Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Weber, Bruce A., Ed
• Duncan, Greg J., Ed
• Whitener, Leslie A., Ed

Titel

Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform

Ort / Verlag

W

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The 16 chapters in this five-part book, each by different authors, trace the effects of welfare reform (mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996), upon poor people in rural areas of the United States. The book begins with an introduction called "As the Dust Settles: Welfare Reform and Rural America"(Leslie Whitener, Bruce Weber, Greg Duncan). Chapters are "Approaching the Limit: Early National Lessons from Welfare Reform" (Sheldon Danziger); "Rural Labor Markets in an Era of Welfare Reform" (Robert M. Gibbs); "Rural America in Transition: Poverty and Welfare at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century" (Daniel Lichter and Leif Jensen); "Reducing Food Stamp and Welfare Caseloads in the South: Are Rural Areas Less Likely to Succeed Than Urban Centers?" (Mark Henry et al.); "Seasonal Employment Dynamics and Welfare Use in Agricultural and Rural California Counties" (Henry Brady et al.); "Location and the Low-Income Experience: Analysis of Program Dynamics in the Iowa Family Investment Program" (Helen Jensen, Shao-Hsun Keng, Steven Garasky); "Small Towns and Welfare Reform: Iowa Case Studies of Families and Communities" (Cynthia Needles Fletcher, et al.); "Where All the Counties Are Above Average: Human Service Agency Directors' Perspectives on Welfare Reform" (Ann Tickamyer, et al.); "The Impact of Welfare Policy on the Employment of Single Mothers Living in Rural and Urban Areas" (Signe-Mary McKernan, et al.); "Welfare Reform in Rural Minnesota: Experimental Findings from the Minnesota Family Investment Program" (Lisa Gennetian, Cindy Redcross, and Cynthia Miller); "Will Attainable Jobs Be Available for TANF Recipients in Local Labor Markets? Evidence from Mississippi on Prospects for 'Job-Skill Matching' of TANF Adults" (Frank M. Howell); "Whose Job Is It? Employers' Views on Welfare Reform" (Ellen Shelton et al.); and "The Short-Term Impacts of Welfare Reform in Persistently Poor Rural Areas" (Mark Harvey et al.); "Food Stamps in Rural America: Special Issues and Common Themes" (Sheena McConnell and James Ohls); "The Decline in Food Stamp Use by Rural Low-Income Households: Less Need or Less Access?" (Mark Nord). "Lessons Learned: Welfare Reform and Food Assistance in Rural America" (Greg Duncan, Leslie Whitener, and Bruce Weber) is the final part and chapter. (The book is indexed by author and subject; author information is included.) (KC)