That's the contrast. To collaborate on the project Angel recruited Laura Lein, an ethnographer in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Social Work at UT Austin. Lein has worked extensively in San Antonio over several years. Both Ronald Angel and Laura Lein are nationally recognized experts on poverty in the United States. The program is implemented unevenly from state to state.
Many central questions remain unanswered.
Particular attention will be given to the children's mental, developmental, and physical well-being. The information gathered from this project will assist service providers as they begin to interpret the results of welfare reform and to adapt programs to the changing needs of the disadvantaged populations in this country.