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Boeckmann, Margaret – 1984
A descriptive analysis was made of survey data collected on a sample of Work Incentive (WIN) Demonstration Program clients (i.e., mandatory welfare recipients who are required by law to register for employment and training as a condition of benefit receipt) participating in a special employment and training program called OPTIONS in Baltimore…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Employment, Employment Opportunities
Download full textTienda, Marta; Jensen, Leif – 1985
This paper addresses the important but relatively understudied problem of immigrants' use of transfer payments. First it documents differentials in the propensity of natives and immigrants to receive public assistance income using 1980 census data. Descriptive tabulations revealed considerable differences between Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Economic Status, Government Role
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of National Security and International Affairs. – 1988
This report reviews the progress of demonstration projects that reduce refugee welfare dependency, promote earlier refugee employment and self-sufficiency, and foster coordination among public and private agencies that work with refugees. The projects used the following three methods: (1) removing welfare provisions that took away some cash…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs, Health Services
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 poverty in the 1980s. The goal was to explore innovative methods to improve the nation's poverty situation. The historical background, including the War on Poverty of the 1960s, was discussed. Much of the testimony centered around Michael Harrington's book, "The Other…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Factors, Family Status, Fringe Benefits
Gueron, Judith M. – 1987
This country has long debated the question of how to design the welfare system, particularly the federally supported Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program which provides cash assistance to families headed primarily by female single parents. A pressing issue is whether welfare programs should continue to be broad entitlements or…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Employment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1987
This hearing seeks to examine the Family Welfare Reform Act, H.R. 1720, now pending, and determine what changes in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and the Food Stamp Program are needed to ensure that the United States has an integrated welfare system. H.R. 1720 includes benefit reforms, a new employment and training…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Robins, Philip K.; Dickinson, Katherine P. – 1983
This report presents results from a comprehensive study of child support issues. Using information from three data bases, the following findings emerged: (1) marital status is a strong predictor of receipt of welfare and child support; (2) socioeconomic characteristics of the mother and her family influence welfare and child support outcomes; (3)…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Government Role, Marital Status, One Parent Family
Yzaguirre, Raul – 1987
This testimony on unemployed disadvantaged youth given before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor focuses on the condition of Hispanic and other disadvantaged youth in the labor force. The experiences of these youth with the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) are discussed, and the following problems are elucidated: (1) failure to meet the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Economic Status, Employment Experience
Ensminger, Margaret E. – 1980
An attempt was made to identify variables associated with black mothers in a high risk community who stayed on welfare, who moved off welfare, who moved on and off welfare, and who did not participate in welfare. Three kinds of variables were explored to explain such variations in welfare participation: (1) social origin characteristics, (2)…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Family Characteristics, Individual Characteristics, Longitudinal Studies
Iler, Patrick A. – 1979
The well-being of poor older people is a concern for society. Two random samples of people, 65 years old and older, were taken in Cleveland, Ohio--1,300 from the general population and 194 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. Both samples were interviewed in 1975 and 1976, and a well-being status was developed for each person in the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Loneliness, Low Income Groups, Older Adults
Bishop, John; Haveman, Robert – 1978
Effects of variations in the structure of targeted employment subsidy programs on the attainment of program objectives are explored in this paper. First, the objectives that underlie targeted subsidy programs are outlined in relation to individual program characteristics and the economics of such programs are discussed. Then the wide range of…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Grants
Southern Regional Council, Atlanta, GA. – 1967
THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY OF THE 100 POOREST COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES--97 IN 11 SOUTHERN STATES, TWO IN ALASKA, AND ONE IN OKLAHOMA. DATA WERE OBTAINED PRIMARILY ON THE MAJOR PROGRAMS OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, AID TO THE BLIND, AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN, AID TO THE PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED, MEDICAL…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Living Standards, State Programs
New Jersey Community Action Training Inst., Trenton. – 1967
Based primarily on two official manuals of the Division of Public Welfare of the New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies, this handbook on public assistance rights and responsibilities can be used as a training manual for community action workers, and as a reference book for such workers and for those eligible for public assistance.…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Organizations, Directories, Federal Aid
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1976
This 1976 annual report on the Work Incentive Program (WIN), a federally funded program directed to assisting the transition of individuals from welfare to self-sufficiency and economic independence, includes both discussion of the 1976 activities and presentation of a broader perspective including background, change, and future prospects of the…
Descriptors: Age, Annual Reports, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Sviridoff, Mitchell – 1977
In this report a program of supported work developed by the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor and the Ford Foundation is discussed. Supported work is designed for the disadvantaged, people who face barriers in seeking and holding regular jobs. A pilot program for former drug addicts was begun in 1972 by the Vera…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Criminals, Dependents, Disadvantaged
