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  • Welfare Reform and Beyond: The Future of the Safety Net
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  • edited by Andrea Kane, Ron Haskins, R. Kent Weaver, and Isabel Sawhill
  • 2004
  • Published by: Brookings Institution Press
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The Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative was created to inform the critical policy debates surrounding the upcoming congressional reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and a number of related programs that were created or dramatically altered by the 1996 landmark welfare reform legislation. The goal of the project has been to take the large volume of existing and forthcoming research studies and shape them into a more coherent and policy-oriented whole. This capstone collection gathers twenty brief essays (published between January 2001 and February 2002) that focus on assessing the record of welfare reform, specific issues likely to be debated before the TANF reauthorization, and a broader set of policy options for low-income families. It is a reader-friendly volume that will provide policymakers, the press, and the interested public with a comprehensive guide to the numerous issues that must be addressed as Congress considers the future of the nation's antipoverty policies. The collection covers the following topics and features a new introduction from the editors: - An Overview of Effects to Date - Welfare Reform Reauthorization: An Overview of Problems and Issues - A Tax Proposal for Working Families with Children - Welfare Reform and Poverty - Reducing Non-Marital Births - Which Welfare Reforms are Best for Children? - Welfare and the Economy - What Can Be Done to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Out-of-Wedlock Births? - Changing Welfare Offices - State Programs - Welfare Reform and Employment - Fragile Families, Welfare Reform, and Marriage - Health Insurance, Welfare, and Work - Helping the Hard-to-Employ - Sanctions and Welfare Reform - Child Care and Welfare Reform - Job Retention and Advancement in Welfare Reform - Housing and Welfare Reform - Non-Citizens - Block Grant Structure - Food Stamps - Work Support System - Possible Welfare Reform in the Cities

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright Page
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Part I: Introduction and Summary
  2. p. 1
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  1. Chapter 1: An Overview
  2. pp. 3-8
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  1. Chapter 2: Results to Date
  2. pp. 9-19
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  1. Chapter 3: Problems and Issues for Reauthorization
  2. pp. 20-30
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  1. Part II: State Responses
  2. p. 31
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  1. Chapter 4: State Policy Choices Under Welfare Reform
  2. pp. 33-40
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  1. Chapter 5: Changing Welfare Offices
  2. pp. 41-48
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  1. Chapter 6: Sanctions and Welfare Reform
  2. pp. 49-56
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  1. Part III: Results to Date
  2. p. 57
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  1. Chapter 7: Welfare Reform and Poverty
  2. pp. 59-70
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  1. Chapter 8: Which Welfare Reforms are Best for Children?
  2. pp. 71-78
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  1. Chapter 9: From Welfare to Work: What the Evidence Shows:
  2. pp. 79-86
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  1. Part IV: TANF Funding and the Economy
  2. p. 87
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  1. Chapter 10: The Structure of the TANF Block Grant
  2. pp. 89-96
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  1. Chapter 11: Welfare and the Economy
  2. pp. 97-104
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  1. Part V: Encouraging and Rewarding Work
  2. p. 105
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  1. Chapter 12: Welfare Reform and the Work Support System
  2. pp. 107-119
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  1. Chapter 13: The Role of Education and Training in Welfare Reform
  2. pp. 120-127
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  1. Chapter 14: Job Retention and Advancement in Welfare Reform
  2. pp. 128-134
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  1. Chapter 15: Helping the Hard-to-Employ
  2. pp. 135-142
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  1. Part VI: Family Formation
  2. p. 143
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  1. Chapter 16: Reducing Non-Marital Births
  2. pp. 145-151
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  1. Chapter 17: Fragile Families, Welfare Reform, and Marriage
  2. pp. 152-159
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  1. Chapter 18: What Can Be Done to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Out-of-Wedlock Births?
  2. pp. 160-170
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  1. Part VII: Related Programs
  2. p. 171
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  1. Chapter 19: Food Stamps and Welfare Reform
  2. pp. 173-180
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  1. Chapter 20: Health Insurance, Welfare, and Work
  2. pp. 181-188
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  1. Chapter 21: Child Care and Welfare Reform
  2. pp. 189-196
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  1. Chapter 22: Welfare Reform and Housing
  2. pp. 197-204
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  1. Chapter 23: Welfare Benefits for Non-citizens
  2. pp. 205-212
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 213-214
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