A Women's Magazine of the Air, produced by the WBAI Women's Department, featuring: Part one: Hot Flashes, women's news from the Majority Report; Part three: Kate Millett interviewed by Judy Pasternak and Viv Sutherland (recording breaks in mid-interview) about her new book "Sita" (1976, Virago); Part two is missing: "Woman's Place," a story by Irene Yarrow.
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Millett, Kate., Women workers., WELFARE...
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A Women's Magazine of the Air, produced by the WBAI Women's Department, featuring: Part one: Hot Flashes, women's news from the Majority Report; Part three: Kate Millett interviewed by Judy Pasternak and Viv Sutherland (recording breaks in mid-interview) about her new book "Sita" (1976, Virago); Part two is missing: "Woman's Place," a story by Irene Yarrow.
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Millett, Kate., Women workers., WELFARE...
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Lineup I. INTRODUCTION II. MEDIA MERGERS *Sandy Litvack, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief of Corporate Operations, Disney Corporation *Johnnie Roberts, NEWSWEEK Senior Writer *Benjamin R. Barber, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University and author of "Jihad vs. McWorld" (Times Books) III. JFK JR.: SHADOWED SONS *Evan Thomas, NEWSWEEK Washington Bureau Chief *Michael Beschloss, historian IV. PERISCOPE V. WELFARE REFORM: LESSONS FROM WISCONSIN *John McCormick,...
Topics: Newsweek on Air, Media Mergers, JFK Jr, Welfare Reform, China, Mike Tyson
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The number of Americans without health insurance fell in 1999. This was partly driven by improvements in the extent to which children have health care coverage. Many children who gained coverage were poor children, suggesting that efforts to enroll more Medicaid-eligible children into coverage and to implement the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) are beginning to show results. However, recent Census data indicate that states still struggle to ensure that welfare reform does not...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Health, Children, Health Insurance, Welfare Reform, Working Poor, Guyer, Jocelyn
Lineup I. INTRODUCTION II. OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING *Peter Annin, NEWSWEEK Chicago Correspondent *David Kopel, Research Director for the Independence Institute in Golden, CO and former prosecutor III. ASTHMA *Anne Underwood, NEWSWEEK Correspondent *Dr. Norman Edelman, Scientific and Medical Consultant for the American Lung Association and co-author of "Family Guide to Asthma and Allergies" IV. PERISCOPE V. MARSHALL PLAN: LOOKING BACK AND AHEAD *Evan Thomas, NEWSWEEK Assistant Managing...
Topics: Newsweek on Air, Oklahoma City Bombing, Asthma, Marshall Plan, Welfare Reform, Mt. Everest
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The federal government administers an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), as do many states. States that enact EITCs can reduce child poverty, support welfare-to-work, and cut taxes for working poor families. The popularity of state EITCs results from continued child poverty, welfare reform, and tax changes. Research confirms the effectiveness of federal EITCs in supporting work and alleviating child poverty, lifting nearly five million people out of poverty each year, contributing to significant...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Family Income, Poverty, Tax Credits, Welfare Reform, Working Poor, Johnson,...
This report from the Legislative Office of Education Oversight (LOEO) focuses on Head Start implementation in Ohio, describing its growth over the last 8 years, services provided to children and their families, costs, program quality and how it is monitored, and the challenges faced in expansion. After an extensive summary, chapter 1 describes the purpose and methods of the study. Chapter 2 describes Head Start nationally and its operation in Ohio. Chapter 3 outlines the cost of implementing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Quality, Financial Support, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation,...
In 1997, the District of Columbia enacted legislation implementing provisions of the 1996 federal welfare law, which includes a 5-year lifetime limit on welfare benefits. Families will begin reaching that limit in 2002. The District's welfare reform experience has been similar to that of other states. Welfare caseloads have fallen substantially, and a relatively high percentage of former welfare recipients are working. However, significant numbers of families have not left welfare and are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Low Income Groups, Poverty, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform, Welfare Services,...
