Chapter 9          The Rise and Fall of Welfare

                       for Disadvantaged Children in America 

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Resources

• Welfare and Out-of-Wedlock Births

• The Moynihan Report: 1960's Black Families in Crisis
• The Moynihan Report: Why are Black Families in Crisis?
• The Moynihan Report: National Action Needed to Help Black Families
• Trends in Premarital Childbearing: 1930 to 1994
• AFDC Caseload Data
• Children and Welfare Reform from The Future of Children
• Circumstances Dictate Public Views of Government Assistance
• Kids Count Coalition Comments on TANF Reauthorization (November 2001)
• Poverty Trends for Families Headed by Working Single Mothers CBPP