Caseworkers' assessment of welfare reform: Report from the front lines

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 243-259

  Bell, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to success; Caseworkers perspective; PRWORA; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750347277     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v12n02_13     Document Type: Article

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