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Note publique d'information : Nearly half a century after Lyndon Johnson coined the phrase, America continues to
fight the war on poverty, especially as such modern realities as the global economy,
job outsourcing, and the recession contribute to the numbers of the unemployed and
the working poor. As social welfare and reform efforts are debated in Congress and
local agencies, facts regarding past programs are often elusive. U.S. Social Welfare
Reform examines the evolution of major Federal cash assistance programs to low-income
families, from the advent of the Reagan administration to the early Obama years. Written
for the professional (but not requiring expertise in quantitative analysis to understand
it), it details which programs succeeded, analyzes why others failed, and highlights
the need for further reform in the context of today’s economic climate. This volume:
Traces the changes from the Federal/state open entitlement AFDC program to the state-run,
time-limited TANF initiative. Explores the development of the Earned Income Tax Credit
program. Features two sets of National Longitudinal Survey data on EITC-eligible families.
Includes original results of outcome studies of youth participating in job training
and education programs. Evaluates the Obama administration’s social policy initiatives
in meeting the challenges of the current recession. Revisits previously rejected policies
that would benefit low-income working families. The uniqueness of its scope and presentation
suits U.S. Social Welfare Reform to researchers in family relations, family sociology,
economics of the family, and social policy, whether the task at hand is reviewing
past events or charting a future course of action
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