A previous report, which evaluated the economic success of welfare recipients who graduated from Eastern Washington University (EWU), suggested that a college degree led to successful economic performance for welfare recipients. This study focuses on changes in the numbers of welfare students and their subsequent economic performance after the passage of welfare reform. Subjects were all students at EWU from fall 1994 to fall 1998 who identified Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Economic Factors, Higher Education, Welfare Recipients, Welfare...
Noting that welfare reform offers new opportunities to apply dollars toward several initiatives beyond cash grants, this special report of the Voices for Illinois Children provides a detailed accounting of Illinois welfare expenditures for federal fiscal years (FFY) 1998 and 1999 and is intended to serve as a starting point toward greater clarity in future budget debates. The report identifies welfare funds as comprised of a fixed federal block grant and a minimum requirement for maintaining...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Block Grants, Budgeting, Budgets, Children, Expenditures, State Federal Aid, Welfare...
Teenage pregnancy and parenthood have unfortunate consequences for society, teenage mothers, and the children born to them. This report to the Senate is intended to provide information on (1) state strategies to reduce teen pregnancy and how states fund these efforts; (2) how welfare reform affected states' strategies; (3) the extent to which programs are evaluated; and (4) what teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) activities the federal government supports. The programs of eight states with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Pregnancy, Pregnant Students, Prevention, Unwed...
This is a copy of Richard Nixon's 1972 Presidential campaign literature, "Clearest Choice of the Century."
Topics: Richard Nixon, President, Campaign, 1972, Literature, George McGovern, Busing, Vietnam war, Israel,...
This paper examines the need to ensure fair treatment in matters relating to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. The 2002 reauthorization included many key priorities for Latino families, most especially by extending a hand to hardworking immigrants who become unemployed. The paper highlights key civil rights issues, calling on lawmakers to promote equal opportunities for Latino families and help them leave the welfare rolls and get good jobs. Several studies have...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Civil Rights, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Racial...
These transcripts present testimony concerning the effects of changes in the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Summer Food Service Program mandated by the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Major changes were: (1) reduced federal subsidies for sponsors; (2) eliminated federal subsidies for a fourth daily meal in summer camps and programs primarily serving migrant children; and (3) eliminated expansion grants. Testimony was based on interviews conducted with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Food, Hearings, Nutrition, Program Evaluation, State Federal Aid, Welfare Reform,...
During 2002, there were disputes about most aspects of the participation rate structure for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. The Administration put forward, and the House adopted, a proposal to raise TANF participation rates to 70 percent over 5 years, require families to be in selected activities for 40 hours per week to be fully countable, and to restrict activities that counted toward the first 24 hours a week of participation. This document examines what available data say about the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Employment, Vocational Education, Welfare Recipients, Welfare...
This publication presents the views expressed by the major speakers at "More Promises to Keep: Sustaining Arizona's Capacity for Welfare and Health Reform," concluding a 3-year study of welfare and health reform in the state. The publication also summarizes the discussions of three special interest sessions. The speakers' op-ed-style pieces and the other articles look at the lessons and challenges of welfare reform, the new economy, unfinished business, and collaboration, in addition...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperation, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, State Action, State Programs,...
On December 11, 1997, the Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC) hosted an audioconference to explore the issue of how parents seeking to get off welfare can learn about subsidies available for child care in the transition from welfare to work. Presenters were Doug Baird, president of Associated Day Care Services in Boston, who discussed lessons of a Massachusetts public awareness campaign to increase child care subsidy utilization; Laurie Miller, senior program associate at CCAC, who presented...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Day Care, Diffusion (Communication), Early Childhood Education, Grants, Transitional...
The recent overhaul of the federal welfare system gives states new flexibility to set child care policies, develop child care programs, and fund new initiatives. The Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC) conducted an audioconference on July 31, 1997, to examine key elements of new state plans and to take a close look at how one state, Illinois, made decisions on interrelated issues such as eligibility, parent co-payments, and state reimbursement rates for child care. Featured presenters were Joan...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Day Care, Financial Support, Policy Formation, Program Descriptions, State Programs,...
Random assignment experiments are widely used in the United States to test the effectiveness of new social interventions. This paper discusses several major welfare-to-work experiments, highlighting their evaluation from simple "black box" tests of single interventions to multi-group designs used to compare alternative interventions or to isolate the effects of components of an intervention. The paper also discusses new efforts to combine experimental and nonexperimental analyses in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Policy Formation, Social Services, Welfare...
