"So You Think I Drive a Cadillac?" Welfare Recipients' Perspectives on the System and Its Reform (3rd Edition)
"Underneath the political rhetoric and welfare statistics are real live human  beings who are trying to make sense out of their lives." These are the words of  author Karen Seccombe, as she attempts to elucidate the experiences of welfare  recipients and the hardships that continue to plague them with the institution  of the new welfare reforms.  Provides readers with  stories from welfare recipients' themselves: how they got onto welfare, what  the reality of welfare (and welfare reform) is for them, and what their plans,  hopes, and dreams are for the future. Welfare recipients who were interviewed  by the author shared their perspectives on work requirements, family caps, time  limits, and other features of TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) --  the new welfare reform program. Their voices provide a crucial counterpoint to  the politicians and policy "experts" who have shaped the policy reform  initiative. These qualitative interviews are supplemented with up-to-date  statewide and national data on welfare reform and its consequences.   Social workers, social policy specialists, welfare workers,  politicians, and educators and researchers in the field of social policy and  welfare reform. A Longwood Professional Book.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.