Chapter 10          The Fading Promise of Welfare Reform

                        to End Child Poverty

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Resources

• Variations in Maternal and Child Wellbeing Among Financially Eligible Mothers by TANF Participation Status  

• The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Union Formation  
   

• When Welfare-to-Work Programs Fail to Raise Family Income, Children Suffer

• Joblessness Increases Sharply Among Single Mothers

• New Findings Show Direct Link between Loss of TANF Benefits and Children Suffering

• Leaving Children Behind: The Case Against Full Family Sanctions

• President Bush's Welfare Reform Plan Leaves Millions of Children Behind

• Experimental Studies of Welfare Reform and Children

• Figure 3 - Gains Achievable for Single-Parent Working Families

• Figure 4 - Changes in Annual Income Among Poorest Families

• Figure 6 - Food Stamp Participation after Leaving Welfare
   

• The New Federalism  (Urban Institute) 

• Summary of the 1996 welfare law

• Heritage Foundatio

• Children's Defense Fund Children in the States 

• Princeton Fragile Families Study  CYSR

• Impact of Welfare Reform CDSS Conference

• Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

• Does WIC Participation Improve Maternal Investments in Infant Health? 
   

Copyright, 2003, Duncan Lindsey