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Payment Error in Public Assistance
Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-12T22:38:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 7511888.PDF: 4813596 bytes, checksum: efa940da73090739a471fdf4910c3834 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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The Public Assistance Child in the Yakima Public Schools
<p>The aim of this study was to determine if the Public Assistance Group of children differed scholastically and intellectually from the children whose parents were not on Public Assistance.</p>
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Public assistance area supervision in Rhode Island - a job study
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University, 1944. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.
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The Role of Gender-Based Personality in Public Assistance Cases in Vermilion County, Illinois
Despite countless efforts by national, state, and local governments to arrest the growth in the numbers of persons receiving payments under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, the number of AFDC recipients and the subsequent costs of this program to all levels of government …
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African-American Women and Welfare: A Qualitative Study of African-American Women Receiving Public Assistance
… the overall perceptions of women receiving public assistance and the labels and stigmas (i.e., welfare checks, food stamps, and medical cards) associated with receiving public assistance were examined. Research findings indicate that there is stress associated with receiving public …
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Win, loose or draw? : do employers benefit from hiring workers through Boston-based job training programs ?/
… favor of work-first policies -- mandating most public assistance recipients work or volunteer a minimum of twenty hours per week in exchange for benefits. Job training must be done as additional time permits and within the confines of a well-documented shortage of daycare subsidy slots …
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Democratization and the development of Japan's uneven welfare state
… the poor more heavily and gives them less in public cash transfers than its peers. Why does a country, endowed with democratic institutions, deep pockets, and a sizable social welfare system provide so little public assistance to the poor? I identify two features of Japan's political and …
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Exploring Culture of Poverty and Life Options Perspectives: The Relationship of Neighborhood, Family, and Individual Socioeconomic Factors to Teen Childbearing
… in predicting teen childbearing. The role of public assistance receipt, at the census tract and family levels, is more complex than suggested by current public policy. For example, high levels of public assistance among neighborhood residents is negatively related to teen childbearing (in most …
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Predictors of Drug Treatment Completion Among Black Women: A Black Feminist Intersectionality Approach
… to report that their income source was from public assistance. Black women were less likely to be married, employed full-time, and were significantly more likely to report using cocaine or crack at the time of admission and indicate that cocaine or crack was their problem drug. Finally, when …
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Patterns of delay and non-use of prenatal care services among underclass women: a social psychological analysis
… utilization of prenatal care services in the public assistance setting. One-hundred twenty-six women completed a battery of questionnaires during an initial clinic visit. Measures of patient datisfaction were completed after a minimum of four clinic visits. Results showed a significant linear …
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Effectiveness of Community Development Organizations in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
… incomes and greater percentage of residents on public assistance. The qualitative phase utilized ethnographic observations, focus groups, and interviews to understand the work done by CDCs and how these might impact neighborhood mechanisms. The results of the qualitative work indicated that CDCs …
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Spatial Analysis of Teen Births in North Central Texas
… region. Single parent households and receipt of public assistance were not statistically significant. Suggestions for reducing vulnerability to teen births are presented.
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An Epidemiological Study of Maternal Depression: Findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development.
… counterparts. Mothers in poverty, receiving public assistance, or who had more parental stress had a higher prevalence. Social support and parental stress had a statistically significant relationship with maternal depression even after adjusting for other variables. In conclusion, this …
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Saving the Poor: A Discourse Analysis of Asset-Building as an Anti-Poverty Strategy
… route out of poverty (as opposed to relying on public assistance). This case study of a financial literacy program in Philadelphia focuses on how asset-building discourse gets enacted on the frontlines and assesses its implications for how caseworkers and clients come to address issues of …
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Saving the Poor: A Discourse Analysis of Asset-Building as an Anti-Poverty Strategy
… route out of poverty (as opposed to relying on public assistance). This case study of a financial literacy program in Philadelphia focuses on how asset-building discourse gets enacted on the frontlines and assesses its implications for how caseworkers and clients come to address issues of …
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#BlackMamasMatter: The Significance of Motherhood and Mothering for Low-Income Black Single Mothers
… era, low-income Black single mothers receiving public assistance must grapple with heightened state surveillance, the devaluation of their mothering, trying to raise Black children in a racist society, and navigating the neoliberal economic system. This dissertation examines how, in light of all …
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