Cash assistance in transition
Subtitle: the story of 13 states
By: Sheila R. Zedlewski, Pamela A. Holcomb, Amy-Ellen Duke.
Contributors: Holcomb, Pamela A., 1958-; Duke, Amy-Ellen.; Assessing the New Federalism (Program); Urban Institute.
Series: Occasional paper ;; no. 16; Occasional paper (Assessing the New Federalism (Program)) ;; no. 16.
Publisher: Assessing the New Federalism, Urban Institute
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C. (2100 M St., N.W., Washington 20037)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Public welfare -- United States -- States.; Block grants -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Available also electronically via Assessing the New Federalism's web site: http://www.newfederalism.urban.org.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Background, purpose, and sample; title: Devolution: Continuation of a trend; title: The 13-state sample; title: Overview of the report; title: Pre-TANF welfare policies and caseloads; title: Three categories of cash assistance experimentation; title: Administrative program characteristics; title: Caseload characteristics; title: Moving to the TANF era: States' early responses; title: Who should receive cash assistance?; title: Who should work and how much?; title: How long should families receive cash assistance?; title: What part should cash benefits play in the system?; title: Implications of states' early TANF policies; title: The changing nature of cash assistance in our sample states; title: The importance of implementation.