A safety net that works : improving federal programs for low-income Americans / edited by Robert Doar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Besharov, Douglas J., contributor.

Burkhauser, Richard V., contributor.

Call, Douglas M., contributor.

Capretta, James C., contributor.

Corinth, Kevin C., contributor.

Corrigan, Maura, contributor.

Daly, Mary C., contributor.

Doar, Robert, contributor, editor.

Haskins, Ron, contributor.

Meyer, Bruce D., contributor.

Olsen, Edgar O., contributor.

Rachidi, Angela, contributor.

Stevens, Katharine B., contributor.

Sykes, Russell, contributor.

Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 253 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Enterprise Institute, [2017]

Summary:

This is an edited volume reviewing the major means-tested social programs in the United States. Each author addresses a major program or area, reviewing each area's successes and recommending how to address shortcomings through policy change. In general, our means-tested programs do many things well, but some adjustments to each could make the system much more effective. This book provides policymakers with a broad overview of the issues at hand in each program and how to address them.

Contents:

The earned income tax credit / Bruce D. Meyer

Viewing the Food Stamp Program through a 44-year lens / Russell Sykes

Medicaid / James C. Capretta

Empowering child support enforcement to reduce poverty / Robert Doar

Reducing poverty by reforming housing policy / Edgar O. Olsen

Child welfare : in search of lasting reform / Maura Corrigan

Temporary assistance for needy families / Ron Haskins

The Supplemental Security Income Disabled Children Program : improving employment outcomes in adulthood / Richard V. Burkhauser ; Mary C. Daly

Child care assistance in the United States / Angel Rachidi

WIC'S expanding eligibility, rather than enhanced services / Douglas J. Besharov ; Douglas M. Call

Improving our federal response to homelessness / Kevin C. Corinth

Federal early childhood care and education programs : advancing opportunity through early learning / Katharine B. Stevens.

Notes:

Contains bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

ISBN:

0844750050

9780844750057

0844750042

9780844750040

9780844750064

0844750069

OCLC:

968317713