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Download full textLyter, Deanna M.; Sills, Melissa; Oh, Gi-Taik – 2002
Since the 1996 passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (welfare reform), impoverished children in single-parent families receive less aid than under the previous system, and the most disadvantaged of these children have slipped deeper into poverty. This research brief summarizes a study that explored the economic well-being…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Family Income, Family (Sociological Unit)
Wells, Kathleen; Guo, Shenyang; Shafran, Robert D.; Pearlmutter, Susan – 2003
At the time the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P. L. 104-193) was being debated, some child welfare advocates raised the concern that its effect on families at high risk of involvement in the child welfare system or on families already involved in the child welfare system would be negative. As the debate…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Financial Resources, Family Needs, Family (Sociological Unit)
Blum, Barbara B.; Farnsworth, Jennifer; Lennon, Mary Clare; Winn, Ellen – 2000
Research continues to provide valuable information about the effects of welfare changes on families receiving public assistance. This working paper is the second in a series of three examining what has been learned since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996. Following an introduction…
Descriptors: Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Legislation, Research Methodology
Blum, Barbara B.; Francis, Jennifer Farnsworth – 2001
Research continues to provide valuable information about the effects of welfare changes on families receiving public assistance. This working paper is the third in a series of three examining what has been learned since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996. Following an introduction…
Descriptors: Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Legislation, Research Methodology
Bloom, Dan; Farrell, Mary; Fink, Barbara – 2002
The effect of welfare time limits on families in different states was examined in a comprehensive study that involved the following activities: (1) a survey of state welfare administrators regarding states' time-limit policies and experiences to date; (2) site visits to five states; and (3) a synthesis of research on time limits. The following…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Disqualification
Blum, Barbara B.; Francis, Jennifer Farnsworth – 2002
This working paper is the fourth in a series examining what has been learned since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996. Following an introduction describing the legislations initial impact, the paper details reauthorization-related activities during 2001 and 2002, and describes…
Descriptors: Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Legislation, Research Methodology
Blum, Barbara B.; Berrey, Ellen C. – 1999
Research findings are providing increasingly valuable information about the effects of welfare changes on families receiving public assistance. This working paper outlines past and current research activities related to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), describes research reports scheduled for…
Descriptors: Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Legislation, Immigrants
