Committee on Hunger and Nutrition. – 1984
Following an executive summary and introduction, the report is divided into four chapters. Chapter 1 presents evidence of hunger in Texas, which is revealed to be a growing problem. Statistics on the number of persons living in poverty, unemployed persons not receiving unemployment insurance benefits, and persons seeking food assistance from both…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Economically Disadvantaged, Hunger, Nutrition
Levy, Frank; And Others – 1977
This report contains eight papers which summarize a two-year research project that examined the income dynamics of poor families. The empirical work is based upon the National Longitudinal Surveys of the Michigan Survey Research Center, a special sample of 3,000 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) families conducted by the authors, the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Economics, Family Characteristics, Low Income Groups
Boskin, Michael J.; Nold, Frederick C. – 1975
Two models of the duration of stay on welfare are developed and estimated using panel data from the California Aid to Families with Dependent Children AFDC panel survey. The first model characterizes the distribution of length of stay on welfare as drawn from the lognormal distribution with a truncation at the duration of the experiment (sixty…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Low Income Groups, Minimum Wage, Models
Rein, Mildred – 1974
Such factors as a belief in individual freedom of choice, the support of minority groups' rights, and a concern for the psychological effects of mothering on children have tended to mitigate against a clear-cut advocacy of the employment of mothers under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Two recent phenomena, however, have emerged…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Employment, Federal Aid
Jermany, Catherine Day
The paper, part of the paralegal training materials prepared by the National Paralegal Institution, discusses the role of the welfare advocate, a type of legal assistant: the right and responsibility to refuse a case; competency to provide adequate representation; informal advocacy vs. formal advocacy in welfare; arranging the negotiation setting…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Job Training, Legal Aid, Legal Assistants
Phelps, William R. – 1974
This is a followup posttraining of 210 program participants of rehabilitation practitioners, including social case workers, rehabilitation counselors, and para-professional staff members. These rehabilitation practitioners were involved in, 'Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Welfare Applicants and/or Recipients,' within the States of Virginia…
Descriptors: Demography, Personnel Evaluation, Physical Disabilities, Professional Personnel
Opton, Edward M., Jr. – 1971
In-depth interviews with 75 California recipients of Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC) were conducted to determine employment histories and identify possible causes. Expected factors such as family size, education, health, and motivation were not major determinants of work histories in this sample. Unemployment was related most strongly…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Failure
