Living on the Edge in Suburbia: From Welfare to Workfare

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Living on the Edge in Suburbia From Welfare to Workfare Terese Lawinski Vanderbilt University Press  Nashville © 2010 by Vanderbilt University Press Nashville, Tennessee 37235 All rights reserved First printing 2010 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lawinski, Terese. Living on the edge in suburbia : from welfare to workfare / Terese Lawinski. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8265-1699-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8265-1700-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Public welfare—New York (State)—Westchester County. 2. Welfare recipients—New York (State)—Westchester County— Case studies. 3. Welfare recipients—Employment— New York (State)—Westchester County—Case studies. 4. Suburbanites—New York (State)—Westchester County— Economic conditions—Case studies. I. Title. HV99.W45L39 2010 362.5’8409747277—dc22 2009028792 In memory of my parents, Teresa and Victor Lawinski, and brother, J Russell Law ...