The Progressive - Vol. 59 Nbr. 11, November 1995
The media is focusing much of its attention on retired General Colin Powell and his recently published book. The extensive media coverage given to Powell conveniently focuses the people's eyes away from the plight of those affected by Congress' move to stop giving welfare assistance to the poor.
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The Non-profit Times - April 01, 2002
... Considering the initial publicity surrounding the act, it's ironic that most of ......
This means that public officials have new flexibility to tailor the ...... But the real blow has been invisible, because part of welfare reform was a prohibition against test cases being field by publicly supported attorneys. Advocacy lost its big gun ...
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Social Work - Vol. 47 Nbr. 2, April 2002
... 104-193), Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was abolished and replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a block grant program ...... In addition, states are required to engage adult recipients in work activities after they have received assistance for two years.
A wide range of activities may ...
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Social Work Research - Vol. 26 Nbr. 4, December 2002
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In the field of public welfare, views of interdependent behaviors among ...... This act eliminated the open-ended federal matching grant as a funding mechanism for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, now entitled Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), commonly known as ...
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Washington Monthly - Vol. 26 Nbr. 12, December 1994
Charles Murray has had three views on public welfare from 1984 to 1994: it makes people lazy, it creates crime because it encourages illegitimacy, and it causes the breeding of stupid people. The last view is upheld in his current book, 'The Bell Curve.'
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USA Today Magazine - Vol. 123 Nbr. 2598, March 1995
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The Republican Contract with America contains welfare reform proposals that include ending welfare for teenage unwed mothers and limiting duration of welfare benefits to five years. This type of welfare reform will increase personal responsibility and end welfare dependence.
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Social Work - Vol. 39 Nbr. 6, November 1994
Over the past few years, a number of states and localities have restricted or discontinued their general assistance programs: Arizona, Connecticut, the District of ...... However, after a review of these changes, it is clear that the decimation of general assistance is an attack on poor people, a group whose ...
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The Progressive - Vol. 59 Nbr. 11, November 1995
Congress has voted to end federal assistance to the poor by the year 2000. The move fails to improve the situation of the poorer members of American society. Instead of ending federal welfare assistance, Congress should have tackled the problem of poverty in the country.
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Social Work Research - Vol. 30 Nbr. 4, December 2006
Robert Berdahl, a former chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley, stressed the importance of higher education's commitment to serving the public good in a 1999 speech at the National Press Club....
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