Title: Welfare reform : a response to unemployed two-parent families /
Authors: Cunningham, Patrick M., 1938-
Publisher: Garland,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Family services Utah Case studies.; Aid to families with dependent children programs Utah Case studies.
Contents: I. Introduction -- Past Efforts To Reduce Poverty -- Defining Poverty -- Incidence of Problem -- Feminization of Poverty -- Incidence of Poverty in Utah -- Changes in Family Structure -- Major Sequelae of the Problem -- Government Poverty Policy -- Social Work and Poverty -- Organization of the Dissertation -- II. The History of Welfare Reform: From Welfare Income Support to Work Programs for Welfare Families -- Historical Overview -- Work Programs for Two-Parent Unemployed Families -- Survey of State Work Programs Providing AFDC-UP -- Utah's Welfare Work Programs -- III. Factors Associated With Success in Work Programs for Unemployed Two-Parent Families With Dependent Children -- Demographic Factors -- Work and Financial History Factors -- Attitudinal Factors -- Relationship of Variables in the Conceptual Framework -- IV. Methodology -- Research Questions and Study Purpose -- Research Hypotheses -- Study Design -- Subjects and Site Selection -- Data Collection Procedures -- Hypotheses Measures -- Exploratory Conceptual Framework Measures -- Instruments -- Data Analysis Procedures -- Informed Consent Procedures -- Limitations of the Study -- V. Presentation and Discussion of Findings -- Sample Description -- Descriptions of Spouse Attitudes at Intake -- Spouse Evaluation at Intake by the EWP Worker -- Spouse Evaluation at Termination by the EWP Worker -- Disposition Results of the Family at Termination -- Tests of Hypotheses -- Exploratory Analysis of the Conceptual Model -- VI. Program, Policy, and Further Research Implications -- The Utah EWP -- Social Welfare Policy Implications -- Implications for Further Research.