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Welfare reform : helping the least fortunate become less dependent
- Title
- Welfare reform : helping the least fortunate become less dependent / Richard L. Koon.
- Author
- Koon, Richard L., 1947-
- Publication
- New York : Garland Pub., 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HV95 .K65 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxi, 211 pages; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Children of poverty
- Uniform Title
- Children of poverty
- Subject
- Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (U.S.)
- Public welfare > United States
- Welfare recipients > Employment > United States
- Welfare recipients > United States
- Welfare recipients
- Public welfare
- Welfare recipients > Employment
- Sozialhilfeempfänger
- Berufliche Qualifikation
- Ausbildung
- Geschichte 1988-1996
- United States
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.
- Contents
- I. Introduction -- II. Welfare and Welfare Reform: The Historical Perspective -- III. Poverty and Public Assistance: The Theoretical Perspective -- IV. The Family Support Act of 1988, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS) -- V. The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program: Characteristics of Participants -- VI. The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program: Are the Participants Better Off? Are the Taxpayers Better Off? -- VII. Recent Developments, 1993-1996: Meaningful Reform or Political Symbolism? -- VIII. Summary and Final Thoughts -- App. A. Data Elements Contained in the JOBS Research Data Set -- App. B. Quarterly JOBS Expenditures -- App. C. Chi-square Statistics -- JOBS and Non-JOBS Subjects.
- ISBN
- 0815327994
- 9780815327998
- LCCN
- 96049747
- OCLC
- ocm35961474
- 35961474
- SCSB-362947
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library