A Safety Net That Works; Contents; Preface; The Earned Income Tax Credit; Viewing the Food Stamp Program Through a 44-Year Lens; Medicaid; Empowering Child Support Enforcement to Reduce Poverty; Reducing Poverty by Reforming Housing Policy; Child Welfare: In Search of Lasting Reform; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; The Supplemental Security Income Disabled Children Program: Improving Employment Outcomes in Adulthood; Child Care Assistance in the United States; WIC's Expanding Eligibility, Rather Than Enhanced Services; Improving Our Federal Response to Homelessness
Federal Early Childhood Care and Education Programs: Advancing Opportunity Through Early LearningAbout the Authors; Acknowledgments
Summary
This is an edited volume reviewing the major means-tested social programs in the United States. Each author addresses a major program or area, reviewing each area's successes and recommending how to address shortcomings through policy change
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL, viewed on April 28, 2017)
