Mutual Support Groups for Long-Term Recipients of TANF

Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-140

  Anderson Butcher, Dawn ^a   Khairallah, Angela Oliver ^b   Race Bigelow, Janis ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah Div of Child and Fam Services   (United States)

^c Utah Dept of Workforce Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Group work; Mutual support; Self help; TANF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; SELF HELP; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; UTAH;

EID: 1442333419     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/49.1.131     Document Type: Article

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