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Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1977
In this text of hearings held before a congressional committee on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program are statements from a number of specialists regarding the administration of public assistance, and relevant information on low income families. Specific data and the more general theory of social welfare and reform are…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Problems, Family Income, Federal Aid
Piliavin, Irving; And Others – 1979
The quality of effort among public assistance personnel has been criticized virtually since the inception of welfare programs for the poor. However, until recently, empirical information on the performance of these workers has been nonexistent. The present study, concerned with Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) case decision errors,…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Decision Making, Error Patterns, Federal Aid
Vesely, Marie; And Others – 1982
Applying for public assistance can be a difficult, long, and humiliating process. Administrative practices can prevent applicants from receiving their lawful benefits from agencies handling Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). To examine these problems, Project Fair Play recruited graduate social work and law students as advocates for…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Client Characteristics (Human Services), College Students, Communication Problems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1991
This report describes a congressional hearing on implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program enacted by the Family Support Act of 1988. Focus is on the progress being made. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements from U.S. senators, and individuals representing the Administration for Children and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Services, Federal Legislation, Hearings
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1989
"Welfare hotels" are commercially-owned, single- or multi-story hotels or motels providing shelter to a clientele composed exclusively or primarily of homeless families receiving public assistance. They often provide inadequate physical conditions and services. Information in the following areas is given about welfare hotels: (1)…
Descriptors: Family Financial Resources, Family Problems, Federal Aid, Homeless People
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Miller, Catherine M., Ed.; Chief, Elizabeth H., Ed. – 1978
This program guide covers in outline form the characteristics of state public assistance plans for operating programs of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The information for each state is presented in a series of pages with four subdivisions: Administration, Eligibility Requirements, Need Determination, and Extension of the Program. In…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Blindness, Child Welfare, Eligibility
Chief, Elizabeth H., Ed. – 1981
Under the Social Security Act, federal funds are available to all states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands for strengthening and improving programs of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Under the 1972 amendments such funds continue to be available to Guam and to the Virgin Islands for programs of old-age…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Legal Aid
National Black Child Development Inst., Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
Emphasizing the effects of changes in social policy on black children, this report describes the federal administration's proposed and completed funding for social programs for fiscal years 1982-85 and outlines strategies for those interested in affecting program policy. Social programs are grouped under three main headings: (1) health and child…
Descriptors: Adoption, Black Youth, Budgeting, Child Welfare
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Budget. – 1983
In this report of a hearing on the effects on children and youth of President Reagan's proposed budget cuts of means-tested entitlement programs, Linda S. McMahon, Associate Commissioner of the Office of Family Assistance, and Robert E. Leard, Acting Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the Department of Agriculture, present the…
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Quadagno, Jill – 1994
It is racism that has undermined the War on Poverty declared by Lyndon Johnson, and the country must come to terms with its history of racism if there is to be any hope of accomplishing welfare reform today. American social policy has continually foundered on issues of race. The antipoverty efforts begun by the Johnson administration were never…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Rosen, David Paul – 1983
Barriers to college attendance for the low income individual that are created by contradictory public assistance and college opportunity policies and practices are discussed, and short- and long-range recommendations to eliminate these barriers are suggested. Policies that create financial hardships for low income students are noted for the Aid to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Uhr, E.; Evanson, Elizabeth – IRP Focus, 1984
This report summarizes some of the testimony presented during Congressional hearings in October 1983 to examine the reasons for increased poverty in this country since 1979. Terms used in measuring poverty are defined, and data relating to the amount of poverty that currently exists, who the poor are, and how long they remain in poverty are…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Federal Aid, Government Role, Income
Gueron, Judith M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
The author describes her 30 years of experience in the design and conduct of a series of large-scale randomized controlled studies in the field of public welfare. She describes how these studies came about, what lessons can be drawn about research methods, what was learned about the effectiveness of these programs (the National Supported Work…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Dependents, Welfare Services, Theory Practice Relationship
Malone, Margaret – 1986
This report chronicles the history of the Federal role in welfare programs and training and employment programs since the New Deal. Part I presents a chronological summary of legislative action since 1935 and briefly discusses some major issues the Congress has tried to resolve, including: whether Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Family Income, Federal Aid
Wisconsin State Legislative Council, Madison. – 1986
Information on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program in Wisconsin is provided in this document. Part 1 is a summary of the history, administration, and funding of the program. In Part 2, various elements of the AFDC program are described. These include eligibility requirements, grant calculation, work requirements, and medical…
Descriptors: Children, Criteria, Economic Progress, Eligibility
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