welfare recipients

Examines the current state of welfare policy in the United States, focusing on how policies have changed since President Bill Clinton's Personal Responsibility Act was passed in 1996.

Provides basic information about the welfare system and dispels myths about welfare recipients.

Explores how welfare reform affected mothers on welfare, describing the challenges that welfare recipients face in managing their work, their families, and the rules and regulations of welfare reform.

Uses the true story of a battered woman to explore the actions and motivations of many poor battered women on welfare in the United States.

A boy describes what it is like living in a hotel in New York City with his brother and his mother while she waits to find a job and an apartment.

This anthology examines four cases concerning the nation's welfare policy: King v. Smith, Goldberg v. Kelly, Wyman v. James, and Saenz v. Roe.

Presents debates, opinions, commentary and analysis on the topic of public welfare.

Contains three sets of articles that provide opposing perspectives on issues related to welfare reform, debating whether society has an obligation to care for the poor, whether recipients of benefits should be made to work, and whether families on welfare should also receive guidance on how to become self-sufficient.

Describes what it means to grow up with parents on welfare, the history of the welfare system, and its future.