书目名称 | U.S. Social Welfare Reform |
副标题 | Policy Transitions f |
编辑 | Richard K. Caputo |
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概述 | Highlights the interrelated role of the transition from AFDC to TANF with the onset and development of EITC.Presents original research about program participation.Provides detailed information about t |
丛书名称 | International Series on Consumer Science |
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描述 | .U. S. Social Welfare Reform examines pivotal changes in social welfare for low-income families in the United States between 1981, the advent of the Reagan administration, and 2008, the end of the G.W. Bush administration. It focuses on the change from the Federal-state open entitlement Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program to the time-limited state run Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program which Congress authorized with passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996. The book also focuses on the development of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program, enacted in 1975 against the backdrop of failed efforts to nationalize AFDC which aimed at providing a basic income to all poor families, but which blossomed with continued bipartisan support in the 1990s. This book also explores alternative strategies to assist low-income families, including job training programs. It present original research on the educational and economic well-being of youth from low-income families who participated in government sponsored job training programs in the late 1970 and early 1980s....The book seeks a middle ground between general and technica |
出版日期 | Book 2011 |
关键词 | AFDC; CETA; EITC; TANF; education; employment; families; reform |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7674-1 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4614-2796-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-4419-7674-1Series ISSN 2191-5660 Series E-ISSN 2191-5679 |
issn_series | 2191-5660 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 |