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Direct linkJohnson, Deborah, Ed. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2019
This brief summarizes findings on strategies for helping hard-to-employ populations--especially cash welfare assistance clients and disadvantaged parents with child support obligations--become employed. It begins with an overview of the unique needs of these two groups, followed by a review of strategies that have successfully boosted their…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Welfare Recipients, Parents, Children
Barnett, W. Steven; Hustedt, Jason T. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2011
The care and education of young children in the United States is supported by nearly $40 billion yearly from a variety of sources at the federal, state, and local levels. Even so, about a quarter of 4-year-olds and half of 3-year-olds do not attend preschool, and many of those who do attend receive only poor quality services. Some programs are of…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Child Development, Preschool Education, Educational Legislation
Download full textCohen, Marie – Issue Notes, 1998
This document examines issues related to promoting education among teenage recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The document begins with background information about the provisions of recent federal legislation affecting TANF recipients under age 20. The following are among the 16 policy and management issues considered in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
Brown, Rebecca – Issue Notes, 2001
This document examines emerging issues and opportunities for community-based organization (CBO) involvement in welfare reform. The document begins with a brief section of background information on past CBO involvement in helping families move from welfare to work. The next section answers policy questions pertaining to the following issues: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Agency Role
Friedman, Pamela – Issue Notes, 1999
This document explains how community work experience programs (CWEP) and publicly funded jobs (PFJ) can be used to help hard-to-serve welfare recipients meet the work requirements imposed by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The document begins with a brief overview of available options for helping hard-to-serve welfare…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Disabilities, Eligibility
Fisher, Kathleen; Dichter, Harriet; Yanoff, Shelly D.; Fynes, Steven E. – 2002
In the 5 years since welfare reform was enacted, the Watching Out for Children in Changing Times initiative in Philadelphia has been meeting with families receiving welfare and listening to their experiences. This report is the third in the series and details the experiences of 40 families. Information for the report was based on interviews…
Descriptors: Children, Family Financial Resources, Family Income, Family (Sociological Unit)
Boeke, Kaye – 2003
This Kids Count report examines state, county, and regional trends in the well-being of Colorado's children. The first part of the report is presented in four chapters. Chapter 1 includes findings regarding the increasing diversity of the child population, linguistic isolation, the impact of parental unemployment, child poverty, and the affordable…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asthma, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
