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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
Nearly 80 means-tested programs for low-income persons and families have been created by the federal government to help meet the needs of various groups. In fiscal year 1992, the federal government spent about $208 billion through these programs. Evaluation of these programs was based on reports by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and others.…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Poverty 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
