Examines partnerships developing between early childhood and welfare agencies; describes their strategies for meeting … the challenges of welfare reform; and addresses their concerns, including frustration of early childhood staff in trying …

This paper responds to Karen Christopher's recent Feminist Economics paper that posits that welfare leavers did not … benefits came as a result of welfare reform rather than simply an outgrowth of the booming economy that enabled a greater share … of welfare leavers to find employment and gain sizeable transfer payments compared to the pre-reform time period. …

Examines the emergence of diversion programs in state welfare reform and the potential for these programs to reduce … initial access to Medicaid; and the compelling policy challenge is how to use Medicaid effectively to support the welfare …

growth has been accompanied by improvements in multidimensional child welfare using a first-order dominance approach applied … do not indicate broad-based welfare advancement at the national, urban, or rural levels, they do suggest progress within …

, Medicaid, child care, SCHIP, and the EITC, to help families leave poverty when they leave welfare for work. Argues that a new … determinations, and should be divorced from the welfare program and its stigma. Proposes several options, including providing a …

are receiving assistance—becoming a growing portion of New Jersey’s welfare caseload. These cases grew from 17 percent …