Life after welfare

Lein, Laura.

Life after welfare reform and the persistence of poverty / [electronic resource] : Laura Lein and Deanna T. Schexnayder ; with Karen Nanges Douglas and Daniel G. Schroeder. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - xv, 173 p. : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-163) and index.

Families in a changing welfare context -- The context for Texas poverty and welfare -- The weak (and tangled) safety net -- Making a living after welfare -- Coping with barriers to self-sufficiency -- Staying employed and off welfare -- Low-income families and TANF policies.


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2013.
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Public welfare--Texas.
Poor families--Texas.


Electronic books.

HV98.T5 / L44 2007eb

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