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Changing welfare / edited by Rachel A. Gordon and Herbert J. Walberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Issues in children's and families' lives (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers)
- Issues in children's and families' lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare--United States.
- Child welfare.
- United States.
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Social service--United States.
- Social service.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1. Changing Welfare: Welfare Reforms and Child Well-Being / Rachel A. Gordon, Herbert J. Walberg 3
- II Cash Assistance Reforms and the Well-Being of Families and Children
- 2. Child Well-Being in the Context of Welfare Reform: What Are We Learning? / Pamela Morris, Virginia W. Knox, Robert C. Granger 15
- 3. Full Circle: Changes in the Supplemental Security Income Program for Children and Youth / Elizabeth T. Powers 37
- 4. How Will Welfare Reform Affect Childbearing and Family Structure Decisions? / H. Elizabeth Peters, Robert D. Plotnick, Se-Ook Jeong 59
- III Health and Nutritional Supports to Families Under Welfare Reforms
- 5. Expanding Public Health Insurance for Children: Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program / Lara Shore-Sheppard 95
- 6. Medicaid Managed Care for Children and Youth Managing Costs or Managing Care? / Arleen A. Leibowitz 119
- 7. Connecting with Communities to Provide Children with Nutrition / Gretchen Butera 137
- IV Challenges to Implementing and Studying Welfare Reforms
- 8. Children and Welfare Reform: Exploring the Intersection of Social Research and Policymaking / Ross Thompson, Hilary A. Raikes 159
- 9. Thinking Further Outside the Box: Can Program Evaluation Keep Up with Program Innovation? / David Hopping 179
- 10. Are They Truly Off Welfare? Movement between the Public Welfare and Child Welfare Systems / Robert M. Goerge 201
- 11. Ethical Dilemmas Facing Caseworkers: The Impact of Welfare Reform on Decision-Making / Steven G. Anderson 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306477327
- OCLC:
- 51818597
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