Life after welfare
Subtitle: reform and the persistence of poverty
By: Laura Lein and Deanna T. Schexnayder ; with Karen Nanges Douglas and Daniel G. Schroeder.
Contributors: Schexnayder, Deanna.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292716667; 9780292716674
Subjects: Public welfare -- Texas; Poor families -- Texas
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Families in a changing welfare context; title: The context for Texas poverty and welfare; title: The weak (and tangled) safety net; title: Making a living after welfare; title: Coping with barriers to self-sufficiency; title: Staying employed and off welfare; title: Low-income families and TANF policies.