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Author Lein, Laura.

Title Life after welfare : reform and the persistence of poverty / Laura Lein and Deanna T. Schexnayder ; with Karen Nanges Douglas and Daniel G. Schroeder.

Imprint Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.509764 L533l 2007    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 173 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-163) and index.
Contents Families in a changing welfare context -- The context for Texas poverty and welfare -- The weak (and tangled) safety net -- Making a living after welfare -- Coping with barriers to self-sufficiency -- Staying employed and off welfare -- Low-income families and TANF policies.
Subject Public welfare -- Texas.
Poor families -- Texas.
Added Author Schexnayder, Deanna.
ISBN 0292716672 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292716667 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292716664 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292716674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000041199509

 
    
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