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A Study of States' TANF Diversion Programs.

Rosenberg, Linda; Derr, Michelle; Pavetti, LaDonna; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008

In response to higher effective work participation rates that followed the reauthorization of the TANF program in 2005 …, states added new policies and programs that divert eligible families from the TANF system. This report describes states … condition of their TANF eligibility; 19 other states required applicants to complete a TANF program orientation or an employment …

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Teaching Self-Sufficiency Through Home Visitation and Life Skills Education

Meckstroth, Alicia; Burwick, Andrew; Moore, Quinn; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

To address challenges faced by hard-to-employ TANF clients, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, in … 2005. The initiative combined intensive home visitation and life skills education to prepare high-risk TANF clients in …

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Operating TANF: Opportunities and Challenges for Tribes and Tribal Consortia

Hillabrant, Walter; Rhoades, Mack B.; Jr.; Pindus, Nancy - Mathematica Policy Research - 2003

Federal law permits American Indian tribes to operate TANF programs for their members, an option that entails benefits …

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Providing Unpaid Work Experience Opportunities for TANF Recipients: Examples from Erie County, New York; Montana; and Hamilton County, Ohio

Derr, Michelle K. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008

This brief profiles three work experience programs that engage nearly all work-ready TANF recipients in unpaid work … employment in the paid labor market. TANF recipients are assigned to entry-level jobs at government offices, nonprofit agencies … hourly wage, recipients receive their TANF grant and food stamp benefits in exchange for the hours they work. In addition to …

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Providing Paid Employment Opportunities for TANF Participants Engaged in Vocational Education Programs: Examples from Denver, Colorado; Kentucky; and California

Person, Ann; Pavetti, LaDonna; Max, Jeffrey - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008

This brief profiles three programs, two statewide and one local, that provide work opportunities to TANF recipients … further their education while reinforcing the emphasis of the TANF program on encouraging recipients to engage in work as …

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Understanding Two Categories of TANF Spending Other and Authorized Under Prior Law

Derr, Michelle K.; Anderson, Tara; Pavetti, LaDonna; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

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Multiple Interfaces of Big Pharma and the Change of Global Health Governance in the Face of HIV/AIDS

Wogart, Jan Peter - 2006

By using a game theoretical approach and the notion of 'forum' or 'regime shifting' this paper examines the multiple interfaces of the multinational pharmaceutical corporations (MNPCs) with their major counterparts at home and abroad, including the governments of the North and South, the...

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Regional estimates of multidimensional poverty in India

Dehury, Bidyadhar; Mohanty, Sanjay K. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-36, pp. 1-35

This paper estimates and decomposes multidimensional poverty in 82 natural regions in India using unit data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, education, living standard and household environment using eight...

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Competition policy and poverty reduction: A holistic approach

Anderson, Robert D.; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2013

This paper examines the role of competition law and policy as tools for poverty reduction and development. The authors put forward five related principles, building upon the important work on related issues that has been done by the OECD, the International Competition Network (ICN), UNCTAD and...

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Work-family reconciliation policies and women's and mothers' labor market outcomes in rich democracies

Brady, David; Blome, Agnes; Kmec, Julie A. - 2018

Prominent research has claimed that work-family reconciliation policies trigger "tradeoffs" and "paradoxes" in terms of gender equality with adverse labor market consequences for women. These claims have greatly influenced debates regarding social policy, work, family, and gender inequality....

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