TANF's impact on low-income mothers raising children with disabilities

Exceptional Children

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-253

  Parish, Susan L ^a   Rose, Roderick A ^a   Andrews, Megan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

children with disabilites; maternal employment; poverty; TANF; welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954497615     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440291007600206     Document Type: Article

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