Federal law permits American Indian tribes to operate TANF programs for their members, an option that entails benefits as well as risks and costs. This reports discusses the experiences of 10 tribes and examines the benefits, as well as challenges and lessons, from the experience. It notes that...

American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages have embraced the goals, objectives, and programs associated with welfare reform, but lack of jobs limits the success of tribal programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Welfare-to-Work (WtW). Recognizing the scope and...

With single mothers as the primary beneficiaries of welfare and roughly 20% of working-age welfare recipients living in rural areas, an important research question is whether the employment responsiveness of single mothers differs in rural and urban areas. Using nationally representative CPS...

Discusses implementation, structure, and operations of WtW grant-funded programs in 11 study sites as they existed in mid-2000. Finds that the grant program has encouraged the development of innovative strategies at the community level, that local programs use a wide variety of tactics to...

Discusses implementation, structure, and operations of WtW grant-funded programs in 11 study sites as they existed in mid-2000. Finds that the grant program has encouraged the development of innovative strategies at the community level, that local programs use a wide variety of tactics to...