Difficulties after leaving TANF: Inner-city women talk about reasons for returning to welfare

Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-194

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; TANF; Welfare dependency; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHICAGO; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 2542554229     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/49.2.185     Document Type: Article

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