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Applicants' understanding of Wisconsin's TANF program and its relationship to other programs for low income families
- Authors:
- DWORSKY Amy, COURTNEY Mark E., PILIAVIN Irving
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 33(2), 2006, pp.1-12.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper uses data from the Milwaukee TANF Applicant Study to examine what a sample of 1,075 TANF applicants from Milwaukee County knew about Wisconsin's TANF program and its relationship to other programs for low-income families. The data suggest that there were significant gaps in knowledge about the program both at the time of application and approximately 18 months later. Although
Patchwork: poor women’s stories of resewing the shredded safety net
- Author:
- GREEN Autumn R
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 28(1), 2013, pp.51-64.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Today’s low-income families must patch together their own safety nets from disparate sources of assistance within a context of budget cuts and the growing need for services because of the impact of the Great Recession. Doing so involves a complex and unacknowledged form of labour termed the unspoken shift, which generally falls on the shoulders of women. This article approaches the patchwork safety net system through the perspective of low-income mothers in Boston. Using findings from 6 years of research with low-income families, it argues for a more comprehensive approach to providing social services and reforming public policy. (Publisher abstract)
Octavia Hill, pioneer of social housing: rebel with a cause
- Authors:
- HINDES Grahame, CHUNG Kam
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 15(4), 2012, pp.155-160.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
...2012 marked the centenary of the death of Octavia Hill, pioneer of social housing. In 1865, she took management of her first three properties to provide housing for low income families in Marylebone, West London. By the time of her death in 1912, she managed almost 2,000 homes. In the centenary year (2012) of the death of Octavia Hill her work has come under some criticism. The authors consider
Forgotten families? The vanishing agenda
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
- Publisher:
- Centre for Social Justice
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has published this report which notes that families headed by married couples will be in a minority by 2050. It advises that marriage is increasingly the preserve of the middle and upper classes, pointing to its findings that among new parents on low income, only about 50% are married. This rises to nearly 80 per cent for couples on £21,000 to £31,000 a year and to nearly 90 per cent for those earning over £50,000 a year. The CSJ says that official efforts to promote stable families are “dwarfed by the scale and cost of family breakdown” and it expresses disappointment in the government’s lack of a clear and coherent strategy to strengthen UK families. The report argues for a Department for Families, which it believes would greatly bolster current efforts to strengthen families, especially in the poorest communities and calls for the introduction of a transferrable tax allowance for married couples as a way of promoting marriage, saying this would be far cheaper than raising personal tax thresholds, which favours richer families.
Low income families' utilization of the Federal “Safety Net”: Individual and state-level predictors of TANF and Food Stamp receipt
- Authors:
- PURTELL Kelly M., GERSHOFF Elizabeth T., ABER J. Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 34(4), April 2012, pp.713-724.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Two programmes designed to assist low income families in meeting their basic needs are the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a cash assistance programme, and the Food Stamp programme, an in-kind benefit. However, prior research has shown that many eligible low income families do not actually receive these benefits. The aim of this study was to examine how family factors and state variations in the TANF and Food Stamp programmes predict which eligible families actually receive these 2 benefits. Data on 6200 low-income families from 38 states was drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K). This family-level data was combined state-level policy data in order to investigate family and state-level predictors of TANF and Food Stamp receipt. The findings indicate that relatively few low income families receive the benefits that are targeted to them. Families experiencing more economic hardship and health challenges are more likely to receive benefits. The state-level findings suggest that states' coverage is associated with families' receipt of TANF but not of Food Stamps. Implications for policy and research are discussed.
Effects of individual development accounts (IDAs) on household wealth and saving taste
- Author:
- HUANG Jin
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 20(6), November 2010, pp.582-590.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Individual development accounts (IDAs) are matched savings programmes with specific asset building purposes, such as home purchases and renovation, post-secondary education and microenterprises for low income populations. This study examined the effects of IDAs on household wealth of low-income participants. Longitudinal survey data from the American Dream Demonstration from Oklahoma, United States, was included. The treatment group numbered 537, and the control group 566. Analysis revealed that IDA participants had more household financial assets, controlling for household saving taste and other demographic variables. Programme participants did not reshuffle existing assets into IDAs and IDA savings was new household wealth. Low-wealth participants benefited more from the programme than those with relatively more wealth. In addition, programme participation changed participants’ saving behaviours and improved household saving. The author concluded that IDAs positively facilitate asset building among low-income households.
Supporting low-income families with young children: patterns and correlates of service use
- Authors:
- SPIELBERGER Julie, LYONS Sandra J.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 31(8), August 2009, pp.864-872.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Comprehensive, integrated service systems are increasingly viewed as a promising strategy for supporting healthy family functioning and child development in low-income families, but have shown variable impacts. This paper reports early findings from a longitudinal study of voluntary service use by a sample of low-income families with young children. Mothers (N = 531) recruited soon after and a high, multi-service group. These patterns were associated with families' demographic characteristics, nativity, health status, social support, year 1 maternal functioning, and previous service experiences. However, there were no significant differences between the service pattern groups with respect to year 2 maternal depression and parenting practices.
The effect of family poverty on children
- Author:
- STATHAM June
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.11.07, 2007, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reviews a study of the experiences of 70 UK families living on a low income in both affluent and deprived neighbourhoods. Based on interviews with parents, children and professionals, the findings highlight the need for more recognition of the many ways in which poverty affects families' lives and for a holistic approach to supporting families and children.
The “poverty tax” and America’s low-income households
- Author:
- KARGER Howard Jacob
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 88(3), July 2007, pp.413-417.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
This commentary looks at how “poverty tax” - a hidden tax paid by the poor because they are poor - is extracted from low-income and functionally poor middle-class families in the United States in the form of high prices for goods and services and enmeshment in a fringe economy made up of check-cashers, payday lenders, tax-refund lenders, subprime mortgages and so forth. An overview of the fringe economy is discussed, along with its ownership by large publicly-traded corporations and its profitability. Strategies are also weighed for mitigating the effects of the fringe economy and the poverty tax on working poor families.
Factors affecting family resiliency: implications for social service responses to families in Hong Kong
- Author:
- CHAN Y.C.
- Journal article citation:
- Indian Journal of Social Work, 67(3), July 2006, pp.201-214.
- Publisher:
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences
This study used the Family Hardiness Index to study the resiliency of families in Hong Kong. Results show that less resilient families are those in the low income group; those with family relationship problems; and those struck by a lot of family problems. Multivariate analysis found that only family income and family relationship problems are significant factors affecting family resiliency.