In preparation for the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant, these hearings transcripts present testimony on issues related to assessing the Child Care and Development Block Grant, focusing on the impact of federal child care assistance. Statements offered by Representatives Howard "Buck" McKeon and Patsy Mink identified the major issues in reauthorizing the block grant: providing additional funds and ensuring quality child care. Witnesses included: (1) Janet...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Block Grants, Child Care, Children, Employed Parents, Federal State Relationship,...
A recent national survey of U.S. adults examined public opinion about welfare reform and measured support for specific policy recommendations. Respondents report ambivalence about the success of welfare reform, though they agree on what the goals of welfare should be and what shape future reforms should take. They favor welfare policies that help improve the lives of low-income children, funding for quality after-school programs in low-income neighborhoods, and helping low-income working...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Welfare, Children, Low Income Groups, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Welfare...
This report examines whether people who left welfare between 1997 and 1999 were more disadvantaged or less job-ready than were an early group who left welfare between 1995 and 1997. The study compared barriers to work and economic outcomes using data from the National Survey of America's Families. Overall, results found little evidence of poorer outcomes for recent leavers. Characteristics of the two groups were similar, except for the larger percentage with adverse health conditions in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Employment Patterns, Family Income, Family Status, Health Needs, Wages, Welfare...
An examination of the way welfare reform is presented in the national news media can provide insight into which aspects of the reform news consumers consider important. This study used a content analysis to examine all stories about welfare reform in the national press from: (1) June through August 1996, during which time the federal legislation was debated and enacted; and (2) June through August 1997, during which time legislation was being implemented at the state level. Content of 680...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Content Analysis, Journalism, News Media, News Reporting, News Writing,...
Welfare programs and the people who use them have a bad public image. Any attempts at welfare reform should include the dissemination of factual information to eliminate the misconceptions. This information should include the following facts: (1) only 60% of poverty stricken households receive welfare; (2) most government services and funds to households are for social security, Medicare and veterans' benefits; (3) welfare programs require applicants to demonstrate need through a means test;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income, Job Training, Poverty, Public Opinion,...
While the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 included many provision of concern to child advocates, the Act also gave states increased flexibility to design welfare programs in ways that support children, or that ameliorate some of the harshest provisions of the Act. This issue brief describes innovative policies some states have adopted that protect and support poor children and their families. State innovations are presented in seven areas: (1) supporting...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Program Descriptions, Public Policy, State Programs, Welfare Recipients,...
The mission of the child support program is undergoing a basic shift from welfare cost recovery to helping parents support their children. However, the child support program's reimbursement policies have interfered with states' ability to implement policies to bolster family support. As states assess their capacity to improve their services to low-income parents, there are a number of policies they can consider. These policies include: (1) paying all child support to families on welfare; (2)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Support, Fathers, Low Income Groups, Poverty, Public Policy, State Programs,...
An important question related to welfare reform is: "What has happened to the earnings and incomes of families who were receiving public assistance when the new policies took effect?" This question is addressed by examining the impacts of early state-level welfare waivers on the earnings and income growth of welfare recipients. Analysis of a detailed nationally representative data set (the Current Population Survey), shows that early work-related welfare reforms generally did not...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Census Figures, Income, Low Income Groups, Public Policy, Welfare Recipients, Welfare...
This report asserts that welfare reform has been very successful in reducing child poverty. For a quarter-century prior to reform, black child poverty and poverty among single mothers remained virtually constant. Six years after reform, poverty among both groups dropped rapidly, reaching the lowest levels in U.S. history. Welfare rolls have plummeted, employment of single mothers has increased dramatically, and child hunger has declined substantially. In all recessions since the beginning of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Blacks, Child Welfare, Employment Level, Mothers, One Parent Family, Poverty,...
This report from the 1995 Child Care Action Campaign national audioconference examines approaches to building support among child care providers, legislators, and parents for investments in good quality child care in light of welfare reform. The report summarizes recent findings that children in good quality child care had a more developed understanding of language, scored higher on pre-math skills, had more positive self concepts, and liked their child care centers better than children in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Policy Formation, Program Descriptions, Program...
