Title: The impact of welfare reform
First published: 1999
Description: "The 1996 reform must be understood in the context of the overall U.S. welfare system.  The welfare system is the total set of government programs-federal and state-that are explicitly designed to assist poor and low-income Americans.  The federal government runs over 70 major welfare programs to aid lower-income Americans, and many states operate their own independent programs as well. ..."--Introduction, p. v.
Subjects: States, Statistics, Public welfare, Welfare recipients
Places: United States
LC classification: HV91 .R385 1999