[Welfare Research]

Research on Welfare





Welfare to Work: The Job Opportunities of AFDC Recipients

Institute for Women's Policy Research

Without employment reform, changes in welfare rules will likely results in increased children's poverty, and increased taxpayer frustration

Washington Kids Facts

Washington Kids Count
Human Services Policy Center
Graduate School of Public Affairs
University of Washington

AFDC Recipients by Ethnicity

The ethnic distribution of AFDC recipients differs from oft-repeated rhetorical claims. Statistical aggregations inaccurately summarize real individuals with complex stories.

Who Gains, Who Loses from Changing U.S. Child Support Policies

Marieka M. Klawitter
Graduate School of Public Affairs
University of Washington

Policy Sciences, December 1994

An increased emphasis on Child Support Policies will lead to complex effects, not all of them intentional.

Few Welfare Moms Fit the Stereotypes

Institute for Women's Policy Research

Based on US Census data, this study presents a complex portrait of the many faces of women on AFDC.

Child Care Counts ... 1995

Washington Kids Count
Human Services Policy Center
Graduate School of Public Affairs
University of Washington

Good, effective child care is badly needed -- now more than ever -- and hard to come by in Washington State.

Poverty by State

Washington Kids Count
Human Services Policy Center
Graduate School of Public Affairs
University of Washington

Extremely poor children are found thoughout the United States, and are particularly concentrated in the Southern States.





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