This paper describes the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, an employment and savings incentive program for low-income families that have Section 8 vouchers or live in public housing. It consists of both case management services to help participants pursue employment and other goals and escrow accounts into which the public housing agency (PHA) deposits the increased rental charges that families pay as their earnings rise. The paper analyzes the value of the FSS program for tenants (asset...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Employment, Family Income, Incentives, Low Income Groups, Low Rent Housing, Welfare...
This study is a follow-up of a 2001 study that examined changes in the welfare and work participation of single mothers. This study addresses whether single mothers earn enough to compensate for loss of benefits under welfare reform and the extent to which these women have access to income from sources other than their own earnings. Data come from the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Results indicate that single mothers' poverty levels have reached...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Economic Status, Employment Level, Income, Mothers, One Parent Family, Poverty,...
This report provides policymakers with information necessary to demonstrate that postsecondary education is an effective route from poverty to true self-sufficiency and prosperity for low-income women. It discusses the impact of the 1996 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) statute and the TANF reauthorization bill, the Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act. Six sections look at "Introduction: The Current Policy Climate"; "The Impact of TANF Since 1996:...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Role, Enrollment Trends, Federal Government, Females, Postsecondary...
President Clinton has repeatedly called for a bipartisan welfare reform bill that is tough on work and responsibility, but not tough on children. This means providing adequate child care to enable recipients to leave welfare for work; rewarding states for placing people in jobs; guaranteeing health coverage for families leaving welfare for entry-level jobs; requiring states to continue to invest funds in a work-oriented welfare system; and protecting states and families in the event of economic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Program Descriptions, State Programs, Undocumented Immigrants,...
This report presents key findings from a review of data focusing on child care arrangements among people who have left welfare. Most states have conducted studies of former welfare recipients using administrative data, surveys of welfare leavers, or a combination of the two. Data from these surveys indicate that most people who have left welfare are working, and typically in jobs with wages below the poverty line. Less than 50 percent of welfare leavers who are working receive child care...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Financial Support,...
This paper analyzes the approaches that states can take to address the needs of families facing the loss of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits due to time limits. Ways in which these approaches can be funded with state or federal welfare funds are discussed. The paper examines how states can use federal TANF or state maintenance of effort (MOE) funds to serve families that reach time limits and still need aid. Overall, states can: continue benefits to children in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Employment, Family Needs, Federal Aid, State Aid, State Programs, Welfare...
To provide a baseline for assessing how welfare reform affects child welfare agencies, this paper reviews the challenges that state child welfare systems face, and how states respond to these challenges. Information in this paper is based on studies of the 13 focus states included in the Urban Institute's New Federalism project. In each state, Urban Institute staff interviewed state and local child welfare administrators and front-line staff, legislators, interest groups, and state-based...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Welfare, Children, Federal Legislation, Program Development, State Programs,...
This study explored the mechanics of using an enhanced, comprehensive multipurpose logic model, the Performance Blueprint, as a means of building evaluation capacity, referred to in this paper as performance measurement literacy, to facilitate the attainment of both service-delivery oriented and community-oriented outcomes. The application of this approach is illustrated in a short case study. By performance measurement literacy is meant the capacity of individuals and institutions to obtain,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Evaluation Methods, Literacy, Models, Performance Based Assessment, Public...
At Congressional request, the General Accounting Office examined states choices for providing child care assistance to families and states' proposed changes to child care assistance programs for fiscal year 2004. Information was obtained through a survey of child care administrators of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Findings revealed that the vast majority of states have made all three groups of families eligible for child care assistance: families receiving TANF, those...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Care, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, State Government, State Surveys, Welfare...
Advocates, policymakers, and researchers have predicted that changes in the welfare system brought about by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 would increase the number of children who are abused and neglected, referred to child protective services, and placed in foster care. This study examined how welfare reform has affected child welfare caseloads, summarizing trends in caseload data before and after welfare reform. It focused on testimonial data from...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Caseworkers, Child Welfare, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform, Welfare Services,...
