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welfare

Pubic funds provided to persons and families whose income falls below certain federal poverty levels. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Child welfare Social medicine The constellation of public assistance programs for indigent families.
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Weighing in on what he describes as a debate between convergence and divergence theories, Kasza claims that the case of Japan demonstrates that there is greater convergence of welfare policy than acknowledged in the literature.
One Worm of Welfare: Japan in Comparative Perspective
Reese's book serves an important function by analytically and comprehensively exploring the assaults against welfare over the past 60 years.
Ellen Reese, Backlash Against Welfare Mothers Past and Present
It found that "the child welfare system is currently based on child protection, being its first and often only response.
Manitoba review calls for commitment to child welfare system
Timing for events like this couldn't be more valuable, according to Ria de Grassi, director of livestock, animal health and welfare for the California Farm Bureau Federation.
More than a fad: addressing animal welfare issues helps company reach western producers
Mothers, however, spent about 2 fewer hours each day with their preschoolers while working than while on welfare.
Welfare reform hasn't changed kids so far. (Working Out)
According to federal statistics, black children in the child welfare system are placed in foster care at twice the rate for white children.
Racial harm: Dorothy Roberts explains how racism works in the child welfare system. (Child Welfare)
Only I had some problems getting there every day, so I didn't get my welfare check last month.
Career counseling strategies to facilitate the welfare-to-work transition: the case of Jeanetta
For Carroll that golden opportunity comes with the passage of then-president Bill Clinton's 1996 Welfare Reform Act and the generous employment practices of the United Parcel Service (UPS), where Carroll started as a part-time truck loader.
No Free Lunch: One Man's Journey from Welfare to the American Dream
But there was always a more rational, economically calculating motivation behind welfare reform, represented by business groups like the U.
Chamber of welfare reform. (Flip Side)
Welfare in the State of Arkansas was in the process of changing from the AFDC program effective July 1, 1997.
A profile of welfare recipient reading behaviors. (On-going topics)
Critics of the program condemn it as pure make-work that costs taxpayers more than just keeping the people on welfare, and according to some sources, President Bush is considering killing the program.
Dole Numbers
Katz relentlessly marshals every possible recent example of diminution of the welfare state.
The Price of Citizenship: Redefiningthe American Welfare State

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