Welfare reform : the next act

Putting policy into practice : five years of welfare reform -- Making the transition from welfare to work : successes but continuing concerns -- Family structure and childbearing before and after welfare reform -- Family incomes : rising, falling, or holding steady? -- How are children faring under welfare reform? -- Work opportunities for people leaving welfare -- Child care and TANF reauthorization -- Health insurance, welfare, and work -- The "hard-to-serve" : definitions and implications -- Assessing welfare reform's immigrant provisions -- Race, ethnicity, and welfare reform -- TANF funding and spending across the states