Changing Safety Net of Last Resort: DownsizingGeneral Assistance for Employable Adults

Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-258

  Anderson, Steven G ^a   Halter, Anthony P ^a   Gryzlak, Brian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash assistance; General assistance; Poverty; TANF; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036634520     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/47.3.249     Document Type: Article

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