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A comprehensive, gripping study of how 179 families have managed in post–welfare reform Texas, and of the themes that define life after welfare.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Families in a Changing Welfare Context
  • Chapter 2. The Context for Texas Poverty and Welfare
  • Chapter 3. The Weak (and Tangled) Safety Net
  • Chapter 4. Making a Living After Welfare
  • Chapter 5. Coping with Barriers to Self-Sufficiency
  • Chapter 6. Staying Employed and Off Welfare
  • Chapter 7. Low-Income Families and TANF Policies
  • Appendix A: Research Methods
  • Appendix B: Regression Tables
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Life After Welfare Reform and the Persistence of

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    A Paperback / softback by Laura Lein, Deanna T. Schexnayder, Karen Douglas

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2007
      ISBN13: 9780292716674, 978-0292716674
      ISBN10: 0292716672

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A comprehensive, gripping study of how 179 families have managed in post–welfare reform Texas, and of the themes that define life after welfare.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Chapter 1. Families in a Changing Welfare Context
      • Chapter 2. The Context for Texas Poverty and Welfare
      • Chapter 3. The Weak (and Tangled) Safety Net
      • Chapter 4. Making a Living After Welfare
      • Chapter 5. Coping with Barriers to Self-Sufficiency
      • Chapter 6. Staying Employed and Off Welfare
      • Chapter 7. Low-Income Families and TANF Policies
      • Appendix A: Research Methods
      • Appendix B: Regression Tables
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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