Repairing the U.S. social safety net
By: Martha R. Burt & Demetra Smith Nightingale
Contributors: Nightingale, Demetra S.
Publisher: Urban Institute Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780877667612
Other titles: Repairing the United States social safety net
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
Table of contents: title: U.S. social policy and the social safety net in historical perspective; title: Poverty; title: Recent changes to U.S. social safety net policies; title: Getting onto the rolls: caseloads, eligibility processes, targeting, and outreach; title: Service delivery mechanisms and innovations; title: Program administration and institutions; title: Policy analysis, evaluation, and performance monitoring; title: Implications for the future.