The transition from welfare to work : processes, challenges, and outcomes / / Sharon Telleen, Judith V. Sayad, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 193
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - United States; Welfare recipients - Employment - United States
• Altri autori: SayadJudith V TelleenSharon
• Note generali: "The transition from welfare to work : processes, challenges, and outcomes has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of prevention & intervention in the community, volume 23, numbers 1/2 2002."; First published by Haworth Press.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; The Transition from Welfare to Work: Processes, Challenges, and Outcomes; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Challenges of Welfare Reform; The Effects of Welfare-to-Work Legislation on Children and Mothers: A Legal Overview; The Social Ecology of the Transition to Work; Welfare, Work and Well-Being Among Inner-City Mothers; How Do Maternal Risk Factors Affect Children in Low-Income Families? Further Evidence of Two-Generational Implications; Providing Financial Empowerment to Mothers on Welfare: Pilot Evaluations of a Hospitality Training Program ; Career Search Efficacy Among an At-Risk Sample: Examining Changes Among Welfare RecipientsWelfare Reform and Women's Health: Challenges and Opportunities to Advance the Public Response to the Health Needs of Poor Women Through Monitoring and Collaboration; The Effect of State Welfare Waivers on Family Earnings and Income Growth of AFDC Recipients, 1993-1995; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How well do you understand the sweeping welfare reforms of the mid-1990s? <br><br>The Transition from Welfare to Work: Processes, Challenges, and Outcomes provides a comprehensive examination of the welfare-to-work initiatives that were undertaken just prior to and following the major reform of United States welfare legislation in 1996. It will familiarize you with the intent of those reforms and show you how those interventions have been implemented. It also explores the barriers to employment that must be overcome by welfare-to-work clients, and the impact of these changes on clients, employ
• Titolo autorizzato: The transition from welfare to work
• ISBN: 1-135-42329-6; 0-7890-1943-4; 1-315-04398-X; 1-135-42322-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817556403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II