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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Besharov, Douglas J., author.
Burkhauser, Richard V., author.
Call, Douglas M., author.
Capretta, James C., author.
Corinth, Kevin C., author.
Corrigan, Maura, author.
Daly, Mary C. (Mary Colleen), author.
Haskins, Ron, author.
Meyer, Bruce D., author.
Olsen, Edgar O., author.
Rachidi, Angela, author.
Stevens, Katharine B., author.
Sykes, Russell, author.
Doar, Robert, author, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public welfare--United States.
Public welfare.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC: AEI Press, 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 and Mary C. Daly
Child care assistance in the United States / Angel Rachidi
WIC's expanding eligibility, rather than enhanced services / Douglas J. Besharov and 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.
ISBN:
9780844750064
0844750069

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