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National Coalition on Women, Work and Welfare Reform, Washington, DC. – 1986
This publication is designed to alert local and state advocates to the presence of the National Coalition on Women, Work, and Welfare Reform. It shares the Coalition's perspective on the welfare employment issue and proposes several initial strategies local advocates or policymakers might use in considering proposed or ongoing welfare employment…
Descriptors: Adults, Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Employment
Peer reviewedPope, Jacqueline – Black Scholar, 1988
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is unsatisfactory: it is biased against the poor, and allows the government to control the poor. Evaluates Massachusetts' Employment and Training (ET) program, and New Jersey's Realizing Economic Achievement (REACH) program. Offers recommendations for REACH and for an improved Federal welfare program.…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Cozic, Charles P., Ed. – 1997
Efforts to reform the welfare system in the United States have been gaining momentum since the late 1980s. Critics have been arguing that states should receive federal waivers to create their own programs to encourage welfare recipients to find work. The thrust of the 1996 welfare reform act transfers control over welfare spending to the states.…
Descriptors: Births to Single Women, Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1985
The problems facing low-income families headed by women and some current and planned Ford Foundation responses are discussed in this paper. The first section presents a general overview of the problem, with special focus on nonpayment of child support and teenage pregnancy. The debate over the Federal welfare program and other attempts to use…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income, Fatherless Family, Federal Programs
Download full textLurie, Irene; Hagen, Jan L. – 1993
During summer 1991, a study reviewed efforts of local agencies to implement the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program. Three local sites in each of 10 states were examined. The field research showed that formal client flowcharts designed by the states and local sites were not yet fully operational and often did not describe actual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Coordination
Hagen, Jan L.; And Others – 1993
As part of a 3-year study of the implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program, front-line workers were surveyed in all 10 states and in 29 of 30 sites included in the overall study. Their perceptions of the agencies' organizational environments suggested a rather lukewarm agency context for implementing JOBS. Workers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Basic Skills
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1999
Surging demand for workers, growing income inequality, and passage of welfare reforms have made work force development one of the United States' key national concerns. Public/Private Ventures has been working with various states to design work force development strategies that seek to address the concerns of many work force development specialists…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Colleges, Community Colleges
