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Peer reviewedSmith, Audrey D.; Reid, William J. – Child Welfare, 1973
Mothers supported by Aid to Families of Dependent Children were studied regarding their use of child care arrangements, satisfaction with these arrangements, and preferences for substitute care. Results suggest the need for broad services for children whose mothers are encouraged or compelled to work through the Work Incentive Program. (DP)
Descriptors: Child Care, Day Care, Mother Attitudes, Welfare Services
PDF pending restorationCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1979
Poverty remains a persistent problem for many women, and certain features of American life serve to keep them in a disadvantaged economic position. The welfare system is so arranged that many of its programs (such as the Work Incentive Program) favor men or (as in the case of Aid to Families with Dependent Children) force poor women to place their…
Descriptors: Child Care, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females
Download full textOberheu, Howard D. – 1978
This report on social services to families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in May 1975 is Part IV of a broad study of AFDC recipient characteristics. The background of the AFDC social service program as mandated by Title XX of the Social Security Act is delineated briefly and a one-page prose summary of the statistics…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Care, Day Care, Drug Abuse
Smith, Audrey D.; Herberg, Dorothy – 1972
Two studies comprise this report. The first paper, "Child Care Arrangements of Mothers in the Work Incentive Program," places particular emphasis on the mothers' patterns of utilization of various types of child care arrangements, the apparent adequacy of these arrangements, the degree of the mothers' satisfaction with them, and the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Day Care, Employed Parents, Employed Women
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976
This report describes the status of the federal child support program before the 1975 legislation was enacted. Also discussed are actions taken by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) to implement the legislation; means to clarify and improve the new legislation and some problems affected by the new legislation. Included are…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Welfare, Family Income, Federal Aid
Ollivier, Diane J. – 2002
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Pennsylvanias children. The statistical portrait is based on trends in 19 indicators of child well being: (1) early prenatal care; (2) low birth weight; (3) infant mortality; (4) child deaths; (5) child violent deaths; (6) births to single mothers under age 20; (7) mothers with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Hastedt, Christine B.; Smith, Rebekah J. – 2002
Five years after the massive overhaul of the nation's welfare system, 21 Maine families receiving public assistance spoke about their lives during welfare reform. The following were among the key themes that emerged throughout the conversations: (1) those leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) often remain poor or very nearly poor;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Health Care, Case Studies, Child Care
