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American Prospect Online - ViewWeb
Until 1996, most cash assistance for single mothers came from Aid to Families ... The proportion of single mothers with Medicaid coverage fell from 1996 to ...
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Single Mothers: Working, But Still Poor (Gotham Gazette. August, 2006)
This month's article is Single Mothers: Working, But Still Poor by David R. ... State and community-based groups provide support and assistance to those ...
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Proposed Welfare Overhaul Targets Single Moms, Kids - The NewStandard
Under this rule, which would trump less harsh state penalties for noncompliance, a family could lose all assistance if a personal hardship forces a single ...
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Employment Rates For Single Mothers Fell Substantially During ...
Between 1995 and 2000, single mothers' employment rates increased for several reasons, including a booming economy, expanded assistance for working families ...
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The experience of becoming a mother for single, unpartnered ...
Conclusions: Single, unpartnered, Medicaid-eligible, first-time mothers in this study ... and limited public assistance for single mothers (Amato, 2000). ...
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TANF at 10: Program Results are More Mixed Than Often Understood ...
There are now roughly 1 million poor single mothers — with 2 million children ... income assistance, nutritional aid, and health care through Medicaid and ...
www.cbpp.org/8-17-06tanf.htm - 78k -
Single women and the dynamics of Medicaid Health Services Research ...
Policymakers have tended to focus on the perverse incentives associated with giving cash assistance to single mothers who do not work,(3) but Medicaid is ...
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Single-Mother-Assistance Online News
High poverty rates, child care issues persist
Pre-K students Keyona Catchings, left, and Jameeria Alexander read at King's Kids Ministries Pre-School and Daycare at the South Side Mission. Sherre Lyles, associate executive director of youth services, said, "I think our parents are struggling more now.
Read more...High poverty rates, child care issues persist in Tri-County
Orders of protection issued in the Tri-County Area are at record levels and, in most cases, the victims of domestic violence are pregnant or have young children, according to Martha Herm, director of the Center for Prevention of Abuse. Â The Children's Home is seeing "astronomical increases" in the number of Tri-County Area children on Medicaid hospitalized for psychiatric problems, according to ...
Read more...New Republic: You Already Pay For Birth Control
The administration has indicated that comprehensive coverage should include payment for birth control supplies and services. Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic discusses how religious values and women's rights conflict over this issue.
Read more...Editor of journal critical of welfare still has DPW job
INQUIRER HARRISBURG BUREAU HARRISBURG - A controversial adviser to Welfare Secretary Gary Alexander is still working for the state and will do so for an indefinite period, despite last week's announcement that he had resigned.
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