Poor no more : rethinking dependency and the war on poverty / Peter Cove.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cove, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Government policy--United States.

Poverty.

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

Poverty--Government policy.

United States.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Poor--United States.

Poor.

Physical Description:

xxi, 187 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty. Policy-makers put forth an unprecedented package of legislation, funding poverty programs and empowering the poor through ineffectual employment-related education and training. Decades after the War on Poverty began, many of its programs have failed. Only one thing really worked to help end poverty-and that was work itself. Poor No More is a plan to restructure poverty programs, prioritizing jobs above all else. Traditionally, job placement programs stemmed from non-profit organizations or government agencies. However, America Works, the first for-profit job placement venture founded by Peter Cove, has the highest employee retention rate in the greater New York City area, even above these traditional agencies. This paradigm-shifting work that guides the reader through the evolution of America's War on Poverty and urges policy-makers to eliminate training and education programs that waste time and money, and to adopt a work-first model, while providing job-seekers with the tools and life lessons essential to finding and maintaining employment. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The war on poverty begins

The rise of dependency

The failure of poverty programs

Poverty programs as disincentive to work

America works: recommendations and guidelines for successful work programs

Work before education and training

Real policy solutions: the money chapter

Afterword: 250 Broadway, Summer 2009.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412864343

1412864348

9781412864459

1412864453

OCLC:

952387655