| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 223 pages) : illustrations |
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Welfare 101 : a new approach to public assistance : introducing Patty, Lucille, and Meg -- Reality check (1986) : a crash course in poverty for a divided legislature -- Real life, fall 2001 : Patty leaves an abusive boyfriend, Lucille moves north for a fresh start, Meg abandons her dream of medical school -- Remaking welfare (1987-1994) : making work pay -- Real life, winter 2001-2002 : Meg chooses school over a dead-end job, Patty fights for child support, Lucille pursues her GED -- A new federal challenge (1997) : the Personal Responsibility Act threatens Minnesota's innovations -- Real life, spring 2002 : Lucille escapes a violent neighborhood, surgery for her boys sidetracks Meg, Patty's choice: mother or breadwinner -- Making welfare work (1998-2000) : Minnesota attracts national attention -- Real life, summer 2002 : Patty becomes engaged, Lucille returns south to care for her mother, Meg is back on track -- The limits of Welfare reform (2000-2001) : when work isn't the answer -- Real life, fall 2002 : Lucille wins disability benefits, Patty goes back to square one, Meg finds the perfect job -- Unfinished business : what the nation can learn from Minnesota's experiment |
| Summary |
In the late 1980s, Governor Rudy Perpich gathered a group of citizen experts to redesign Minnesota's welfare system, and a burst of innovation resulted in the groundbreaking and successful pilot Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP). Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work intertwines MFIP's development with harrowing--and enlightening--firsthand accounts of three families' experiences on welfare, and asserts that a true antipoverty program is crucial--and achievable--in America |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Minnesota
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Welfare recipients -- Minnesota -- Case studies
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Welfare recipients -- Employment -- Minnesota -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Public welfare
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Welfare recipients
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Welfare recipients -- Employment
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Minnesota
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816694495 |
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0816694494 |
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