Diverting dependency: The effects of diversion on the short term outcomes of TANF applicants

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-105

  Gonzales, Lisa ^a   Hudson, Kenneth ^b   Acker, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversion; Poverty; TANF; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249862078     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v11n01_04     Document Type: Article

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