Welfare
By: Katherine Swarts, book editor.
Contributors: Swarts, Katherine.
Series: Social issues firsthand
Publisher: Greenhaven Press; Gale/Cengage Learning
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9780737740790
Subjects: Public welfare -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Welfare family in a new neighborhood / Mary Childers; title: My mother was jailed for welfare fraud / James E. Rogan; title: Being on welfare has taught me about race / Changeseeker; title: A longtime recipient looks at the welfare system / Sugar Turner and Tracy Bachrach Ehlers; title: The problems with reformed welfare / Karen Seccombe; title: Working in human services is rewarding / Ana Pagan; title: Investigating how the new welfare works / Sharon Hays; title: Welfare and child care / Gina Adams; title: Waiting at a welfare office / Karen Wilhelm; title: From civil rights to welfare rights / Marian Kramer, as told to Alan Govenar; title: The struggle to pass welfare reform / Ron Haskins; title: Encouraging welfare recipients to take responsibility for their future / George W. Bush; title: The food stamp program benefits low-income children / Nancy Montanez Johner.