H.R. 4678, the Child Support Distribution Act of 2000, was scheduled for debate and a vote in the House of Representatives in September 2000. This bill would help poor children escape poverty, strengthen families, and build on and enhance welfare reform. The support changes in this bill would allow more of the child support collected from noncustodial parents (the majority of whom are fathers) to reach the children on whose behalf the payments are made. It would ensure that once a family left...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Support, Children, Fathers, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Low Income...
The dramatic decline in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseloads in the 1990s has focused attention on the process of exit from, and, to a lesser extent, entry into, the welfare system. This paper charts the process of turnover in the TANF program in three major U.S. cities over an 18-month, post-PWORA period and documents its income, employment, other-program participation, and demographic correlates. The results show a high rate of turnover and significant increases in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Family Income, Low Income Groups, Urban Areas, Welfare Recipients, Welfare...
This brief uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort to profile teen mothers under welfare reform policies. Initially, it assesses the extent to which teen childbearing among 15- to 17-year-old girls has changed between the start of federal welfare reform in 1997 and 2000. Then, it examines changes in teen mothers' living arrangements, school enrollment, and welfare use over the same period. Finally, using post-reform data, it compares the risk taking behavior of all...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends,...
This paper discusses the background and character of changes introduced by the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), examining post enactment responses by Congress, the states, and the courts. It explores the impact of the law on benefit use among immigrants, highlighting changes in usage among different immigrant groups and factors related to these changes, such as naturalization and rising incomes. For immigrants, the law set out a comprehensive scheme...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Family Income, Health Insurance, Immigrants, Low Income Groups, Refugees, Welfare...
Since Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act in 1996, Kansas has dramatically reduced its welfare roles. Noting that achieving self-sufficiency is the real measure of success in combating poverty, this study examines welfare reform efforts in Kansas. To gather information, United Way member agencies and community emergency assistance agencies administered a survey during 1998 and 1999 to 2,005 households seeking assistance, 1,244 of whom were...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Support, Child Welfare, Children, Family Income, Health Services, Low Income...
This study examines the status of former welfare recipients in the District of Columbia (DC), highlighting families who left Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in the last quarter of 1997 and of 1998. Researchers used data from the DC Department of Human Services and interviews with people who left in 1998. Between 1997-99, DC's cash assistance caseload fell by 23.8 percent. Over 60 percent of families who left TANF were working when interviewed. Typical working TANF leavers worked...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Blacks, Children, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Employment, Females, Housing,...
A 1997 study assessed the impact of welfare reform as reported by Head Start staff served by the Great Lakes Resource Access Project (GLRAP), a federally funded program providing training and technical assistance to Head Start staff in the area of disability services. The states served by the project are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. GLRAP used three methods (survey, canvass call telephone interviews, and focus groups with Head Start staff) to inquire about...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Organizational Change, Preschool Education, Welfare Recipients, Welfare...
This report examines what states have done with their new responsibilities under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). Although Congress has gone a long way toward undoing the initial immigrant restrictions of the PRWORA, it has left the devolution of authority from the federal government to the states to determine immigrants' eligibility for public benefits. Many states have chosen to provide considerable assistance to immigrants, especially when costs...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Immigrants, State Aid, State Programs,...
This report from a 1996 Child Care Action Campaign national audioconference concerns approaches taken by Wisconsin and Minnesota in designing and implementing federally funded child care subsidy systems. Wisconsin Works phases out Aid to Families with Dependent Children cash assistance and redirects funds into job training, child care, and health care to ensure that all low-income families participate in work and are supported in doing so. In order to give all families of equal income...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Welfare, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Program Descriptions, State...
The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe, though there has been little discussion of its application to children. This paper examines what is meant by exclusion of children, considering the choice of reference group, the geographical dimensions of exclusion, and the issue of who is responsible for any exclusion of children. It looks at social exclusion in the United Kingdom and in the European Union, then it goes on to discuss the use of the concept of exclusion in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Welfare, Children, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Inner City, Social Bias,...
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 revised laws governing privacy and confidentiality of information that government agencies collect from immigrants during the benefits application process. Noting that these changes evoked confusion and anxiety in the immigrant community and deterred many families from seeking benefits, this issue brief helps child advocates understand changes in confidentiality,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Advocacy, Children, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Immigrants, Public...
