Reforming welfare by rewarding work : one state's successful experiment / Dave Hage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hage, Dave.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Minnesota.

Public welfare.

Welfare recipients--Minnesota--Case studies.

Welfare recipients.

Welfare recipients--Employment--Minnesota--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the late 1980's, Governor Rudy Perpich gathered a group of citizen experts to redesign Minnesota's welfare system, and a burst of innovation resulted in the groundbreaking and successful pilot Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP). Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work intertwines MFIP's development with harrowing-and enlightening-firsthand accounts of three families' experiences on welfare, and asserts that a true antipoverty program is crucial-and achievable-in America.

Contents:

Welfare 101 : a new approach to public assistance : introducing Patty, Lucille, and Meg

Reality check (1986) : a crash course in poverty for a divided legislature

Real life, fall 2001 : Patty leaves an abusive boyfriend, Lucille moves north for a fresh start, Meg abandons her dream of medical school

Remaking welfare (1987-1994) : making work pay

Real life, winter 2001-2002 : Meg chooses school over a dead-end job, Patty fights for child support, Lucille pursues her GED

A new federal challenge (1997) : the Personal Responsibility Act threatens Minnesota's innovations

Real life, spring 2002 : Lucille escapes a violent neighborhood, surgery for her boys sidetracks Meg, Patty's choice: mother or breadwinner

Making welfare work (1998-2000) : Minnesota attracts national attention

Real life, summer 2002 : Patty becomes engaged, Lucille returns south to care for her mother, Meg is back on track

The limits of Welfare reform (2000-2001) : when work isn't the answer

Real life, fall 2002 : Lucille wins disability benefits, Patty goes back to square one, Meg finds the perfect job

Unfinished business : what the nation can learn from Minnesota's experiment.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9449-4

OCLC:

560186981